Ham Sandwich
Ham Sandwich by Stop & Shop has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Ham Sandwich, 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Ham Sandwich sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
COOKED HAM WATER ADDED (CURED WITH: WATER, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE [PRESERVATIVE], SODIUM ASCORBATE [PRESERVATIVE, SODIUM NITRITE PRESERVATIVE]), SUB ROLL (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], DEXTROSE, SALT, FERMENTED WHEAT FLOUR, CULTURED CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, WHEAT GLUTEN, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, DEACTIVATED YEAST, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CORNMEAL, MARGARINE [VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, COTTONSEED AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL), PALM OIL AND PALM KERNEL OILS, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE, ASCORBIC ACID, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES (MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS, CITRIC ACID), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, BETA CAROTENE SESAME SEEDS, YEAST), SWISS CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), TOMATO, GREEN LEAF LETTUCE.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Ham Sandwich: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Stop & Shop
- Barcode
- 0030223070344
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Ham Sandwich rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.8/5, Ham Sandwich sits behind 84% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.8/5 rating on Ham Sandwich?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3.8/5 average places Ham Sandwich in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.