Italian style hoagie
Italian style hoagie by Ralphs has 10 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.6 out of 5, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 2 of its ingredients carry a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
Italian style hoagie draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 10 of its 10 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Italian style hoagie sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.6 Top 87% higher than 13% 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
- Sodium Nitrite - Safety score: 2/5
- Sodium Phosphates - Safety score: 2/5
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
French white hoagie roll, enriched wheat flour, wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour, water, soybean oil, sugar, calcium propionate, dough conditioner, ascorbic acid, enzymes, salt, wheat gluten, yeast, fully cooked off the bone uncured Black Forest ham, caramel color, pork, water, dextrose, sugar, vinegar, cultured celery juice powder, cherry powder, sodium phosphates, uncured pepperoni, pork, beef, salt, spices, oleoresin of paprika, cherry powder, lactic acid starter culture, hard salami, sodium nitrite, garlic powder, BHA, BHT, citric acid, provolone cheese, pasteurized milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes, green leaf lettuce
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Italian style hoagie: 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: 3.6/5.
- Grebe's Bakery, Buttercream Filled Coffee Cake Pk Δ 0.0 pts · Grebe's Bakeries Inc. 3.6/518 additives
- Tastykake, cupcakes, banana pudding Δ 0.0 pts · Tastykake, Tasty Baking Company 3.6/511 additives
- BANQUET Classic Cheesy Patty And Mashed Potatoes, 9 OZ Δ 0.0 pts 3.6/510 additives
- Homestyle baking, brat buns Δ 0.0 pts 3.6/510 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 10.
Product Details
- Brand
- Ralphs
- Barcode
- 0030223110675
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Italian style hoagie above or below average on ingredient safety?
Italian style hoagie scores 3.6 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 87% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.6/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Italian style hoagie's 3.6/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.