Whole Italian Sub
Whole Italian Sub by Giant Eagle has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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 Whole Italian Sub, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Whole Italian Sub sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
SUB ROLL (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SUGAR, SALT, CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR, VINEGAR, MONOGLYCERIDES, ENZYMES, DEACTIVATED YEAST, ASCORBIC ACID, DEGERMED YELLOW CORN MEAL), FULLY COOKED SMOKED HAM WITH WATER AND SMOKE FLAVORING ADDED (CURED WITH: WATER, DEXTROSE, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF POTASSIUM LACTATE, SMOKE FLAVORING, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM LACTATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE), NONSMOKED PROVOLONE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), GENOA SALAMI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF DEXTROSE, WATER, SPICES, SODIUM ASCORBATE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), FULLY COOKED CAPICOLA COATED WITH SPICES AND PAPRIKA (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SODIUM LACTATE, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM DIACETATE, SO
Product Details
- Brand
- Giant Eagle
- Barcode
- 0030034963286
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Giant Eagle
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Frequently asked questions
How does Whole Italian Sub's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Whole Italian Sub sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Whole Italian Sub's 4/5 score be read?
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 4/5 average places Whole Italian Sub 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.