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# Italian Herb Turkey Bacon at Sprankles Deli
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli-italian-herb-turkey-bacon/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:15:52.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:29:57.000Z
- Description: Turkey, ranch, bacon, provolone, avocado, lettuce, tomato on italian herb bun. Sandwich Score 68, very good. At Sprankles Deli, Benicia.
- Author: Andrew Lekashman
- Tags: USA, California, #shop-sandwich, #auto-imported

A sandwich at [Sprankles Deli](https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli/), a deli in Benicia, California.

Burger BunTomatoLettuceAvocadoProvoloneBaconRanch DressingTurkeyBurger Bun

**68**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +19.

Reads as a turkey sandwich, six of six roles on the board.

**Holding the summit:** balance 0.80 or better

Balance

59

Harmony

92

Contrast

96

Structure

98

Focus

100

Composition

96

Quality

100

Envelope

100

−5 a wet layer on soft bread

Each bar is one pillar of the score, 0 to 100\. The tick marks what a sandwich at the summit needs; an amber bar is the one holding this sandwich back.

**italian herb bun**, served cold: turkey; ranch (low tier); bacon; provolone; avocado; lettuce; tomato.

## Balance

salt1.4 · 70thacid0.3 · 36thfat2.7 · 71stsweet0.3 · 35thumami1.8 · 64thheat0.0bitter0.0 · 37th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.4   | 70th               |
| acid   | 0.3   | 36th               |
| fat    | 2.7   | 71st               |
| sweet  | 0.3   | 35th               |
| umami  | 1.8   | 64th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.0   | 37th               |

**80** Balance, out of 100

The seven flavor axes of the whole sandwich, each summed across its layers. The shaded ring is the catalog's middle 80%; the small number under each axis is where this sandwich falls in the catalog. A shape that sits inside the ring is in the range most sandwiches live in; a spike past it is where this one stands apart.

## What each layer brings

| Layer                                    | Role    | Flavor and texture                      | Points    |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| italian herb bunscored as Burger Bun     | bread   | sweet 2 soft springy                    | the frame |
| turkey                                   | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender               | **0**     |
| ranch (low tier)scored as Ranch Dressing | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 creamy saucy               | **−7**    |
| bacon                                    | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **0**     |
| provolone                                | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **−4**    |
| avocado                                  | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh                 | **−6**    |
| lettuce                                  | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **+9**    |
| tomato                                   | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+15**   |

Points: what the Sandwich Score would lose if that one layer were left out, everything else the same. A negative number means the sandwich scores higher without it. Flavor runs 0 to 5 on each axis.

## Pairings

- **Turkey + Bacon**: lean bird borrows the pig's smoke
- **Turkey + Avocado**: california club logic: green fat on lean bird
- **Turkey + Tomato**: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- **Ranch Dressing + Bacon**: bacon ranch, the american fold
- **Ranch Dressing + Lettuce**: ranch on the greens, salad logic
- **Ranch Dressing + Tomato**: ranch on tomato, salad logic
- **Bacon + Avocado**: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core

## How to raise it

- Clear the board: a wet layer on soft bread (-5).

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Menu read 2026-09; items and prices change. The score is the site's opinion of the recipe as listed, not a review of the shop; tiers and house-made marks follow the menu's own wording.