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# THE Sprankles California Turkey at Sprankles Deli
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli-the-sprankles-california-turkey/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:16:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:28:40.000Z
- Description: Turkey, bacon, provolone, avocado, tomato, sprouts, lettuce, mayo, honey mustard on soft french roll. Sandwich Score 83, excellent. 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.

Hoagie RollHoney MustardMayonnaiseLettuceSproutsTomatoAvocadoProvoloneBaconTurkeyHoagie Roll

**83**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · excellent

Excellent. Small moves left on the board.

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

**Holding the summit:** a focused, restrained build

Balance

87

Harmony

100

Contrast

96

Structure

95

Focus

74

Composition

96

Quality

100

Envelope

100

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.

**soft french roll**, served cold: turkey; bacon; provolone; avocado; tomato; sprouts; lettuce; mayo; honey mustard (low tier).

## Balance

salt1.3 · 63rdacid0.6 · 54thfat2.3 · 56thsweet0.5 · 58thumami1.6 · 57thheat0.1 · 60thbitter0.1 · 43rd

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.3   | 63rd               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 54th               |
| fat    | 2.3   | 56th               |
| sweet  | 0.5   | 58th               |
| umami  | 1.6   | 57th               |
| heat   | 0.1   | 60th               |
| bitter | 0.1   | 43rd               |

**88** 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    |
| ------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| soft french rollscored as Hoagie Roll | bread   | soft crusty                             | the frame |
| turkey                                | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender               | **−6**    |
| bacon                                 | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+3**    |
| provolone                             | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **−6**    |
| avocado                               | fat     | fat 4 creamy soft fresh                 | **−7**    |
| tomato                                | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+7**    |
| sprouts                               | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−4**    |
| lettuce                               | texture | crunchy juicy fresh                     | **−4**    |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise              | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **−3**    |
| honey mustard (low tier)              | sauce   | sweet 3 salt 2 acid 2 saucy smooth      | **+1**    |

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
- **Turkey + Mayonnaise**: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- **Turkey + Honey Mustard**: honey mustard on lean bird
- **Bacon + Avocado**: smoke and salt lift buttery avocado
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core
- **Bacon + Lettuce**: cool crunch against hot smoke
- **Bacon + Honey Mustard**: sweet mustard against smoke
- **Avocado + Sprouts**: california crunch on green fat
- **Tomato + Mayonnaise**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich

## How to raise it

- Between you and 90: a focused, restrained build (0.01 short).

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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.