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# Turkey Pesto at Sprankles Deli
- URL: https://onesandwich.com/benicia-sprankles-deli-turkey-pesto/
- Published: 2026-10-03T05:16:46.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-07T10:28:07.000Z
- Description: Mayo, pesto, turkey, bacon, provolone, tomato on sourdough. Sandwich Score 69, 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.

SourdoughTomatoProvoloneBaconTurkeyPestoMayonnaiseSourdough

**69**

Sandwich Score  
out of 100 · very good

Very good, with one move worth +16.

Reads as a turkey sandwich, six of six roles, half the layers have no partner.

**Holding the summit:** a finished composition

Balance

66

Harmony

91

Contrast

100

Structure

98

Focus

90

Composition

65

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.

**sourdough**, pressed: mayo; pesto; turkey; bacon; provolone; tomato.

## Balance

salt1.6 · 76thacid0.6 · 52ndfat2.9 · 76thsweet0.1 · 20thumami2.1 · 78thheat0.0bitter0.2 · 58th

__Flavor axes__
| Axis   | Value | Catalog percentile |
| ------ | ----- | ------------------ |
| salt   | 1.6   | 76th               |
| acid   | 0.6   | 52nd               |
| fat    | 2.9   | 76th               |
| sweet  | 0.1   | 20th               |
| umami  | 2.1   | 78th               |
| heat   | 0.0   | n/a                |
| bitter | 0.2   | 58th               |

**90** 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    |
| ------------------------ | ------- | --------------------------------------- | --------- |
| sourdough                | bread   | soft chewy crusty                       | the frame |
| mayoscored as Mayonnaise | sauce   | fat 5 acid 2 creamy saucy               | **+1**    |
| pesto                    | sauce   | fat 4 salt 2 umami 2 creamy saucy       | **−6**    |
| turkey                   | protein | umami 2 soft juicy tender               | **+8**    |
| bacon                    | protein | fat 4 salt 3 umami 3 crispy chewy       | **+3**    |
| provolone                | protein | fat 3 umami 3 salt 2 soft melty         | **−4**    |
| tomato                   | texture | acid 3 umami 3 sweet 2 juicy soft fresh | **+20**   |

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

- **Mayonnaise + Turkey**: turkey and mayo, the deli default
- **Mayonnaise + Tomato**: summer tomato sandwich: acid on rich
- **Turkey + Bacon**: lean bird borrows the pig's smoke
- **Turkey + Tomato**: lean bird and summer tomato, the deli standard
- **Bacon + Tomato**: smoke against sweet acid, the blt core

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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.