8 white hot dog buns
8 white hot dog buns by Lewis Bakeries Inc. has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Cereals and potatoes / Breads / Special breads / Hot dog buns
How This Score Is Built
8 white hot dog buns 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). 4 of its 4 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 8 white hot dog buns 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
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
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
Unbleached wheat flour [flour, barley malt, niacin (vitamin b3), iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid (vitamin b9)], water, soy fiber, yeast, sugar, wheat gluten, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, dough conditioners (ethoxylated mono - and diglycerides, monoglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ascorbic acid), calcium propionate (to retain freshness), yeast nutrients (calcium sulfate, ammonium sulfate), fumaric acid, wheat starch, sodium propionate, potassium sorbate and calcium acetate (to retain freshness), soy lecithin.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for 8 white hot dog buns: 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: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
- Eckrich, 4 Pepper Smoked Sausage Δ 0 additives · Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc 4additives · 2.5/5
- Smoked Sausage Δ 0 additives 4additives · 2.5/5
- Caffeine free fruit punch artificially flavored soda, fruit punch Δ 0 additives · Food Club, Topco Associates Inc. 4additives · 2.8/5
- Canadian Bacon Δ 0 additives · Black Forest, Land O'Frost Inc. 4additives · 2.8/5
Product Details
- Brand
- Lewis Bakeries Inc.
- Barcode
- 0024126010576
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
Find Products
Frequently asked questions
Where does 8 white hot dog buns rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, 8 white hot dog buns's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should 8 white hot dog buns's 4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. 8 white hot dog buns's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is 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.