Bagels
Bagels by Harlan Bakeries Inc. has 2 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
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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 Bagels, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry 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 Bagels 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
CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, STABILIZERS [CAROB BEAN AND/OR XANTHAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS]), ENRICHED, UNBLEACHED, WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, STRAWBERRY FILLING (WATER, SUGAR, STRAWBERRIES, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CELLULOSE GEL AND GUM, FRUIT AND VEGETABLE JUICE FOR COLOR, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, BENZOATE OF SODA AND POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVES], GELLAN GUM, SODIUM CITRATE), BROWN SUGAR, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (WHEAT FLOUR, CALCIUM SULFATE, SUGAR, CORN FLOUR, L-CYSTEINE, ASCORBIC ACID, AZODICARBONAMIDE, CALCIUM IODATE, CALCIUM PEROXIDE, SOYBEAN OIL, ENZYMES), MALT, VITAL WHEAT GLUEN, YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID), SALT, MOLASSES, MALTODEXTRIN, CALCIUM CARBONATE, WHEAT FIBER, YEAST FOOD (AMMONIUM SULFATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, AZODICARBONAMIDE).
Product Details
- Brand
- Harlan Bakeries Inc.
- Barcode
- 0028081024067
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Bagels above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Bagels 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 Bagels's 4/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Bagels's 4/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.