Wise Woodworks Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Bakers Best, White Bread

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Product Insight: Bakers Best, White Bread

Bakers Best, White Bread by Wise Woodworks is tracked in PlainIngredients with 5 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 3.2 out of 5 — a Mixed-Evidence tier where the regulatory picture is still evolving. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is C, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 3 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.

Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.

Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes

3.2
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.2 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

Enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malt barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mono-nitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, yeast, ethoxylated mon-diglycerides, salt, diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono-diglycerides (datem), polysorbate 60, calcium sulfate, soya lecithin, vegetable shortening (soybean, cottonseed, and/or canola oils), propionic acid, potassium bromate, ascorbic acid, sodium propionate (a preservatives), l. cysteine, enzyme, phosphoric acid, azodicarbonmide (ada).

Data Sources

  • Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
  • FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
  • EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008

Product Details

Barcode
0000236555909
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Data sourced from official EWG, FDA GRAS, and ingredient toxicology databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainIngredients Editorial

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