Heb NOVA 4

Breakfast bread

Breakfast bread: 4.1/5 ingredient safety

Breakfast bread by Heb has 10 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

Breakfast bread 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). 10 of its 10 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 Breakfast bread sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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

4.1
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.1 out of 5
Based on 10 tracked ingredients
10
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
10
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

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 WHEAT FLOUR, RAISINS, WATER, YEAST, SUGAR, FLOUR BLEND, PALM OIL, CORN STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, CITRIC ACID, SOYBEAN OIL, WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, WHEAT FLOUR, WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR, WHEAT STARCH, SPICE, ASCORBIC ACID, CINNAMON, CALCIUM SULFATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, AMMONIUM SULFATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES, NATURAL FLAVORS, WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, SUGAR, PALM OIL, CINNAMON, POTATO FLOUR, POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, ASCORBIC ACID, GUAR GUM, SUGAR, ANNATTO, TURMERIC, DATEM

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Breakfast bread: 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.

Product Details

Brand
Heb
Barcode
0041220798056
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Breakfast bread's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.1/5, Breakfast bread sits ahead of 58% 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 Breakfast bread's 4.1/5 score be read?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.1/5 average places Breakfast bread 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.