Tops NOVA 4

Crusty Garlic Bread Loaf

Crusty Garlic Bread Loaf: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Crusty Garlic Bread Loaf by Tops has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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 Crusty Garlic Bread Loaf, 4 of its 4 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 Crusty Garlic Bread Loaf sits nationally

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

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
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

Bread: enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), water, soybean oil, sugar, yeast, salt, fermented wheat flour, calcium propionate (preservative), ascorbic acid, microbial enzymes. spread: water, soybean oil, dehydrated garlic, palm oil, whey powder, salt, modified corn starch, vegetable monoglyceride, dehydrated parsley, modified tapioca starch, xanthan gum, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, beta carotene (color).

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Crusty Garlic Bread Loaf: 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
Tops
Barcode
0007078405684
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Crusty Garlic Bread Loaf rank on ingredient safety?

Crusty Garlic Bread Loaf scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Crusty Garlic Bread Loaf?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Crusty Garlic Bread Loaf's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, 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.