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Hot Dog Enriched Buns

Hot Dog Enriched Buns: 4/5 ingredient safety

Hot Dog Enriched Buns by H E B 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.

  • 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

How This Score Is Built

Hot Dog Enriched 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). 2 of its 2 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 Hot Dog Enriched 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

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
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 ([WHEAT FLOUR, cts NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), WATER, SUGAR, YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, SESAME SEEDS, (63 BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), NONFAT DRY MILK, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, WHEAT GLUTEN, NATURAL FLAVOR, CALCIUM SULFATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, WHEAT FLOUR, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, AMMONIUM SULFATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CULTURED WHEAT FLOUR, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MONOGLYCERIDES. 90 CHLORIDE AMMONIUM SU Value* 3% CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, SESAME

Product Details

Brand
H E B
Barcode
0041220839100
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
H-E-B

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Frequently asked questions

Is Hot Dog Enriched Buns above or below average on ingredient safety?

Hot Dog Enriched Buns scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Hot Dog Enriched 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.