Loaf white bread
Loaf white bread by Chicago Baking Co. has 1 tracked ingredient, 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 / White breads
How This Score Is Built
Loaf white 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Loaf white bread 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
Unbleached enriched wheat flour [flour, barley malt, niacin (vitamin b3), iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid (vitamin b9)], water, corn syrup, yeast, wheat gluten, contains 2% or less of the following: soybean oil, salt, dough conditioners (monoglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ethoxylated mono - and diglycerides, ascorbic acid), calcium propionate and sorbic acid (to retain freshness), soy flour, yeast nutrients (monocalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, ammonium sulfate, calcium sulfate), wheat starch, hydrogenated vegetable oil, soy lecithin.
Product Details
- Brand
- Chicago Baking Co.
- Barcode
- 0024126014628
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Loaf white bread above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Loaf white bread's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Loaf white bread?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Loaf white bread'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.