Vermont Bread Company Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Organic spelt bread

Organic spelt bread: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Organic spelt bread by Vermont Bread Company has 2 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. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above 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 / Spelt-bread

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 Organic spelt bread, 2 of its 2 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 Organic spelt bread 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 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
C
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

ORGANIC WHOLE SPELT FLOUR, WATER, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: ORGANIC CULTURED SPELT FLOUR, ORGANIC MOLASSES, SALT, ORGANIC OAT FLOUR, ENZYMES, ASCORBIC ACID, ORGANIC DISTILLED VINEGAR, CITRIC ACID, ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN.

Product Details

Barcode
0025911000338
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Whole Foods

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Organic spelt bread rank on ingredient safety?

Organic spelt bread 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 Organic spelt bread?

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 4.5/5 average places Organic spelt 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.