Pepperidge Farm Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Pepperidge farm, bakery classics, sweet & soft buns

Pepperidge farm, bakery classics, sweet & soft buns: 4/5 ingredient safety

Pepperidge farm, bakery classics, sweet & soft buns by Pepperidge Farm 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. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • 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

Pepperidge farm, bakery classics, sweet & soft 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). 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 Pepperidge farm, bakery classics, sweet & soft 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 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
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

enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, wheat gluten, yeast, soybean oil, contains 2 percent or less of: salt, wheat flour, natural flavors, nonfat milk*, sodium stearoyl lactylate and datem (dough conditioners), monoglycerides, calcium propionate and sorbic acid to retard spoilage, yellow corn flour, cellulose gum, malted barley flour, baking soda, soy lecithin, sucralose, annatto and turmeric extracts for color, sesame seeds,

Product Details

Barcode
0014100045427
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Pepperidge farm, bakery classics, sweet & soft buns above or below average on ingredient safety?

Pepperidge farm, bakery classics, sweet & soft 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's behind the 4/5 rating on Pepperidge farm, bakery classics, sweet & soft buns?

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 average places Pepperidge farm, bakery classics, sweet & soft buns 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.