Sourdough buns
Sourdough buns by Lewis bakery has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score 0.28 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 / Cereals and their products / Breads
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 Sourdough buns, 7 of its 7 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 Sourdough buns sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% 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, water, sugar, yeast, wheat gluten, soybean oil, salt, corn starch, lactic acid, acetic acid, calcium propionate, sorbic acid, enzymes, sodium stearoyl lactylate, fumaric acid, citric acid, ammonium sulfate, ascorbic acid.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Sourdough buns: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Lewis bakery
- Barcode
- 0024126018831
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Sourdough buns rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.4/5, Sourdough buns sits ahead of 69% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Sourdough buns's 4.4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Sourdough buns's mapped ingredients average out to 4.4/5, 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.