Big Y Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

split top wheat sandwich bread

split top wheat sandwich bread: 3.5/5 ingredient safety

split top wheat sandwich bread by Big Y has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score 0.62 points below 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

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for split top wheat sandwich bread have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where split top wheat sandwich bread sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% 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

3.5
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
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 (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, whole wheat flour, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, wheat gluten, soybean oil, wheat bran, contains 2% or less of the following: molasses, honey, salt, dough conditioners (sodium stearoyl lactylate, monoglycerides, calcium peroxide, ascorbic acid), malted barley flour, caramel color, calcium propionate (preservative), yeast nutrients (ammonium chloride, calcium sulfate, ammonium sulfate), soy lecithin.

Product Details

Brand
Big Y
Barcode
0018894461036
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does split top wheat sandwich bread's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, split top wheat sandwich bread's 3.5/5 average puts it in the lower 91%, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.5/5 rating on split top wheat sandwich 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 3.5/5 average places split top wheat sandwich bread in the Mixed Evidence 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.