Wheat Hamburger Buns
Wheat Hamburger Buns by Giant Eagle 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 / Special breads / Hamburger buns
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 Wheat Hamburger Buns, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Wheat Hamburger 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
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
Enriched wheat flour bleached (wheat flour, barley malt, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup, wheat gluten, yeast, soybean oil, wheat bran, whole wheat flour, whole rye nuggets, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, honey, molasses, defatted flax seed meal, dough conditioners (monoglycerides, ascorbic acid), yeast nutrients (calcium sulfate), calcium propionate (preservative), enzyme
Product Details
- Brand
- Giant Eagle
- Barcode
- 0003003400002
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Wheat Hamburger Buns rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Wheat Hamburger Buns sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Wheat Hamburger Buns's 4/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Wheat Hamburger Buns'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.