Whole Wheat Bread
Whole Wheat Bread by Healthy Life has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.18 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
How This Score Is Built
Whole Wheat Bread 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). 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients are 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 Whole Wheat Bread sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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
Whole wheat flour, water, yeast, wheat gluten, soy fiber, sugar, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, molasses, dough conditioners (ethoxylated mono - and diglycerides, mono - & diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ascorbic acid), calcium propionate (to retain freshness), fumaric acid, soybean oil, yeast nutrients (calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, ammonium sulfate), sorbic acid (to retain freshness), hydrogenated soybean oil, soy lecithin.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Whole Wheat Bread: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Healthy Life
- Barcode
- 0024126008931
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Whole Wheat Bread above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Whole Wheat Bread's 4.3/5 average puts it in the safer 62%, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Whole Wheat Bread's 4.3/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Whole Wheat Bread's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, 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.