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Plain Bagels
64°1Plant Based Foods And Beverages · 0071010139301

Plain Bagels

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 28 May 2026

Why it's rated this way

2 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
  2. Propionic acidMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    Regulatory basis
    Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
    How sure we are
    High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Water51.9%No flag›
  • Flour24%No flag›
  • Wheat flour12%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour6%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3753%No flag
  • Reduced iron1.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.8%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
  • Folic acid0.4%No flag›
  • Modified wheat siarch12%No flag
  • Wheat gluter powdered cellulose fiber6%No flag
  • Sugar2%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of each of the following2%No flag
  • Wheat flour2%No flag›
  • Salt0.5%No flag›
  • Yeast0.5%No flag›
  • Wheat flour0.5%No flag›
  • Degerminated yellow corn meal0.2%No flag
  • Vineua uar bum0.1%No flag
  • Muno and diglycerides<0.1%No flag
  • Whole wheat flour<0.1%No flag
  • Mineral oil · E905a<0.1%No flag
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • Degerminated yellow corn flourNo flag
  • Ascorbic acid · E300No flag
  • Flour treatment agentNo flag
  • Rebaudioside aNo flag›
  • Sieva batracia ee aguNo flag
  • Lactig acidNo flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E435No flag
  • Canola oilNo flag›
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
  • Propionic acid · E280Low

    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

  • A preservativeNo flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E211Moderate

    Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.

  • A preservativeNo flag
  • Citric acid · E330No flag
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water, enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), modified wheat siarch, wheat gluter powdered cellulose fiber, sugar, contains 2% or less of each of the following: cultured wheat flour, salt, yeast, wheat flour, degerminated yellow corn meal, vineua uar bum, muno and diglycerides, whole wheat flour, mineral oil, enzymes, degerminated yellow corn flour, ascorbic acid (dough conditioner), rebaudioside a (sieva batracia ee agu, lactig acid, polysorbate 60, canola oil, soy lecithin, propionic acid (a preservative) sodium benzoate (a preservative), citric acid.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 28 May 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
  • Propionic acidPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

4 low · 6 not assessed

6 of 10 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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