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Plant Based Foods And Beverages · 0071319000029

Whole grain white bread

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Feb 2026

Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
    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

  • Water52.6%No flag›
  • Fortified wheat flour23.7%No flag
  • Wheat flour11.8%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour5.9%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3753%No flag
  • Iron1.5%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate0.7%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
  • Folic acid0.4%No flag›
  • Whole grain durum wheat11.8%No flag
  • Sugar3.7%No flag›
  • Wheat gluten3.7%No flag›
  • Contains 2% and less of the following2.2%No flag
  • Oat fibre2.2%No flag
  • Flour treatment agent1.1%No flag
  • Datem · E472e0.6%No flag
  • Ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides0.3%No flag
  • Monoglycerides0.3%No flag›
  • Soya oil0.6%No flag›
  • Yeast0.3%No flag›
  • Yeast nutrients0.1%No flag
  • Calcium carbonate · E170i<0.1%No flag
  • Calcium sulfate · E516<0.1%No flag
  • Ammonium sulfate · E517<0.1%No flag
  • Wheat flour<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Cellulose gum · E466<0.1%Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • Guar gum · E412No flag
  • Xanthan gum · E415No flag
  • Wheat starchNo flag›
  • CholecalciferolNo flag›
  • EnzymeNo flag›
  • Soya lecithinNo flag›
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Water, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), whole durum wheat, sugar, wheat gluten, contains 2% or less of the following: oat fiber, dough conditioners (datem, ethoxylated mono & diglycerides, monoglycerides), soybean oil, yeast, yeast nutrients (calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate, ammonium sulfate), cultured wheat flour, salt, cellulose gum, guar gum, xanthan gum, wheat starch, vitamin d3, enzymes, soy lecithin.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 26 Feb 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

2 moderate · 1 low · 8 not assessed

8 of 11 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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