White breads
Great Value Round Top White Bread
1 lb 4 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains emulsifiers studied for gut effects
- Contains seed oils
Why it scores 41
Great Value Round Top White Bread scores 41 out of 100 (Okay) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
- minus 3 points 3 kinds of ultra-processing markers: Industrial additive classes found: emulsifier, industrial fat and industrial protein. Emerging
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
Better sliced bread
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Signature Tuscan White Loaf Backerhaus Not ultra-processed · No added sugars Score 98 out of 100 , 57 points higher -
Thick Sliced White Bread Warburtons · 400 g Not ultra-processed · No added sugars Score 83 out of 100 , 42 points higher -
White Thinned Sourdough Loaf Asda · 500 g Not ultra-processed · No added sugars Score 95 out of 100 , 54 points higher -
Tuscan pane white Market Basket · 20 oz No added sugars · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 78 out of 100 , 37 points higher -
Sliced Fremont Sour White The Essential Baking Company · 24 oz/680 g Not ultra-processed · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 76 out of 100 , 35 points higher
The same kind of product, at least 10 points higher, sold in the US. Never paid placements.
The Receipt
White Bread
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Soybean oil minus 2.5 points
- Wheat gluten minus 2.5 points
- Mono- and diglycerides minus 1.5 points
- Sodium stearoyl lactylate minus 1.5 points
- Calcium propionate minus 1.5 points
- Sorbic acid minus 0.5 points
- Hydrogenated oil minus 0.5 points
- Calcium phosphate minus 0.5 points
- Soy lecithin minus 0.5 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 3 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 3 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 7.7 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Salt 1.2 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Energy 269 kcal / 100 g minus 1 points
100 − 59.5 = 40.5 → 41
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 269 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 3.9 g |
| Saturated fat | 0 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 50 g |
| Sugars | 7.7 g |
| Added sugars | 7.7 g |
| Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 7.7 g |
| Salt | 1.2 g |
Serving: 1 slice (26 g)
Ingredients
- ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID)
- WATER
- SUGAR (high concern)
- YEAST
- SOYBEAN OIL
- SALT
- VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN
- DOUGH CONDITIONERS (MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ASCORBIC ACID)
- CALCIUM PROPIONATE (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS)
- SOY FLOUR
- ENCAPSULATED SORBIC ACID (SORBIC ACID, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES)
- YEAST NUTRIENTS (CALCIUM SULFATE, AMMONIUM SULFATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE)
- SOY LECITHIN
Label text, as published
ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR, YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ASCORBIC ACID), CALCIUM PROPIONATE (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS), SOY FLOUR, ENCAPSULATED SORBIC ACID (SORBIC ACID, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES) (TO RETAIN FRESHNESS), YEAST NUTRIENTS (CALCIUM SULFATE, AMMONIUM SULFATE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SOY LECITHIN.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Soy, Wheat, Gluten
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
Packaging
Plastic
Context only: no points in v1.
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Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org
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“This study found positive associations between risk of CVD and intake of five individual and two groups of food additive emulsifiers widely used in industrial foods.”
doi.org
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Re-evaluation of mono- and di-glycerides of fatty acids (E 471) as food additives
“The available studies did not raise any concern with regard to genotoxicity.”
doi.org
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11. List of Permitted Preservatives (Lists of Permitted Food Additives)
“B.2 Butylated Hydroxyanisole n/a (a) Active dry yeasts (a) Preservative (a) 1,000 ppm n/a”
canada.ca
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“By applying a default uncertainty factor of 100, the Panel established a group ADI expressed as 11 mg sorbic acid/kg bw per day for sorbic acid (E 200) and its potassium salt (E 202).”
doi.org
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EFSA issues new advice on phosphates
“We estimated that dietary exposure to phosphates may exceed the new ADI for infants, toddlers and children with average consumption of phosphates in their diet.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome
“carboxymethylcellulose and polysorbate-80, induced low-grade inflammation and obesity/metabolic syndrome in wild-type hosts and promoted robust colitis in mice predisposed to this disorder.”
doi.org
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“Relative to control subjects, CMC consumption modestly increased postprandial abdominal discomfort and perturbed gut microbiota composition in a way that reduced its diversity.”
doi.org