Hearth baked garlic bread, five cheese
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Hearth baked garlic bread, five cheese receives a safety score of 85/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Hearth baked garlic bread, five cheese carries a composite safety score of 85/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Hearth baked garlic bread, five cheese is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 85/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, interesterified soybean oil, cheese blend (asiago medium cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], low moisture part skim mozzarella cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto color], parmesan cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], not smoked provolone cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], potato starch, powdered cellulose, natamycin preservative), contains less than 2% of each of the following: dextrose, butter (cream, salt), salt, yeast, dehydrated garlic, seasoning (dehydrated garlic, black pepper, salt, brown sugar, dehydrated bell pepper, dehydrated onion, natural flavor, parsley, silicon dioxide), wheat gluten, romano cheese powder, (romano cheese made from cow's milk [pasteurized milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes], lactic acid, silicon dioxide, disodium phosphate), wheat flour, parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes, powdered cellulose, sorbic acid preservative), dehydrated onion, datem, mono - & diglycerides, soy flour, ascorbic acid added as a dough conditioner, monocalcium phosphate, natural flavor, calcium acid pyrophosphate, soybean oil, ammonium sulfate, azodicarbonamide, sorbitan monostearate, enzymes, l-cysteine, ethoxylated mono - & diglycerides, calcium sulfate, annatto extract color.
Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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