Caution

Kroger hamburger buns

by The Kroger Co.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011110001511 · The Kroger Co. · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011110001511

The verdict

Kroger hamburger buns by The Kroger Co. scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Barley Malt. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 29 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

A

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

10001511 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Kroger hamburger buns label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Sucralose PHOTO-FINISH Four Wheat Whole · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001511 · July 2026

11 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sucralose). Source sheet 10001511 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Four Wheat Whole Grain Wide Pan Bread · Nearest score peer is Four Wheat Whole Grain Wide Pan Bread at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Kroger hamburger buns: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Kroger hamburger buns85/1002. Four Wheat Whole Grain Wide Pan Bread: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Four Wheat Whole Grain Wi…85/1003. Round top white bread: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Round top white bread85/1004. Hot dog buns: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hot dog buns85/1005. Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Flavored Lemon Pepper Sea…85/100
High-band neighbours for Kroger hamburger buns (85/100) outside The Kroger Co..
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Kroger hamburger buns
85/100
Four Wheat Whole Grain Wide Pan Bread
85/100
Round top white bread
85/100
Hot dog buns
85/100
Flavored Lemon Pepper Seasoning
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Kroger hamburger buns scores 12.7 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Plant-based foods and beverages products

Kroger hamburger buns lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 29 (90th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 29 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

enriched flour (wheat flour, barley malt, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, potato flakes, yeast, wheat gluten, sugar, contains 2% or less f: salt, soybean cal, soy flour, sodium stearoyl lactylae, corn flour, extractives of parrika and turmeric (for color), calcium propionate (preservative) calcium sulfate, ammonium sulfate, sucralose, natural and artificial flavor ascorbic acid, enzymes, contains: wheat, soy,

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Cereals and potatoes Breads Special breads Hamburger buns

High-score cross-brand comparables for Kroger hamburger buns

Neighbours outside The Kroger Co. with screening scores in the same high band as Kroger hamburger buns (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Kroger Co.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sucralose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Kroger hamburger buns's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 29-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sucralose. Open Sucralose
  • Compare Kroger hamburger buns's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0011110001511: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.