Safe

Wheat Hot Dog Buns

by Healthy Life

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0024126013249 · Healthy Life · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0024126013249 · Serving size 1 BUN (43 g)

The verdict

Wheat Hot Dog Buns by Healthy Life scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Water, Unbleached Enriched Wheat Flour, Flour. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

26013249 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Wheat Hot Dog Buns label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Ammonium Sulfate PHOTO-FINISH Raisin Bread Cinnamon · ±0 BOOK-OFF …013249 · July 2026

13 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ammonium Sulfate). Source sheet 26013249 · 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: Raisin Bread Cinnamon Swirl · Nearest score peer is Raisin Bread Cinnamon Swirl at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Wheat Hot Dog Buns: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Wheat Hot Dog Buns100/1002. Raisin Bread Cinnamon Swirl: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Raisin Bread Cinnamon Swi…100/1003. Honey wheat special recipe bread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Honey wheat special recip…100/1004. All whole grain 100% whole wheat bread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. All whole grain 100% whol…100/1005. 8 hot dog buns: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. 8 hot dog buns100/100
High-band neighbours for Wheat Hot Dog Buns (100/100) outside Healthy Life.
Chart values as text

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

Wheat Hot Dog Buns
100/100
Raisin Bread Cinnamon Swirl
100/100
Honey wheat special recipe bread
100/100
All whole grain 100% whole wheat bread
100/100
8 hot dog buns
100/100

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. Wheat Hot Dog Buns scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is roughly typical 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

Wheat Hot Dog Buns lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 35 (95th 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

1
Water
2
Unbleached Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Flour
4
Barley Malt
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Vitamin B3
7
Iron
8
Thiamin Mononitrate
9
Vitamin B1
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Vitamin B2
12
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
13
Vitamin B9
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Soy Fiber
16
Yeast
17
Whole Wheat Flour
18
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Molasses
21
Dough Conditioners
22
Ethoxylated Mono - And Diglycerides
23
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
24
Mono - And Diglycerides
25
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
26
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Calcium Propionate And Sorbic Acid
28
Yeast Nutrients
29
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
30
Monocalcium Phosphate
31
Ammonium Sulfate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
32
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
33
Fumaric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe Approved
34
Vegetable Oil
35
Soy Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

Water, unbleached enriched wheat flour [flour, barley malt, niacin (vitamin b3), iron, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), folic acid (vitamin b9)], sugar, soy fiber, yeast, whole wheat flour, wheat gluten, contains 2% or less of the following: salt, molasses, dough conditioners (ethoxylated mono - and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, mono - and diglycerides, ascorbic acid), wheat starch, calcium propionate and sorbic acid (to retain freshness), yeast nutrients (calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, ammonium sulfate, citric acid), fumaric acid, hydrogenated vegetable oil, soy lecithin.

Categories

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

High-score cross-brand comparables for Wheat Hot Dog Buns

Neighbours outside Healthy Life with screening scores in the same high band as Wheat Hot Dog Buns (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Healthy Life; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Wheat Hot Dog Buns has a longer ingredient list than 95% of its Plant-based foods and beverages category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0024126013249: 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.