Safe

Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs

by Progresso

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041196437645 · Progresso · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041196437645 · Serving size 0.25 cup (28 g)

The verdict

Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs by Progresso scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 8 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 8-component label led by Wheat Flour Bleached, Canola Oil, Yeast; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 8 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

96437645 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 8 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 72% LEAD-FLAG Dextrose PHOTO-FINISH Carrot Ginger Bisque · ±0 BOOK-OFF …437645 · July 2026

3 of 8 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Dextrose). Source sheet 96437645 · 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: Carrot Ginger Bisque Soup · Nearest score peer is Carrot Ginger Bisque Soup 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs100/1002. Carrot Ginger Bisque Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Carrot Ginger Bisque Soup100/1003. Creamy Tomato & White Cheddar Bisque Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Creamy Tomato & White Che…100/1004. Organic Creamy Carrot & Bunny Pasta Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Organic Creamy Carrot & B…100/1005. White rose, steam-its, california blend: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. White rose, steam-its, ca…100/100
High-band neighbours for Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs (100/100) outside Progresso.
Chart values as text

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

Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs
100/100
Carrot Ginger Bisque Soup
100/100
Creamy Tomato & White Cheddar Bisque Soup
100/100
Organic Creamy Carrot & Bunny Pasta Soup
100/100
White rose, steam-its, california blend
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs scores 9.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Cooking helpers products

Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs lists 8 ingredients on its label

8 28th percentile a longer ingredient list than 28% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). Below this entry. 6–8: 252 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 178 products (9%). This entry sits in this band. 10–12: 121 products (6%). Above this entry. 12–14: 148 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 124 products (7%). Above this entry. 16–18: 111 products (6%). Above this entry. 18–20: 107 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 84 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Above this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers 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

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 8 (28th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
36 products (2%)
2–4
95 products (5%)
4–6
146 products (8%)
6–8
252 products (13%)
8–10
178 products (9%)
10–12
121 products (6%)
12–14
148 products (8%)
14–16
124 products (7%)
16–18
111 products (6%)
18–20
107 products (6%)
20–22
84 products (4%)
22–24
74 products (4%)
24–26
58 products (3%)
26–28
47 products (2%)
28–30
51 products (3%)
30–32
42 products (2%)
32–34
30 products (2%)
34–36
27 products (1%)
36–38
19 products (1%)
38–40
13 products (1%)
40 and above
135 products (7%)

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 1,898 Cooking helpers products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Wheat Flour Bleached, Canola Oil, Yeast, Dextrose, Sugar, Salt, Natural Flavor, Freshness Preserved By Ascorbic Acid.

Categories

Cooking helpers

High-score cross-brand comparables for Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs

Neighbours outside Progresso with screening scores in the same high band as Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Progresso; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Dextrose is the first flagged ingredient selected from Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 8-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Dextrose. Open Dextrose
  • Compare Panko Crispy Bread Crumbs's 0 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 0041196437645: 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.