Caution

Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread

by Shaw's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0045674517218 · Shaw's · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0045674517218 · Serving size 1 SLICE (27 g)

The verdict

Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread by Shaw's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 34-component record, beginning with Whole Wheat Flour, Water, Sunflower Seeds. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 34 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.

74517218 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Azodicarbonamide PHOTO-FINISH Vienna sausages · ±0 BOOK-OFF …517218 · July 2026

9 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Azodicarbonamide). Source sheet 74517218 · 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: Vienna sausages · Nearest score peer is Vienna sausages 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. Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Whole Wheat Multi-Grain B…85/1002. Vienna sausages: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Vienna sausages85/1003. Chicken vienna sausages: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chicken vienna sausages85/1004. Chicken Vienna Sausages In Chicken Broth: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chicken Vienna Sausages I…85/1005. Chicken Vienna Sausages In Chicken Broth: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chicken Vienna Sausages I…85/100
High-band neighbours for Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread (85/100) outside Shaw's.
Chart values as text

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

Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread
85/100
Vienna sausages
85/100
Chicken vienna sausages
85/100
Chicken Vienna Sausages In Chicken Broth
85/100
Chicken Vienna Sausages In Chicken Broth
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. Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread 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

Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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: 34 (94th 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 34 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Whole wheat flour, water, sunflower seeds, wheat, sesame seeds, rye, oats, high fructose corn syrup, wheat gluten, honey, yeast, contains 2% or less of the following: soybean oil, salt, barley, corn, millet, triticale, rice flour, flax meal, buckwheat, molasses, yeast nutrients (monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, ammonium sulfate), dough conditioner (sodium stearoyl lactylate, ethoxylated mono and diglycerides, mono and diglycerides, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide), calcium propionate (a preservative), soy lecithin.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Cereals and potatoes Breads White breads Wheat breads

High-score cross-brand comparables for Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread

Neighbours outside Shaw's with screening scores in the same high band as Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Shaw's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Azodicarbonamide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 34-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Azodicarbonamide. Open Azodicarbonamide
  • Compare Whole Wheat Multi-Grain Bread'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 0045674517218: 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.