Safe

100% Pure Baking Soda

by Tops

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070784461540 · Tops · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070784461540 · Serving size 1/8 tsp (0.6 g)

The verdict

100% Pure Baking Soda by Tops scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 1 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Sodium Bicarbonate U.s.p. #1, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 1 analyzed
0070784461540
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

100/100

Grade A+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

N/A

NOVA food-processing classification

Nutrition Grade

N/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.

84461540 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

100% Pure Baking Soda label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 1 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-UNK NOVA n/a NUTRI-NA Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 100% PHOTO-FINISH Buttermilk pancake & · ±0 BOOK-OFF …461540 · July 2026

None of the 1 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 84461540 · 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: Buttermilk pancake & waffle mix, buttermilk · Nearest score peer is Buttermilk pancake & waffle mix, buttermilk 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 is not defined for this product's category. The model excludes certain categories by design — among them plain waters, herbs, teas and coffees, and some single-ingredient products — rather than attempting a grade and failing. No nutritional band therefore accompanies the additive screen on this page, and its absence is a property of the category rather than a finding about this particular label. The registry screen below is unaffected by the exclusion and covers additive ratings as normal.

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. 100% Pure Baking Soda: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. 100% Pure Baking Soda100/1002. Buttermilk pancake & waffle mix, buttermilk: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Buttermilk pancake & waff…100/1003. Spaghetti, Enriched Macaroni Product: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Spaghetti, Enriched Macar…100/1004. Sunshine Cranberry Delite: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sunshine Cranberry Delite100/1005. Slivered Almonds: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Slivered Almonds100/100
High-band neighbours for 100% Pure Baking Soda (100/100) outside Tops.
Chart values as text

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

100% Pure Baking Soda
100/100
Buttermilk pancake & waffle mix, buttermilk
100/100
Spaghetti, Enriched Macaroni Product
100/100
Sunshine Cranberry Delite
100/100
Slivered Almonds
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. 100% Pure Baking Soda 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

100% Pure Baking Soda lists 1 ingredient on its label

1 0th percentile a longer ingredient list than 0% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Above this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). Above this entry. 6–8: 252 products (13%). Above this entry. 8–10: 178 products (9%). Above this entry. 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: 1 (0th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

Full Ingredient List

SODIUM BICARBONATE U.S.P. #1.

Other products containing Sodium Bicarbonate U.s.p. #1

Sodium Bicarbonate U.s.p. #1 is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Cooking helpers Food additives Anticaking agents Bicarbonates of soda

High-score cross-brand comparables for 100% Pure Baking Soda

Neighbours outside Tops with screening scores in the same high band as 100% Pure Baking Soda (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tops; these peers cross brands.

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

100% Pure Baking Soda has a shorter ingredient list than 100% of its Cooking helpers category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with the parsed ingredient profiles and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
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  • Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method

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

Barcode 0070784461540: 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.