Safe

Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns

by Tesco

Open Food Facts label for barcode 5052910960306 · Tesco. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 5052910960306 · Serving size One bun (110g)

The verdict

Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns by Tesco scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Sugar, Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate. 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 54 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
5052910960306
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

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.

10960306 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Hydrochloric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Mo.Tea, Ice Tea, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …960306 · July 2026

16 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Hydrochloric Acid). Source sheet 10960306 · 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: Mo.Tea, Ice Tea, Lime & Agave · Nearest score peer is Mo.Tea, Ice Tea, Lime & Agave 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns100/1002. Mo.Tea, Ice Tea, Lime & Agave: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mo.Tea, Ice Tea, Lime & A…100/1003. Glaser Organic Farms, Organic Dill Pickles: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Glaser Organic Farms, Org…100/1004. Glaser Organic Farms, Organic Raw Sauerkraut, Cabbage & Radish: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Glaser Organic Farms, Org…100/1005. Glaser Organic Farms, Cabbage & Jalapeno Sauerkraut: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Glaser Organic Farms, Cab…100/100
High-band neighbours for Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns (100/100) outside Tesco.
Chart values as text

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

Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns
100/100
Mo.Tea, Ice Tea, Lime & Agave
100/100
Glaser Organic Farms, Organic Dill Pickles
100/100
Glaser Organic Farms, Organic Raw Sauerkraut, Cabbage & Radish
100/100
Glaser Organic Farms, Cabbage & Jalapeno Sauerkraut
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 54 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
2
Wheat Flour
3
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
4
Iron
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Thiamin
7
Water
8
Sultanas
9
Palm Oil
10
Glucose Syrup
11
Rapeseed Oil
12
Glacé Cherry Half
13
Cherry
14
Glucose-fructose Syrup
15
Colour
16
Anthocyanins
17
Acidity Regulator
18
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
19
Preservative
20
Sulphur Dioxide
21
Egg
22
Yeast
23
Humectant
24
Sorbitol Syrup
25
Invert Sugar Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
26
Emulsifiers
27
Mono - And Di-glycerides Of Fatty Acids
28
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
29
Modified Maize Starch
30
Lemon Oil
31
Processing Aid
32
Calcium Sulphate
33
Sunflower Oil
34
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
35
Enzymes
36
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
37
Egg
38
Gelling Agent
39
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
40
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
41
Whey Powder
42
Milk
43
Flavouring
44
Flour Treatment Agent
45
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
46
Lutein
47
Antifoam
48
Dimethylpolysiloxane
LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Prior Sanctioned
49
Glyceryl Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
50
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
51
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
52
Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose
53
Hydrochloric Acid
FORMULATION AID, PH CONTROL AGENT
GRAS
54
Sodium Metabisulphite

Full Ingredient List

Sugar, Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Water, Sultanas (8%), Palm Oil, Glucose Syrup, Rapeseed Oil, Glacé Cherry Half(Cherry, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Colour (Anthocyanins), Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Preservative (Sulphur Dioxide)), Dried Egg, Yeast, Humectant (Sorbitol Syrup), Invert Sugar Syrup, Emulsifiers (Mono - and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids, Sodium Stearoyl-2-Lactylate, Mono - and Di-Acetyl Tartaric Acid Esters of Mono - and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Acids), Maize Starch, Lemon Oil, Processing Aid (Calcium Sulphate, Sunflower Oil, Acetic Acid, Enzymes), Salt, Egg, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Wheat Starch, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Whey Powder (Milk), Flavouring, Flour Treatment Agent (Ascorbic Acid), Colour (Lutein), Antifoam(Processing Aid (Water, Dimethylpolysiloxane, Glyceryl Monostearate, Polysorbate 60, Silicon Dioxide, Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, Hydrochloric Acid, Sodium Metabisulphite, Citric Acid))

Other products containing Glacé Cherry Half

Glacé Cherry Half is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns

Neighbours outside Tesco with screening scores in the same high band as Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tesco; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Tesco 2 Iced Belgian Buns has a longer ingredient list than 98% of its published 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 5052910960306: 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.