Hot Dog Bun

How it scored 50 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 29 listed

• 1 Fortified Wheat Flour
  Wheat flour to which specific micronutrients (typically iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, and folic acid) have been added during milling to…
  Low
• 2 Barley Malt Flour
  Flour milled from barley (Hordeum vulgare) that has been germinated (malted) and dried.
  Low
• 3 Reduced Iron
  Elemental iron powder (Fe) produced by reducing iron oxide with hydrogen or carbon monoxide; used as a food fortificant.
  Low
• 4 Nicotinic Acid
  Nicotinic acid (niacin or vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid). E375 is the EU additive code for its use as a vitamin/nutrient added to f…
  Low
• 5 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 6 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 7 Folic Acid
  Synthetic form of folate (vitamin B9). Pteroylmonoglutamic acid, a water-soluble B vitamin essential for DNA synthesis and red blood cell fo…
  Low
• 8 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 9 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 10 Yeast
  Single-celled fungus, primarily Saccharomyces cerevisiae, used in fermentation and baking. A whole-food microorganism with millennia of food…
  Safe
• 11 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 12 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 13 Wheat Gluten
  Protein component of wheat (gliadin and glutenin), separated from starch.
  Low
• 14 Preservative
  Generic umbrella term for unspecified preservative additive(s).
  Low
• 15 Grain Vinegar
  Vinegar produced by fermenting grain alcohol (typically corn, rice, or barley) into acetic acid.
  Safe
• 16 Mono- And Diacetyltartaric Acid Esters Of Mono- And Diglycerides Of Fatty Acids
  Mono- and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (DATEM, E472e).
  Low
• 17 Mono- And Diglycerides Of Vegetable Fatty Acids
  Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (E471), emulsifiers derived from glycerol and fatty acids of plant or animal origin.
  Moderate
• 18 Corn Flour
  Finely ground flour from corn (maize) kernels; finer than cornmeal.
  Safe
• 19 Sodium Carboxy Methyl Cellulose
  Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (cellulose gum, E466) is a chemically modified cellulose derivative.
  Moderate
• 20 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 21 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low
• 22 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 23 Monocalcium Phosphate
  Monocalcium phosphate (Ca(H2PO4)2), an inorganic acid salt.
  Low
• 24 Soya Lecithin
  A naturally occurring mixture of phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol) extracted from soybean …
  Low
• 25 Sesame Seeds
  Seeds of Sesamum indicum, used whole or as paste (tahini), oil, or flour.
  Low
• 26 Thiamin
  Thiamin (vitamin B1) is an essential water-soluble B vitamin.
  Low
• 27 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 28 Calcium Propionate
  Calcium propionate, the calcium salt of propionic acid, used as a preservative against mold and certain bacteria.
  Low
• 29 Sorbic Acid
  Sorbic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid used as a preservative against mold, yeast, and certain bacteria.
  Low