Classic White Pita

How it scored 80 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 19 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 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 3 Yeast
  Single-celled fungus, primarily Saccharomyces cerevisiae, used in fermentation and baking. A whole-food microorganism with millennia of food…
  Safe
• 4 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 5 Wheat Gluten
  Protein component of wheat (gliadin and glutenin), separated from starch.
  Low
• 6 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 7 Calcium Propionate
  Calcium propionate, the calcium salt of propionic acid, used as a preservative against mold and certain bacteria.
  Low
• 8 Bread Improver
  A blend of additives (commonly enzymes, emulsifiers, oxidizing agents, dough conditioners) used to enhance bread dough performance.
  Moderate
• 9 Enzyme
  Industrial food enzyme — protein catalysts derived from plants, animals, or microorganisms (often via fermentation), added to food to perfor…
  Low
• 10 Sesame Seeds
  Seeds of Sesamum indicum, used whole or as paste (tahini), oil, or flour.
  Low
• 11 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 12 Barley Malt Flour
  Flour milled from barley (Hordeum vulgare) that has been germinated (malted) and dried.
  Low
• 13 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
• 14 Reduced Iron
  Elemental iron powder (Fe) produced by reducing iron oxide with hydrogen or carbon monoxide; used as a food fortificant.
  Low
• 15 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 16 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 17 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
• 18 Preservative
  Generic umbrella term for unspecified preservative additive(s).
  Low
• 19 Deactivated Yeast
  Heat-killed Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cells, no longer biologically active.
  Safe