Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag

Name: Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag
Brand: Bob's Red Mill

23Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 contaminants flagged · 1 ingredient to watch

Includes lab results from its product family: Bob's Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−64

arsenic−49

cadmium−15

Ingredients

−4

xanthan gum−4

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

Rounding+1

Final score23

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Bob's Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Arsenic91 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 9.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

Cadmium11 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

LeadNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

Ingredients · 6

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Common questions

Is Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag healthy?

Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag scores 23/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Bob's Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag?

Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag lists 6 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Brown Rice Flour, Potato Starch, Whole Grain Sorghum Flour, Tapioca Flour and Xanthan Gum. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag?

Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag compare to other baking ingredients?

At 23/100 Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag scores worse than most baking ingredients we have scored. A higher-scoring option in baking ingredients is King Arthur Baking Company Organic Unbleached All-Purpose Flour at 100/100.

Is Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag organic?

Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag is not certified organic in our data.

Has Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Rice (sweet white + brown), potato starch, sorghum, tapioca, xanthan; rice is a driver) with the other products in its family, Bob's Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag contain heavy metals?

Bob's Red Mill Bobs Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour Bag itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 91 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour and cadmium at 11 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.