Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread

Name: Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread
Brand: Dave's Killer Bread

22Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 contaminants flagged · 6 ingredients to watch

Includes lab results from its product family: Powerseed Organic Bread

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−53

cadmium−39

arsenic−14

Ingredients

−20

organic powerseed grain and seed mix−4

organic fruit juices−4

organic pear juice−3

organic cultured wheat flour−3

organic acerola cherry powder−3

enzymes−3

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Credits

Certified organic+5

Final score22

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Powerseed Organic Bread

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Cadmium21 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 4.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Organic Powerseed Sandwich Bread

Arsenic19 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 1.9×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Organic Powerseed Sandwich Bread

LeadNDof 5 ppb

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

Measured in: Organic Powerseed Sandwich Bread

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: Organic Powerseed Sandwich Bread

Ingredients · 26

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Common questions

Is Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread healthy?

Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread scores 22/100 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, Powerseed Organic Bread. 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 Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread?

Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread lists 26 ingredients, starting with Organic Whole Wheat, Organic Whole Wheat Flour, Organic Cracked Whole Wheat, Water and Organic Powerseed Grain and Seed Mix. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread’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 Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread?

Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread compare to other bread?

At 22/100 Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread scores worse than most bread we have scored. A higher-scoring option in bread is izzio ARTISAN BAKERY Organic San Francisco Style Sourdough at 99/100.

Is Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread organic?

Yes. Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Has Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Organic whole wheat with Powerseed mix (flax, oats, sunflower, pumpkin, quinoa)) with the other products in its family, Powerseed Organic Bread, 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 Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread contain heavy metals?

Dave's Killer Bread Organic Powerseed Thin-Sliced Bread 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 19 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Organic Powerseed Sandwich Bread and cadmium at 21 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Powerseed Sandwich Bread. 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.