All-Purpose Flour

Name: All-Purpose Flour
Brand: Gold Medal

5Avoid

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium32 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 6.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

LeadNDof 5 ppb

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

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Ingredients · 7

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Common questions

Is Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour healthy?

Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour scores 5/100 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. 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 Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour?

Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour lists 7 ingredients, starting with Niacin, Riboflavin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate and Enzymes. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour’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 Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour?

Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour compare to other baking ingredients?

At 5/100 Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour 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 Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour organic?

Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour is not certified organic in our data.

Has Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected cadmium at 32 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour. It also tested for lead, arsenic and mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

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