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King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour

Organic Bread Flour

68Okay
USDA OrganicNon-GMO Project Verified

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
King Arthur Organic Bread 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.

Cadmium18 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 3.6×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Unbleached Bread Flour, 5 lb
ArsenicNDof 10 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Organic Unbleached Bread Flour, 5 lb
LeadNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Unbleached Bread Flour, 5 lb
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Unbleached Bread Flour, 5 lb

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Is King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour healthy?

King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour scores 68/100 on Tallow — our okay 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, King Arthur Organic Bread 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 King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour?

King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour lists 2 ingredients, starting with Certified 100% Organic Hard Red Wheat Flour and Certified 100% Organic Malted Barley Flour. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread 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 King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour?

King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour is NOVA group 1: unprocessed or minimally processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour compare to other baking ingredients?

At 68/100 King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour lands mid-scale — below the typical score in baking ingredients, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in baking ingredients is King Arthur Baking Company Organic Unbleached All-Purpose Flour at 100/100.

Is King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour organic?

Yes. King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Has King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Organic hard red wheat flour with malted barley/enzyme) with the other products in its family, King Arthur Organic Bread 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 King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour contain heavy metals?

King Arthur Baking Company Organic Bread Flour itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected cadmium at 18 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Unbleached Bread Flour, 5 lb. 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.

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