Pain au levain bread

Name: Pain au levain bread
Brand: Pain au Levain

85Clean

Ingredients · 5

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Common questions

Is Pain au levain bread healthy?

Pain au levain bread scores 85/100 on Tallow — our clean 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 Pain au levain bread?

Pain au levain bread lists 5 ingredients, starting with Water, Organic Unbleached Wheat Flour, Organic Whole Wheat Flour, Sea Salt and Organic Rye Starter. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Pain au levain bread contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Pain au levain 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 Pain au levain bread?

We don’t have a NOVA classification on file for Pain au levain bread yet, so the processing axis scores it neutrally.

How does Pain au levain bread compare to other bread?

At 85/100 Pain au levain bread sits in our top band, among the better bread we have scored. A higher-scoring option in bread is jovial 100% Organic Einkorn All-Purpose Flour at 100/100.

Is Pain au levain bread organic?

Yes. Pain au levain bread carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Has Pain au levain bread been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Pain au levain bread, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.