Italian Bread White

Name: Italian Bread White
Brand: Pepperidge Farm

5Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 5 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Pepperidge Farm white sandwich loaves

100

Contaminants

Substances that do not belong in food

−20

total ortho-phthalates−20

Ingredients

−65

soybean oil−25

folic acid−6

natural flavors−6

dextrose−6

soy lecithin−5

9 more deductions−17

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Final score5

Contaminants · 2

From lab tests of this product’s family

Pepperidge Farm white sandwich loaves

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Total ortho-Phthalates44.6 ppbfound

Detected · no published limit

Measured in: Farmhouse Hearty White Bread

GlyphosateNDof 160 ppb

Not detectedEWG children's health benchmark 160 ppb (0.01 mg/day in a 60 g serving). EPA tolerance for glyphosate on oats is far higher at 30 ppm (30,000 ppb), 40 CFR 180.364.

Measured in: Farmhouse Hearty White Bread

Ingredients · 26

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Common questions

Is Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White healthy?

Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White 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, plus lab results from its product family, Pepperidge Farm white sandwich loaves. 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 Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White?

Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White lists 26 ingredients, starting with Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate and Riboflavin. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White contain seed oils?

Yes. Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White lists Soybean Oil in its ingredients.

How processed is Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White?

Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White compare to other bread?

At 5/100 Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White scores worse than most bread we have scored. A higher-scoring option in bread is Coles Supermarket Coles High top bread at 100/100.

Is Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White organic?

Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White is not certified organic in our data.

Has Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Enriched wheat flour, water, sugar, yeast, soybean/vegetable oil; no cocoa, rice, cinnamon, seeds or protein powder) with the other products in its family, Pepperidge Farm white sandwich loaves, 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 Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White contain glyphosate?

Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White itself has not been tested for glyphosate, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab tested them for glyphosate and found none above its detection limit. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Does Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White contain phthalates?

Pepperidge Farm Italian Bread White itself has not been tested for phthalates, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected total ortho-phthalates at 44.6 ppb in Farmhouse Hearty White 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.