All Purpose Flour Bleached

Name: All Purpose Flour Bleached
Brand: Pillsbury

0Avoid

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

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

Cadmium41 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 8.2×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 Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached healthy?

Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached scores 0/100 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 Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached?

Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached lists 7 ingredients, starting with Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate and Riboflavin. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached’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 Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached?

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

How does Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached compare to other baking ingredients?

At 0/100 Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached 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 Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached organic?

Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached is not certified organic in our data.

Has Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached been lab tested?

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

Does Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected cadmium at 41 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Pillsbury All Purpose Flour Bleached. 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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