Pillsbury All Purpose Flour

Name: Pillsbury All Purpose Flour
Brand: Pillsbury

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Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 1 contaminant flagged · 2 ingredients to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Pillsbury Wheat Flours (AP, bread, cake)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−47

cadmium−47

Ingredients

−43

bleached wheat flour−13

folic acid−11

niacin−4

iron−4

thiamin mononitrate−4

2 smaller deductions−7

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Pillsbury Wheat Flours (AP, bread, cake)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: 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

Measured in: All Purpose Flour Bleached

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

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

Measured in: All Purpose Flour Bleached

LeadNDof 5 ppb

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

Measured in: All Purpose Flour Bleached

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: All Purpose Flour Bleached

Ingredients · 7

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Common questions

Is Pillsbury All Purpose Flour healthy?

Pillsbury All Purpose Flour 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, plus lab results from its product family, Pillsbury Wheat Flours (AP, bread, cake). 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?

Pillsbury All Purpose Flour 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 contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Pillsbury 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 Pillsbury All Purpose Flour?

Pillsbury 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 Pillsbury All Purpose Flour compare to other baking ingredients?

At 0/100 Pillsbury 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 Pillsbury All Purpose Flour organic?

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

Has Pillsbury All Purpose Flour been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Enriched wheat flour, bleached or unbleached; no drivers) with the other products in its family, Pillsbury Wheat Flours (AP, bread, cake), 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 Pillsbury All Purpose Flour contain heavy metals?

Pillsbury All Purpose 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 41 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in All Purpose Flour Bleached. 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.