Plain Bagels

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 ingredients to avoid

Thomas' Plain Bagels scores 31/100 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. Per serving it carries 3g fiber, 9g protein and 6g sugar. 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.

Thomas' Plain Bagels lists 20 ingredients, starting with Enriched Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Reduced Iron, Niacin and Thiamin Mononitrate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

240 kcal per serving, or 282 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Thomas' Plain Bagels on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 31/100 Thomas' Plain Bagels scores worse than most bakery we have scored. A higher-scoring option in bakery is jovial 100% Organic Einkorn All-Purpose Flour at 100/100.