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AVOIDWonder Classic White Bread is rated AVOID by BannedPantry: its label lists 2 ingredients that are banned or restricted outside the US — Azodicarbonamide (EU, UK, Australia); High Fructose Corn Syrup (EU (tax/restricted)). All of them are still legal to sell in the US.
Banned or restricted in: EU, UK, Australia
Not authorised as a food/flour additive in the EU, UK, or Australia; breaks down to semicarbazide during baking. Permitted in the US up to 45 ppm.
Banned or restricted in: EU (tax/restricted)
EU imposes production quotas and taxes on isoglucose; linked to obesity, insulin resistance, and fatty liver.
Same category, none of the flagged ingredients.
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Enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup, soybean oil, salt, yeast, monoglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, calcium propionate (preservative), datem, azodicarbonamide.
No — every ingredient in Wonder Classic White Bread is currently legal to sell in the US. However, Azodicarbonamide, High Fructose Corn Syrup are banned or restricted in other regions: Azodicarbonamide (EU, UK, Australia); High Fructose Corn Syrup (EU (tax/restricted)).
Azodicarbonamide: Not authorised as a food/flour additive in the EU, UK, or Australia; breaks down to semicarbazide during baking. Permitted in the US up to 45 ppm. High Fructose Corn Syrup: EU imposes production quotas and taxes on isoglucose; linked to obesity, insulin resistance, and fatty liver.
BannedPantry checks each labeled ingredient against food and cosmetic safety standards from the EU, UK, Canada, Japan, and California, with a citation for every flag. AVOID means at least one labeled ingredient is banned or restricted by a major overseas regulator, or is high-severity under our methodology. Ratings are never influenced by brands.
Comparable products without the flagged ingredients include Dave's Killer Bread Organic 21 Whole Grains (Dave's Killer Bread), Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Whole Grain Bread (Food For Life), Simple Kneads Gluten-Free Bread (Simple Kneads). You can also scan any product's barcode free at https://bannedpantry.com to check it before you buy.
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