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Is Abe's Chocolate Chip Soft Mini Muffins ultra-processed?

10.2 oz Pastries Sold in the United States

Pack of Abe's Chocolate Chip Soft Mini Muffins

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pastries

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Non-GMO sugar, water, non-GMO flour (wheat, malted barley), non-GMO canola oil, non-GMO chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, vanilla), non-GMO brown rice syrup, salt, non-GMO baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, non-GMO cornstarch, tapioca starch), baking soda, non-GMO vanilla (vanilla beans, water, ethyl alcohol)

Additives: E1510 Ethanol , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Non-GMO sugar, water, non-GMO flour (wheat, malted barley), non-GMO expeller-pressed canola oil, non-GMO chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, vanilla), non-GMO brown rice syrup, salt, non-GMO baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, non-GMO cornstarch and/or tapioca starch), baking soda, non-GMO vanilla (vanilla beans, water, ethyl alcohol).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
5 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 205 pastries

From least to most processed, this one ranks 65th. 87% of the pastries here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 205 pastries, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0044261490545, last edited 16 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.