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Is Baker's Corner Corn Starch ultra-processed?

454 g Cornmeal Sold in the United States

Pack of Baker's Corner Corn Starch

No, it's a kitchen staple

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

It is pressed or refined from a food and used for cooking, like oil, butter or sugar.

  • 2 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed cornmeal

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

Ingredients

corn starch, contains a bioengineered food ingredient

As written on the pack

corn starch, contains a bioengineered food ingredient,

Why it is in group 2

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Starches Products in the category "Starches" are at least group 2.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 11 cornmeal

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 18% of the cornmeal 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 11 cornmeal, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100212716, last edited 30 August 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.