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Is Bays English Muffins Sourdough ultra-processed?

12 oz Breads Sold in the United States

Pack of Bays English Muffins Sourdough

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 4 additives

Less processed breads

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

wheat flour, water, contains 2% and less of the following (potato flour), dry whole milk, butter, sugar, yeast, salt, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, folic acid, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, baking powder, yeast nutrients (calcium sulfate, ammonium chloride), enzymes, corn starch, lactic acid, vinegar, corn flour, vital wheat gluten, white corn meal, farina, sodium propionate, propionic acid, sulfites

Additives: E270 Lactic acid , E280 Propionic acid , E281 Sodium propionate , E510 Ammonium chloride

As written on the pack

Bleached wheat flour, water, contains 2% or less of the following: potato flour, dry whole milk, butter, sugar, yeast, salt, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, folic acid, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, baking powder, yeast nutrients (calcium sulfate, ammonium chloride), enzymes, corn starch, lactic acid, vinegar, corn flour, vital wheat gluten, white corn meal, farina, sodium propionate, propionic acid, sulfites.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 2,390 breads

From least to most processed, this one ranks 681st. 71% of the breads 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 2,390 breads, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0071479000150, last edited 3 April 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.