Is Duncan Hines Simple Mornings Blueberry Streusel Premium Muffin Mix ultra-processed?

Cakes Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Vegetable fiber
E1400 Dextrin
E412 Guar gum
E415 Xanthan gum

15 ingredients
7 additives

Less processed cakes

Almond Flour Pancake & Waffle Mix Original Simple Mills 7 ingredients · 4 additives NOVA group 3
Blueberry Muffin Lärabar 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Organic Classic Pancake & Waffle Mix Birch Benders 9 ingredients · 4 additives NOVA group 3
Almond Flour Baking Mix Brownie Simple Mills 11 ingredients · 2 additives NOVA group 3

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

flour (whole wheat flour, wheat flour), sugar (processing marker), palm oil, dextrin (ultra-processing marker) (wheat fiber (ultra-processing marker)), corn starch (processing marker), baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), xanthan and guar gum (ultra-processing marker), blueberries packed in water

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E412 Guar gum , E415 Xanthan gum , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

flour (whole wheat flour, wheat flour), sugar, palm oil, dextrin (wheat fiber), corn starch, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, baking soda), natural flavor, salt, xanthan and guar gum*, blueberries packed in water,

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.

E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

4 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.
Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 377 cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 165th. 94% of the cakes 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 377 cakes, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0644209427437, last edited 21 May 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.