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Is Higgidy Mature Cheddar & Spinach Mini Muffins ultra-processed?

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Pack of Higgidy Mature Cheddar & Spinach 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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Mature Cheddar Cheese, Carrot, Spinach 15%, Medium Fat Soft Cheese, Free-Range Whole Egg, Water, Butternut Squash, Rapeseed Oil, Whole Milk, Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Skimmed Milk, Whipping Cream, Salt, Butter, Turmeric, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper

Additives: E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Wheat Flour (contains Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (22%), Carrot, Spinach (15%), Medium Fat Soft Cheese (Milk), Free-Range Whole Egg, Water, Butternut Squash Purée, Rapeseed Oil, Whole Milk, Raising Agents (Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate, Disodium Diphosphate), Dried Skimmed Milk, Whipping Cream (Milk), Salt, Butter (Milk), Ground Turmeric, Black Pepper, Cayenne Pepper

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.

  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
3 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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060136256240, last edited 27 March 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.