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Is Jiffy Honey corn muffin mix ultra-processed?

240g Corn Sold in the United States and Germany

Pack of Jiffy Honey corn muffin mix

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed corn

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, sugar, degerminated yellow corn meal, vegetable shortening (palm oil, soybean oil), malted barley flour, honey, sodium acid pyrophosphate, salt, baking soda, wheat starch, ETHOXYLATED mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, soy lecithin, dextrose, maltodextrin, artificial flavors, calcium stearate, ascorbic acid, tricalcium phosphate, acacia gum, capric, caprylic acid triglycerides, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E414 Acacia gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids.

As written on the pack

WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN MEAL, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL), MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, DRIED HONEY, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SALT, BAKING SODA, WHEAT STARCH, ETHOXYLATED MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, DEXTROSE, MALTODEXTRIN, ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CALCIUM STEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ACACIA GUM, CAPRIC/CAPRYLIC ACID TRIGLYCERIDES, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID.

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.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 41 corn

From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 10% of the corn 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 41 corn, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0072486010729, last edited 10 June 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.