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Is Jimmy Dean DELIGHTS English Muffin ultra-processed?

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Pack of Jimmy Dean DELIGHTS English Muffin

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:

  • 77 ingredients
  • 15 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

muffin (flour, wheat flour), malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, whole wheat flour, yeast, wheat gluten, high fructose corn syrup, contains 2% and less of (honey), yellow corn meal, distilled vinegar, sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking powder, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, salt, fumaric acid, vegetable oil (soybean, cottonseed oils), calcium propionate, potassium sorbate (preservatives), yeast nutrients (monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, ammonium chloride), corn starch, soy flour, fried egg white patty (egg whites), modified tapioca starch, carrageenan gum, natural flavors, salt, soy lecithin, fully cooked turkey sausage patty (turkey), turkey, water, soy protein, contains 2% and less (salt), spices, dextrose, sugar, sodium phosphates, potassium chloride, yeast extract, flavor, maltodextrin, citric acid, modified food starch, caramel color, pasteurized process american cheese, water, cheese culture, cream, salt, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, sodium pyrophosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), sodium phosphate, citric acid, annatto (color added), soy lecithin, enzymes

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E160b Annatto , E200 Sorbic acid , E202 Potassium sorbate , E282 Calcium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E450iii Tetrasodium diphosphate , E510 Ammonium chloride

As written on the pack

English muffin: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, whole wheat flour, yeast, wheat gluten, high fructose corn syrup, contains 2% or less of: honey, yellow corn meal, distilled vinegar, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking powder, monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate), salt, fumaric acid, vegetable oil (soybean and/or cottonseed oils), calcium propionate and potassium sorbate (preservatives), yeast nutrients (monocalcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, ammonium chloride), corn starch, soy flour. fried egg white patty: egg whites, modified tapioca starch, carrageenan gum, natural flavors, salt, soy lecithin. fully cooked turkey sausage patty: mechanically separated turkey, turkey, water, soy protein concentrate, contains 2% or less: salt, spices, dextrose, sugar, sodium phosphates, potassium chloride, yeast extract, flavor, maltodextrin, citric acid, modified food starch, caramel color. pasteurized process american cheese: milk, water, cheese culture, cream, salt, sodium citrate, potassium citrate, sodium pyrophosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), sodium phosphate, citric acid, annatto (color added), soy lecithin, enzymes.

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.

  • E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.

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.
  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
  • High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
9 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.

  • E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 324 sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 314th. 82% of the sandwiches 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.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0077900502415, last edited 30 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.