Is Lidl Original English muffins ultra-processed?
It's processed, but not ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Whole foods combined with:
- 13 ingredients
- 2 additives
Less processed special breads
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
flour, water, yeast, degerminated yellow corn meal, degerminated yellow corn flour, vinegar, salt (processing marker), calcium propionate, fumaric acid, corn starch (processing marker), wheat flour, hydrogenated soybean oil (processing marker), enzymes
Additives: E282 Calcium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid
As written on the pack
enriched flour, water, yeast, degerminated yellow corn meal, degerminated yellow corn flour, vinegar, salt, calcium propionate, fumaric acid, corn starch, wheat flour, hydrogenated soybean oil, enzymes
What makes it processed
Culinary ingredients
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.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
Among 31 english muffins
From least to most processed, this one ranks 3rd. 90% of the english muffins here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4056489211327, last edited 26 February 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.