Is Morrisons All butter muffins ultra-processed?

English muffins Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Gluten

15 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed english muffins

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 (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), Water, Yeast, Wheat gluten (ultra-processing marker), Durum wheat semolina, Unsalted butter (processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), calcium propionate, Nutrition Typical values Energy Fat

Additives: E282 Calcium propionate

As written on the pack

Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), Water, Yeast, Wheat gluten, Durum wheat semolina, Unsalted butter (milk) (2%), Sugar, Salt, Preservative (calcium propionate). Nutrition Typical values Energy Fat

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.

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.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
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 31 english muffins

From least to most processed, this one ranks 10th. 90% of the english muffins 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 31 english muffins, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010251412021, last edited 5 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.