Is Quaker Muffin Bran ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 15 ingredients
- 5 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Wheat flour, Sugar (processing marker), Wheat bran, Vegetable oil (processing marker), milk ingredients (ultra-processing marker), Baking soda, Salt (processing marker), Colour (ultra-processing marker), Modified corn starch (ultra-processing marker), Monocalcium phosphate, Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), Monoglycerides, Sodium stearoyl-lactate, Tricalcium phosphate, Artificial flavour (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E477 Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Wheat flour, Sugar, Wheat bran, Vegetable oil, Modified milk ingredients, Baking soda, Salt, Colour, Modified corn starch, Monocalcium phosphate, Propylene glycol esters of fatty acids, Monoglycerides, Sodium stearoyl-lactate, Tricalcium phosphate, Artificial flavour
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.
- E477 Propane-1‚2-diol esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
- 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.
- 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.
- Milk An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
5 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.
- 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.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 377 cakes
From least to most processed, this one ranks 150th. 94% of the cakes here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0055577104873, last edited 25 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.