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Is Sainsbury's nut raisin and granola ultra-processed?

260 g English muffins Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Sainsbury's nut raisin and granola

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • No additives

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

·» water, yeast, durum wheat semolina (contains glutsn), dried wheat gluten ~ butter, ·, wheatflour, ~ sugar, invert sugar syrup, salt, vinegar, soya flour

As written on the pack

wheatflour contains gluten (with wheatflour, calcium carbonata, iron, niacin, thiamin) ·» water · yeast · durum wheat semolina (contains glutsn) · dried wheat gluten ~ butter (milk) (2%) ·, dried fermented wheatflour (contains gluten) ~ sugar · invert sugar syrup · salt · vinegar · soya flour,

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
2 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 31 english muffins

From least to most processed, this one ranks 6th. 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 00522960, last edited 26 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.