Is Veggies Made Great Double Chocolate Muffins ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 27 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed muffins
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
zucchini, carrot, egg whites, sugar (processing marker), flour blend (corn starch (processing marker), brown rice flour, sorghum flour, potato starch (processing marker), flaxseed meal), whole eggs, cocoa powder, semi-sweet chocolate chips (sugar (processing marker), chocolate, cocoa butter (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker) (an emulsifier (ultra-processing marker)), vanilla extract), baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate, corn starch (processing marker), monocalcium phosphate), canola oil, soluble corn fiber (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
zucchini, carrot, egg whites, sugar, gluten free flour blend (corn starch, brown rice flour, sorghum flour, potato starch, flaxseed meal), whole eggs, cocoa powder, semi-sweet chocolate chips (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [an emulsifier], vanilla extract), baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), canola oil, soluble corn fiber, salt,
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.
- 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.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 49 muffins
From least to most processed, this one ranks 22nd. 90% of the muffins here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0704863028187, last edited 23 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.