Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffin Mix

Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffin Mix: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffin Mix by Betty Crocker has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffin Mix, 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffin Mix sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, palm oil, walnuts, leavening (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), modified corn starch, toasted wheat germ, salt, egg white, propylene glycol monoesters of fatty acids, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, datem, whey, color added, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium caseinate, xanthan gum, cellulose gum, natural and artificial flavor, freshness preserved by bht,

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffin Mix: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Barcode
0016000302709
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffin Mix rank on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.3/5, Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffin Mix sits ahead of 62% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.3/5 rating on Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffin Mix?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Betty Crocker Banana Nut Muffin Mix's 4.3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.