Kroger Nutri-Score A NOVA 3

English Muffins

English Muffins: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

English Muffins by Kroger has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 3

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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 English Muffins, 2 of its 2 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 English Muffins sits nationally

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

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
A
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

3
NOVA Group 3
Processed foods

Processed foods are relatively simple products made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other culinary ingredients to whole foods.

Full Ingredients List

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, YEAST, VITAL WHEAT GLUTEN, MOLASSES. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, CORN MEAL, VINEGAR, CALCIUM SULFATE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CITRATE, SOY FLOUR, ENZYMES. CALCIUM PROPIONATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVES)

Product Details

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110020932
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
3 — Processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

Is English Muffins above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, English Muffins's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should English Muffins's 4.5/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; English Muffins's 4.5/5 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.