Spartan Nutri-Score A NOVA 4

English Muffins Original

English Muffins Original: 4.2/5 ingredient safety

English Muffins Original by Spartan has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.

  • Safety score in line with 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 English Muffins Original, 5 of its 5 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 Original sits nationally

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

4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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

4.2
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.2 out of 5
Based on 5 tracked ingredients
5
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
5
Low Risk / Safe
A
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 BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OE LESS OF: SUGAR, WHEAT GLUTEN, DATEM, CITRIC ACID, FUMARIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID, SALT, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN MEAL, SOYBEAN OIL, VINEGAR, CALCIUM PROPIONATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVES), AZODICARBONAMIDE.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for English Muffins Original: 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

Brand
Spartan
Barcode
0011213390840
Nutri-Score
Grade A
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is English Muffins Original above or below average on ingredient safety?

English Muffins Original scores 4.2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 60% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.2/5 rating on English Muffins Original?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; English Muffins Original's 4.2/5 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.