Product Insight: Fresh Chocolate Chip Muffins
Fresh Chocolate Chip Muffins by Markets Of Meijer is tracked in PlainIngredients with 4 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 4.5 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is D, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 4 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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 FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, WATER, EGGS, SOYBEAN OIL, CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, AND VANILLA), SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE DROPS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, DEXTROSE, AND SOY LECITHIN) MODIFIED CORN STARCH. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE SHORTENING (SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED AND/OR CANOLA OIL, PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONO-AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, MONO - AND DIESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, MONO-AND SIGLYCERIDES, SOT LECITHIN, BHT (PRESERVATIVES)), EMULSIFIER (DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES YCERIDES, DISTILLED PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONODESTER, SODIUM STEAROYL LACYLATE WITH CALCIUM SILICATE), SALT, NONFAT MILK, SODIUM BICARBONATE, ACIDIC SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHA, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM CASEINA ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM CASEINATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE ([PRESERVATIVE), GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM.
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Markets Of Meijer
- Barcode
- 0041250165132
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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