Safe

English Muffins

by Giant Eagle

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030034934323 · Giant Eagle · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030034934323 · Serving size 1 MUFFIN (57 g)

The verdict

English Muffins by Giant Eagle scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Unbleached Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 28 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

34934323 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

English Muffins label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-RARE Fumaric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Honey Roasted Cashews, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …934323 · July 2026

11 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fumaric Acid). Source sheet 34934323 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Honey Roasted Cashews, Honey Roasted · Nearest score peer is Honey Roasted Cashews, Honey Roasted at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. English Muffins: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. English Muffins100/1002. Honey Roasted Cashews, Honey Roasted: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Honey Roasted Cashews, Ho…100/1003. Honey Roasted Peanuts, Honey Roasted: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Honey Roasted Peanuts, Ho…100/1004. Java Blend Almonds, Hazelnuts, Raisins, Milk Chocolate Coated Coffee Beans, White Chocolate Chunks, Java Blend: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Java Blend Almonds, Hazel…100/1005. Strawberry Fig Fruit Preserves, Strawberry Fig: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Strawberry Fig Fruit Pres…100/100
High-band neighbours for English Muffins (100/100) outside Giant Eagle.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

English Muffins
100/100
Honey Roasted Cashews, Honey Roasted
100/100
Honey Roasted Peanuts, Honey Roasted
100/100
Java Blend Almonds, Hazelnuts, Raisins, Milk Chocolate Coated Coffee Beans, White Chocolate Chunks, Java Blend
100/100
Strawberry Fig Fruit Preserves, Strawberry Fig
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. English Muffins scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Plant-based foods and beverages products

English Muffins lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 28 (88th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Unbleached enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin hydrochloride, riboflavin, folic acid), water, yeast, sugar, wheat gluten, contains less than 2% of salt, yellow corn meal, yellow corn flour, soybean and/ or canola oil, vinegar, calcium propionate (preservative), white corn meal, fumaric acid, malted barley flour, sodium diacetate, malt powder, lactic acid, calcium sulfate, soy lecithin, hydrogenated soybean oil, enzymes.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Cereals and potatoes Breads Special breads English muffins

High-score cross-brand comparables for English Muffins

Neighbours outside Giant Eagle with screening scores in the same high band as English Muffins (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Giant Eagle; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

English Muffins has a longer ingredient list than 88% of its Plant-based foods and beverages category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0030034934323: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.