Safe

Muffin Mix

by The Invisible Chef

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0899904001349 · The Invisible Chef · Cooking helpers. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0899904001349 · Serving size 0.083 OF RECIPE DRY MIX OR 1 MUFFIN (58 g) (28 g)

The verdict

Muffin Mix by The Invisible Chef scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 7 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 7-component label led by Unbleached And Unbromated Flour, Stone-ground Yellow Cornmeal, Sugar; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 7 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

04001349 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Muffin Mix label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 7 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 79% LEAD-FLAG Sea salt PHOTO-FINISH Jaz Gourmet Food · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001349 · July 2026

2 of 7 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sea salt). Source sheet 04001349 · 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: Jaz Gourmet Food Co, Savoury Muffin Mix, Rosemary Raisin Pecan · Nearest score peer is Jaz Gourmet Food Co, Savoury Muffin Mix, Rosemary Raisin Pecan 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

The declared list parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Muffin Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Muffin Mix100/1002. Jaz Gourmet Food Co, Savoury Muffin Mix, Rosemary Raisin Pecan: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Jaz Gourmet Food Co, Savo…100/1003. Jaz Gourmet Food Co., Whole Grain Oat Breakfast Bar Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Jaz Gourmet Food Co., Who…100/1004. Jaz Gourmet Food Co., Loaf Cake Mix, Hazelnut Vanilla Fig Cake: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Jaz Gourmet Food Co., Loa…100/1005. Take-N-Bake Thin Crust Sausage Pizza: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Take-N-Bake Thin Crust Sa…100/100
High-band neighbours for Muffin Mix (100/100) outside The Invisible Chef.
Chart values as text

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

Muffin Mix
100/100
Jaz Gourmet Food Co, Savoury Muffin Mix, Rosemary Raisin Pecan
100/100
Jaz Gourmet Food Co., Whole Grain Oat Breakfast Bar Mix
100/100
Jaz Gourmet Food Co., Loaf Cake Mix, Hazelnut Vanilla Fig Cake
100/100
Take-N-Bake Thin Crust Sausage Pizza
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 4,660 products we've scored in the Cooking helpers category, the average safety score is 90.9/100. Muffin Mix scores 9.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 90.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Cooking helpers products

Muffin Mix lists 7 ingredients on its label

7 21st percentile a longer ingredient list than 21% of the 1,898 products we track

0–2: 36 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 95 products (5%). Below this entry. 4–6: 146 products (8%). Below this entry. 6–8: 252 products (13%). This entry sits in this band. 8–10: 178 products (9%). Above this entry. 10–12: 121 products (6%). Above this entry. 12–14: 148 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 124 products (7%). Above this entry. 16–18: 111 products (6%). Above this entry. 18–20: 107 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 84 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 74 products (4%). Above this entry. 24–26: 58 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 47 products (2%). Above this entry. 28–30: 51 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 42 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 30 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 27 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 19 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 13 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 135 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Cooking helpers 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

1,898 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 7 (21st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
36 products (2%)
2–4
95 products (5%)
4–6
146 products (8%)
6–8
252 products (13%)
8–10
178 products (9%)
10–12
121 products (6%)
12–14
148 products (8%)
14–16
124 products (7%)
16–18
111 products (6%)
18–20
107 products (6%)
20–22
84 products (4%)
22–24
74 products (4%)
24–26
58 products (3%)
26–28
47 products (2%)
28–30
51 products (3%)
30–32
42 products (2%)
32–34
30 products (2%)
34–36
27 products (1%)
36–38
19 products (1%)
38–40
13 products (1%)
40 and above
135 products (7%)

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 1,898 Cooking helpers 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 and unbromated flour, stone-ground yellow cornmeal, sugar, dried cranberries, baking powder, natural flavoring, sea salt.

Categories

Cooking helpers

High-score cross-brand comparables for Muffin Mix

Neighbours outside The Invisible Chef with screening scores in the same high band as Muffin Mix (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within The Invisible Chef; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sea salt is the first flagged ingredient selected from Muffin Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 7-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sea salt. Open Sea salt
  • Compare Muffin Mix's 0 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

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

Barcode 0899904001349: 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.