Pastries
Abe's Chocolate Chip Soft Mini Muffins
10.2 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
Why it scores 28
Abe's Chocolate Chip Soft Mini Muffins scores 28 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Malt syrup: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Chocolate Chip Soft Mini Muffins
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Malt syrup minus 20 points
- Corn syrup minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 2 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 1.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 9 g / 100 g minus 3 points
100 − 72.5 = 27.5 → 28
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 110 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 5 g |
| Saturated fat | 1 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 15 g |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Added sugars | 4.2 g |
| Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Salt | 0.2 g |
Serving: 1 Muffin (24 g)
Ingredients
- Non-GMO sugar (high concern)
- water
- non-GMO flour (wheat, malted barley)
- non-GMO expeller-pressed canola oil
- non-GMO chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, vanilla)
- non-GMO brown rice syrup (high concern)
- salt
- non-GMO baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, non-GMO cornstarch, tapioca starch)
- baking soda
- non-GMO vanilla (vanilla beans, water, ethyl alcohol)
Label text, as published
Non-GMO sugar, water, non-GMO flour (wheat, malted barley), non-GMO expeller-pressed canola oil, non-GMO chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, sunflower lecithin, vanilla), non-GMO brown rice syrup, salt, non-GMO baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, non-GMO cornstarch and/or tapioca starch), baking soda, non-GMO vanilla (vanilla beans, water, ethyl alcohol).
Allergens and diets
Contains: Wheat, Gluten
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org