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Krusteaz Wild Blueberry Supreme Muffin Mix
Cooking & Baking
📊 NOVA 4🥛 Dairy-Free

Krusteaz Wild Blueberry Supreme Muffin Mix

Krusteaz
17.10 oz
Available at Foodtown
270
Calories
3g
Protein
31g
Sugars
440mg
Sodium
1g
Fiber
43
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Krusteaz Wild Blueberry Supreme Muffin Mix is a familiar boxed mix that lives on the baking aisle next to pancake, cake and other quick-bake mixes, often shelved near canned fruit and breakfast staples. Packaged as a cardboard box that includes a separate can of wild blueberries, it trades kitchen labor for convenience—stirring the dry mix with wet ingredients, folding in the canned berries, and popping the batter into a muffin tin. The brand leans on home-baked nostalgia: a family-oriented, mid-market positioning that evokes warm weekend breakfasts, school-lunch prep and easy entertaining. Marketing highlights include the promise of “wild blueberries” and a ready-made mix, but the label lacks organic certification and relies on small health halos such as “made with real fruit” while also listing “natural flavor” and fortified enriched flour. Visually it often uses bright blueberry photography and approachable typefaces that appeal to busy parents and home bakers who want a comforting result without baking from scratch. Sensory expectations are immediate: the oven fills a kitchen with a sweet, bready aroma; muffins emerge with a tender, slightly cakey crumb, studded with soft, syrupy blueberry pockets from the can. Texture is moist and soft rather than artisanal or chewy. Processing-wise, this is a highly processed convenience product—dry mix components include modified starches, gums, leavening salts and flavoring agents to ensure consistency and shelf stability. Rituals around it emphasize speed and shared moments—a stack of warm muffins for brunch, after-school snacks, or a quick dessert when guests arrive.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 2.0
Servings per Container: 6
Calories270
% Daily Value*
Total Fat1g1%
Saturated Fat0g0%
Sodium440mg19%
Total Carbohydrate63g23%
Dietary Fiber1g4%
Total Sugars31g
Added Sugars30g60%
Protein3g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Muffin, Mix:, Enriched, Bleached, Flour, (Wheat, Flour,, Niacin,, Reduced, Iron,, Thiamin, Mononitrate,, Riboflavin,, Folic, Acid),, Sugar,, Food, Starch-Modified,, Natural, Flavor,, Salt,, Arabic, Gum,, Leavening, (Baking, Soda,, Sodium, Aluminum, Phosphate),, Tapioca, Starch,, Dextrose,, Soybean, Oil,, Guar, Gum,, Citric, Acid,, Xanthan, Gum., Blueberries:, Blueberries,, Water..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • Soybean Oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
No Seed Oil

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

The mix contains industrial ingredients and additives—modified starches, gums, emulsifiers, sodium aluminum phosphate, 'natural flavor'—and is a ready-to-cook formulation, fitting the ultra-processed NOVA 4 category.

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Common Questions about Krusteaz Wild Blueberry Supreme Muffin Mix

That really depends on what you mean by 'healthy!' If you’re looking for a quick breakfast or snack, it’s a tasty option, but it does contain a fair amount of added sugars—about 30 grams per serving. In moderation, it can fit into a balanced diet, especially if you pair it with something like Greek yogurt or a handful of nuts for some protein.

Perfect For

weekend-brunch
back-to-school
holiday-baking

Vibe:

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