Bays
Multi-Grain English muffins
Is Bays Multi-Grain English muffins OK for gout?
Yes. It rates B (Good), with at most 18 mg of purine a serving.
We earn a commission when you buy through paid links on this page, at no extra cost to you. It never changes a rating or a ranking. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. How we stay independent.
Purine and sugar, by the numbers
| Serving | 1 muffin (57 g) |
|---|---|
| Purine per serving | about 10 mg, at most 18 mg (5% of the 400 mg daily guide) |
| Purine per 100 g | at most 32 mg |
| Purine before GoutSafe's weighting | at most 39 mg per serving |
| Main purine source | dried yeast |
| Fructose per serving | 1 g |
| Added sugar per serving | 1 g |
| Total sugar per serving | 2 g |
The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.
Where the purine comes from
| Ingredient | Matched GoutSafe food | Purine in that food, per 100 g | Share of the product | Purine at that share, per serving | Counted in the worst case |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| yeast | dried yeast (D) | 847 mg | up to 2% | 10 mg | 10 mg |
| malted barley flour | barley (A) | 44 mg | up to 50% | 13 mg | 3 mg |
| sunflower kernels | chia seeds (A) | 59 mg | up to 33% | 11 mg | 3 mg |
| brown flaxseed | chia seeds (A) | 59 mg | up to 17% | 6 mg | 2 mg |
| buckwheat | buckwheat flour (A) | 76 mg | up to 3% | 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| enriched bleached wheat flour | bread flour (A) | 26 mg | up to 50% | 7 mg | under 1 mg |
| oats | rolled oats (A) | 44 mg | up to 11% | 3 mg | under 1 mg |
| millet | whole-grain wheat flour (A) | 12 mg | up to 8.3% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| corn grits | corn (A) | 12 mg | up to 6.7% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| sesame seeds | tahini (A) | 37 mg | up to 5.6% | 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| triticale | whole-grain wheat flour (A) | 12 mg | up to 4.8% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| wheat germ | bread flour (A) | 26 mg | up to 4.2% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| rye | whole-grain wheat flour (A) | 12 mg | up to 3.7% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| brown rice | uncooked white rice (A) | 33 mg | up to 3.3% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| wheat gluten | bread flour (A) | 26 mg | up to 17% | 2 mg | under 1 mg |
| potato flour | bread flour (A) | 26 mg | up to 2% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
| wheat starch | bread flour (A) | 26 mg | up to 2% | under 1 mg | under 1 mg |
Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. Plain yeast and hops count at no more than 2% and yeast extract at no more than 5% wherever they sit, since recipes use them in small amounts. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.
Why it's rated B
- About 10 mg of purine per serving, and at most 18 mg (5% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from dried yeast. Source on GoutSafe.
- The Nutrition Facts panel lists 1 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.
Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.
What's on the label
Ingredients: ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN VITAMIN (B2), FOLIC ACID], WATER, GRAIN AND SEED BLEND (SUNFLOWER KERNELS, BROWN FLAXSEED, OATS, MILLET, CORN GRITS, SESAME SEEDS, TRITICALE, WHEAT GERM, RYE, BROWN RICE, BUCKWHEAT), YEAST, CORNMEAL, WHEAT GLUTEN. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SUGAR CANE SYRUP, SUGAR, SALT, PRESERVATIVES (SODIUM PROPIONATE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE), BUTTER, MOLASSES, SOYBEAN OIL, POTATO FLOUR, HONEY, DRY WHOLE MILK, WHEAT STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, FUMARIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SOY LECITHIN.
Serving: 1 muffin (57 g). Added sugar: 1 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2027418), dated 2021-10-28. UPC 071479000600. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.
Where to buy
Prices change often, so we don't show them. The rating is the same whichever store you pick.