English muffin is one of those foods that we all eat but we rarely ever give any thought to. But this simple breakfast bread has quite an interesting history, and it a bit more complex than you probably think. English muffin is yeast-risen, and bears little resemblance to its American counterpart, the muffin, which is known as a “quick bread” since it uses baking soda instead of yeast. In fact, English muffins are a lot closer to the English crumpet, which is a lot spongier and pancake-like, but closer in resemblance. In reality, there’s nothing else quite like the English muffin.
| Name | English muffins |
|---|---|
| Native | Invented in the United States by an English immigrant |
| Name in Other Languages | Albanian: Kifle Arabic: Fatirat mmusattahat wamudwara (فطيرة مسطحة ومدورة) Afrikaans: Muffin Armenian: կեքս Azerbaijani: Kurabiye Bengali: Māphina (মাফিন) Basque: Muffin Belarusian: Aladki (аладкі) Bosnian: Pogačica Bulgarian: Kifla (кифла) Catalan: Muffin Chinese: Sōng Bing (松饼) Cebuano: Muffin Chichewa: Muffin Croatian: Kolač Czech: Muffin Danish: Muffin Dutch: Muffin Estonian: Muffin Esperanto: Muffin Finnish: Muffinssi French: Muffin Filipino: Muffin Galician: Queque German: Muffin Greek: Tiganíta (τηγανίτα) Georgian: Muffin Gujarati: Muffin Hebrew: מַאפִין Hausa: Muffin Hindi: Tikiya (टिकिया) Haitian Creole: Mòfin Hmong: Muffin Hungarian: Muffin Icelandic: Muffin Irish: Muffin Italian: Focaccina Igbo: Muffin Indonesian: Kue serabi Javanese: Muffin Japanese: Mafin (マフィン) Kannada: Maphin (ಮಫಿನ್) Kazakh: Toqaştı (тоқашты) Khmer: Muffin Korean: Meopin (머핀) Latvian: Kēkss Lithuanian: Mafinas Latin: Muffin Lao: Muffin Malayalam: Muffin Malagasy: Muffin Malay: Muffin Maori: Mawhene Marathi: Ēka vāṭōḷī capaṭī pōḷī (एक वाटोळी चपटी पोळी) Mongolian: Talkhny (талхны) Myanmar (Burmese): Muffins Macedonian: Kifla (кифла) Maltese: Muffin Nepali: Muffin Norwegian: Muffin Persian: بشقاب سفالی کوچک Polish: Bułeczka Portuguese: Queque Romanian: Brioşă Russian: Olad’ya (оладья) Serbian: Nогачица Slovak: Muffin Slovenian: Muffin Spanish: Mollete Swedish: Muffin Sinhala: Mafin (මෆින්) Sesotho: Renaissance Somali: Rootigii Swahili: Muffin Tajik: Muffin Tamil: Kampaḷippōrvai (கம்பளிப்போர்வை) Telugu: Maphin (మఫిన్) Thai: Mạffin (มัฟฟิน) Turkish: Kek Ukrainian: Oladky (оладки) Urdu: مفن Uzbek: Muffin Vietnamese: Bánh nướng xốp Welsh: Myffin Yiddish: מופפין Yoruba: Muffin Zulu: Muffin |
| English Muffin Size | 3 inches flat, round and 1 inch high |
| Major Nutrition | Selenium, Se 16.6 µg (30.18%) Manganese, Mn 0.571 mg (24.83%) Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 0.246 mg (20.50%) Iron, Fe 1.64 mg (20.50%) Carbohydrate 25.54 g (19.65%) Tryptophan 0.064 g (14.55%) Sodium, Na 201 mg (13.40%) Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.166 mg (12.77%) Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 1.913 mg (11.96%) Isoleucine 0.194 g (11.60%) Valine 0.223 g (10.56%) Calcium, Ca 101 mg (10.10%) |
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| Calories in 1 muffins (57 g) | 127 K cal |