What to Expect When Trying Our Sourdough English Muffins

If you’re thinking of trying our naturally fermented sourdough English muffins, here’s what to expect with regard to freshness, ingredients, taste, texture, and digestion:

Freshness: If you’re ordering sourdough English muffins from our online store, we ship English muffins that were freshly griddled the same day. Upon arrival, to preserve freshness, we recommend storing them in the refrigerator for up to one week or in the freezer for up to 8 months.

If you’re purchasing them from a retailer, the same Dam Good® English Muffins were griddled and flash-frozen on the same day, then later picked up from our distributor for local delivery.

Ingredients: All four varieties of our sourdough English muffins are handmade with simple ingredients you can find in your own home kitchen -- no additives, preservatives, or dough conditioners. In fact, our recipes use only high-quality ingredients, like King Arthur Flour which helps to provide 9 grams of protein per sourdough English muffin.

Taste: Dam Good® sourdough English muffins take 36 hours to make from start to finish and are fermented twice. When toasted whole or first fork-split, they have a mild sourdough aroma and flavor with a hearty texture that we describe as crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside.

Texture: Like all sourdough bread, because the gluten has time to develop, it is denser and chewier than regular 100% yeasted bread. Note that our recipes do contain Red Star yeast in the form of a poolish to help with rise consistency. When heated or toasted, our sourdough English muffins have a chewy texture with a crispy crust and a more open, airy crumb.

Digestion: Sourdough bread and sourdough English muffins can be easier to digest than ultra-processed leading brands because their long natural fermentation partially breaks down gluten, fructans, starches, and other compounds before you eat them. This process makes nutrients more available and reduces digestive strain compared with many commercial breads made quickly with additives and preservatives. In addition, sourdough bread tends to keep you full longer because its natural fermentation slows starch digestion and blood-sugar spikes, helping promote a longer-lasting feeling of satiety.

Further, long-fermented sourdough uses wild yeast and bacteria such as Lactobacillus that break down some of the fructans in wheat. Fructanes are part of FODMAPs that can cause gas and bloating because humans don’t digest them well. By reducing fructanes, long-fermented sourdough bread is often easier to digest, especially for people sensitive to them, such as those with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

For any other questions about our sourdough English muffins, please contact us, we’d love to hear from you!