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In the book Hopf algebras by Eiichi Abe (1980), there is a theorem on page 57-58 that reads that

Given a $k$-linear space $H$, suppose that there are $k$-linear maps $\mu:H\otimes H\rightarrow H$, $\eta:k\rightarrow H$, $\Delta:H\rightarrow H\otimes H$, $\varepsilon:H\rightarrow k$ such that $(H,\mu,\eta)$ is a $k$-algebra and $(H,\Delta,\varepsilon)$ is a $k$-coalgebra. Then the following conditions are equivalent. (i) $\mu,\eta$ are $k$-coalgebra morphisms. (ii) $\Delta,\varepsilon$ are $k$-algebra morphisms ...

and that

When a $k$-linear space $H$ together with $k$-linear maps $\mu,\eta,\Delta,\varepsilon$ satisfy one of the equivalent conditions of Theorem 2.1.1. (quote above) then $(H,\mu,\eta,\Delta,\varepsilon)$ or simply $H$ is called a $k$-bialgebra.

Since a Hopf algebra is a bialgebra with an antipodal map, if you have an algebra such that $\mu$ and $\eta$ are not coalgebra morphisms, or $\Delta,\varepsilon$ are not algebra morphisms then it would fail to be a bialgebra and thus a Hopf algebra.

It won't tell you for every algebra since there are bialgebras that are not Hopf algebras, but it is a start.