Breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements, from least to most processed

We track 38 breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements, 71% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Cereal.

What makes breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements that contain each:

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Cereal Weetabix · 2 biscuits 37.5g NOVA group 1
  2. 2 Nuts & seeds muesli Tesco · 750g NOVA group 1

Processed food (9)

  1. 3 Organic Original Salty-sweet Granola Purely Elizabeth · 34 oz NOVA group 3
  2. 4 Essential waitrose wholewheat biscuits Waitrose · 24 NOVA group 3
  3. 5 Oatibix For A Healthy Heart Weetabix · 24 biscuits NOVA group 3
  4. 6 Bran Flakes Tesco Free From · 300g NOVA group 3
  5. 7 Rice Pops Sainsbury's · 375g NOVA group 3
  6. 8 Coles Bran Flakes with sultanas Coles · 580g NOVA group 3
  7. 9 colonial times strawberry blueberry granola NOVA group 3
  8. 10 Bran Flakes Bowl & Basket · 18 oz NOVA group 3
  9. 11 Bran Flakes Kroger · 18 oz NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (27)

  1. 12 berry fruitful Kashi · 17.2 oz NOVA group 4
  2. 13 Instant Oats - Mixed Berry Flavour Harvest Morn · 57g NOVA group 4
  3. 14 Frosted Flakes Kellogg's · 1.2 oz NOVA group 4
  4. 15 Malted Wheaties Asda · 750 g NOVA group 4
  5. 16 Crispy Minis Fruit & Nut Weetabix · 500g NOVA group 4
  6. 17 Special K Oats & Honey Kellogg's · 420 NOVA group 4
  7. 18 Blueberry Muffin Protein Cereal Catalina Crunch · 8 g NOVA group 4
  8. 19 Choco Hoops Tesco · 375 g NOVA group 4
  9. 20 Granola Low Sugar, Naturally Bio&Me · 360g NOVA group 4
  10. 21 Life multigrain cereal original Quaker NOVA group 4
  11. 22 Mighty Life Immunity Support Quaker · 370 g NOVA group 4
  12. 23 Strawberry Cheerios Protein General Mills · 15 oz NOVA group 4
  13. 24 coco pops Kellogg's · 420g NOVA group 4
  14. 25 Multigrain Hoops Cereal Tesco · 375g NOVA group 4
  15. 26 Crispy Minis Chocolate Chip Weetabix · 500 g NOVA group 4
  16. 27 Multi Grain Hoops Essential waitrose NOVA group 4
  17. 28 Cookies & Crème Cheerios Protein Cheerios · 37 g NOVA group 4
  18. 29 Cinnamon Oat Clusters Cascadian Farms · 15 oz NOVA group 4
  19. 30 Kelloggs Honey Loops 330g Kellogg's NOVA group 4
  20. 31 Golden Nuggets Nestlé · 375 g NOVA group 4
  21. 32 Cheerios multigrain Nestle · 700g NOVA group 4
  22. 33 Berry Kids Krunch Sweetened Corn & Oat Cereal Millville NOVA group 4
  23. 34 Plus Antioxidants cranberries + blueberries Uncle Tobys · 675g NOVA group 4
  24. 35 Fruit Rounds Millville · 12.2oz NOVA group 4
  25. 36 Protein cereal Magic Spoon · 33 g NOVA group 4
  26. 37 Apple Jacks Kellogg's · 8.9 oz NOVA group 4
  27. 38 Blueberry Wheats Tesco NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.