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Mixed cereal flakes, from least to most processed

We track 15 mixed cereal flakes, 47% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Bran Flakes.

What makes mixed cereal flakes ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of mixed cereal flakes that contain each:

Processed food (8)

  1. 1 Bran Flakes Tesco Free From · 300g 3
  2. 2 Special flakes original Lidl 3
  3. 3 Benefit Harvest Morn · 500g 3
  4. 4 Low Fat Special Flakes Rice & Wholewheat Tesco · 500g 3
  5. 5 Toasted Rice & Wheat Flakes Waitrose · 500g 3
  6. 6 Special flakes Asda · 500g 3
  7. 7 Balance Sainsbury's 3
  8. 8 SPECIAL K The Original Kellogg's · 440g 3

Ultra-processed food (7)

  1. 9 Specialflingor naturell Axfood · 500 g 4
  2. 10 Special flingor Coop · 500 g 4
  3. 11 Sultana Bran gluten free Kellogg's · 350 g 4
  4. 12 Special K Cereal Kellogg's · 30 gram 4
  5. 13 Original multi-grain touch of cinnamon lightly sweetened wheat, rice and soy flakes cereal, original multi-grain touch of cinnamon Special K · 377 g 4
  6. 14 Special flingor Eldorado · 500 g 4
  7. 15 Breakfast cereal protein Kellogg's · 12.5 oz 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.