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Is Asda Dark Chocolate And Cherry Granola ultra-processed?

500 g Crunchy mueslis Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Asda Dark Chocolate And Cherry Granola

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed crunchy mueslis

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Oats 64%, Sugar Syrup, Dark Chocolate Curls 8% (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Flavouring, Emulsifier (Lecithins)), Rapeseed Oil, Cherries 2%, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Acacia Honey, Desiccated Coconut, Flavourings, Salt

Additives: E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

Oats (64%), Sugar Syrup, Dark Chocolate Curls (8%) [Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Flavouring, Emulsifier (Lecithins)], Rapeseed Oil, Freeze Dried Cherries (2%), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Acacia Honey, Desiccated Coconut, Flavourings, Salt.

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 crunchy mueslis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 24th. 74% of the crunchy mueslis here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 27 crunchy mueslis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5063089262795, last edited 27 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.