Is Asda Malted Wheaties ultra-processed?

750 g Breakfast cereals rich in fibre fortified with vitamins and chemical elements Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Invert sugar

20 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed breakfast cereals rich in fibre fortified with vitamins and chemical elements

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

whole wheat 98%, sugar (processing marker), malted barley extract, partially inverted sugar syrup (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), vitamin and mineral mix, niacin (b3), iron, pantothenic acid (b5), thiamin (b1), riboflavin (b2), vitamins, vitamin b6, folic acid, vitamin b9, vitamin b12

As written on the pack

whole wheat (98%), sugar, malted barley extract, partially inverted sugar syrup, salt, vitamin and mineral mix [niacin (b3), iron, pantothenic acid (b5), thiamin (b1), riboflavin (b2), vitamin b6, folic acid (b9), vitamin b12],

What makes it ultra-processed

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.

2 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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 17 breakfast cereals rich in fibre fortified with vitamins and chemical elements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 71% of the breakfast cereals rich in fibre fortified with vitamins and chemical elements 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 17 breakfast cereals rich in fibre fortified with vitamins and chemical elements, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 21114731, last edited 22 April 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.