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Is Best Serve Quick Cooking Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar ultra-processed?

9.8 oz (277g) Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States

Pack of Best Serve Quick Cooking Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

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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

rolled oats, flaxseed, salt, sugar, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, natural and artificial flavor, molasses, maple syrup, vitamins, minerals (calcium carbonate), ferric orthophosphate, alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), niacinamide (vitamin b3), vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid

Additives: E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Whole grain rolled oats, flaxseed, salt, sugar, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, natural and artificial flavor, molasses, maple syrup, vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, ferric orthophosphate (source of iron), alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), niacinamide (vitamin b3), vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid,

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.

  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • 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.

  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,869 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1566th. 60% of the breakfast cereals 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 1,869 breakfast cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0883921178986, last edited 4 October 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.