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Is Better Oats 100 Calorie Quick Cooking Oatmeal Cinnamon Roll ultra-processed?

Cereals and their products Sold in the United States

Pack of Better Oats 100 Calorie Quick Cooking Oatmeal Cinnamon Roll

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
  • 3 additives

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

rolled oats, flaxseed, salt, sugar, natural and artificial flavor, acesulfame potassium, corn syrup, sucralose, caramel color, 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: E150c Ammonia caramel , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Whole grain rolled oats, flaxseed, salt, sugar, natural and artificial flavor, acesulfame potassium, corn syrup, sucralose, caramel color. 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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • 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.
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 5,078 cereals and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4337th. 57% of the cereals and their products 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 5,078 cereals and their products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0883921178474, last edited 4 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.