Is Cascadian Farm brownie crunch ultra-processed?

Cereal clusters with chocolate Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Dextrose
Flavouring
Glucose

14 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed cereal clusters with chocolate

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

Yellow Corn Meal, Cane Sugar (processing marker), Yellow Corn Meal, Tapioca Syrup, Cocoa Powder, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Sea Salt (processing marker), Calcium Carbonate, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Natural Flavor (ultra-processing marker), " Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols), Added to Preserve Freshness

As written on the pack

Whole Grain Yellow Corn Meal*, Cane Sugar*, Yellow Corn Meal*, Tapioca Syrup*, Cocoa Powder*, Sunflower Oil*, Cocoa Processed with Alkali*, Sea Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Dextrose*, Natural Flavor*, " Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) Added to Preserve Freshness. *Organic

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 cereal clusters with chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 86% of the cereal clusters with chocolate 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 14 cereal clusters with chocolate, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0021908131993, last edited 18 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.