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Is Cascadian Farms Cinnamon Oat Clusters ultra-processed?

15 oz Breakfast cereals rich in fibre fortified with vitamins and chemical elements Sold in the United States

Pack of Cascadian Farms Cinnamon Oat Clusters

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 D

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

Oats, Cane Sugar, Barley Flour, Sunflower Oil, Maltodextrin, Wheat Starch, Tapioca Syrup, Oat Fiber, Malted Barley Extract, Sea Salt, Cinnamon, Calcium Carbonate, Malted Barley, Natural Flavor, Invert Sugar Syrup, Rosemary Extract

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Whole Grain Oats, Cane Sugar, Whole Grain Barley Flour, Sunflower Oil, Maltodextrin, Wheat Starch, Tapioca Syrup, Oat Fiber, Malted Barley Extract, Sea Salt, Cinnamon, Calcium Carbonate, Malted Barley, Natural Flavor, Invert Sugar Syrup, Rosemary Extract.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
4 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 17 breakfast cereals rich in fibre fortified with vitamins and chemical elements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 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 0021908133232, last edited 9 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.