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Is Catalina Crunch Protein Granola Peanut Butter ultra-processed?

227 g Cereal clusters with nuts Sold in the United States

Pack of Catalina Crunch Protein Granola Peanut Butter

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed cereal clusters with nuts

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

Peanuts, Crisp Whole Oats, Crisp Brown Rice, Catalina Pea Protein, Tapioca Starch, Potato Fiber, Corn Fiber, Chicory Root Fiber, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Calcium Carbonate, Yeast, Peanut Butter, Soy Crisps, Allulose, Vegetable Glycerin, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Peanut Oil, Sea Salt, Xanthan Gum, Mixed Tocopherols, Soybean Oil, Monk Fruit Extract, Cashews, Dry Roasted Almonds, Allergens, Soy, Almonds, Cashews

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341i Monocalcium phosphate , E415 Xanthan gum , E422 Glycerol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Dry Roasted Peanuts, Crisp Whole Oats, Crisp Brown Rice, Catalina Pea Protein, Tapioca Starch, Potato Fiber, Corn Fiber, Chicory Root Fiber, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Calcium Carbonate, Yeast, Peanut Butter, Soy Crisps, Allulose, Vegetable Glycerin, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Peanut Oil, Sea Salt, Xanthan Gum, Mixed Tocopherols, Soybean Oil, Monk Fruit Extract, Dry Roasted Cashews, Dry Roasted Almonds. Allergens: Peanuts, Soy, Almonds, Cashews.

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.

  • E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • 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.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 cereal clusters with nuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 81% of the cereal clusters with nuts 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 21 cereal clusters with nuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850044112906, last edited 30 September 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.