Is Chocolate Cheerios ultra-processed?

420 g Extruded cereals Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

27 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed extruded cereals

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, Sugars (processing marker) (sugar, golden sugar, corn syrup), Corn starch (processing marker), Cocoa, Salt (processing marker), Caramel, Calcium carbonate, High monounsaturated canola, canola, high monounsaturated sunflower oil, Trisodium phosphate, Monoglycerides, Natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), Tocopherols, Vitamins, minerals (iron, niacinamide (vitamin B3), calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), folate)

Additives: E339 Sodium phosphates , E339iii Trisodium phosphate

As written on the pack

Whole grain oats, Sugars (sugar and/or golden sugar, corn syrup), Corn starch, Cocoa, Salt, Caramel, Calcium carbonate, High monounsaturated canola, canola and/or high monounsaturated sunflower oil, Trisodium phosphate, Monoglycerides, Natural flavour, Tocopherols, Vitamins and minerals (iron, niacinamide [vitamin B3], calcium pantothenate [vitamin B5], pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin B6], folate).

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.

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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 373 extruded cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 198th. 64% of the extruded 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 373 extruded cereals, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0065633181861, last edited 30 April 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.