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Is Cookies & Cream Oats Overnight ultra-processed?

Oat Sold in the United States and Italy

Pack of Cookies & Cream Oats Overnight

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed oat

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

rolled oats, protein blend (whey protein, milk protein concentrate), maple sugar, chocolate cookie crumb (tapioca starch, rice flour, sugar, cocoa, sunflower oil, salt, vanilla extract, sodium bicarbonate), chia seeds, date, flaxseed, natural flavors, himalayan pink salt, monk fruit, made in a facility that also handles, tree nuts

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

CERTIFIED GLUTEN FREE WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, PROTEIN BLEND (WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE), MAPLE SUGAR, CHOCOLATE COOKIE CRUMB [TAPIOCA STARCH, RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, VANILLA EXTRACT, SODIUM BICARBONATE], CHIA SEEDS, DATE POWDER, FLAXSEED, NATURAL FLAVORS, HIMALAYAN PINK SALT, MONK FRUIT. CONTAINS: MILK. MADE IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO HANDLES: PEANUTS, TREE NUTS.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Cocoa An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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 103 oat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 100th. 16% of the oat 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 103 oat, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0810090750941, last edited 28 July 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.