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Is Dorset choc cherry granola ultra-processed?

450 g Mueslis Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Dorset choc cherry granola

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed mueslis

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

OAT flakes 56%, golden syrup (partially inverted sugar syrup), BARLEY flakes, vegetable oil (rapeseed vegetable oil, sunflower vegetable oil), dark chocolate curls 4.5%, cocoa solids 70% (cocoa mass), sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (SOYA lecithin), natural flavouring, cherries 3%, macadamia nuts 2.5%, cocoa powder 2%, sunflower seeds

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Wholegrain OAT flakes (56%), golden syrup (partially inverted sugar syrup), BARLEY flakes, vegetable oil (rapeseed and sunflower in varying proportions), dark chocolate curls (4.5%) (cocoa solids: 70% minimum (cocoa mass, sugar, cocoa butter, emulsifier (SOYA lecithin), natural flavouring)), freeze dried sliced cherries (3%), MACADAMIA NUTS (2.5%), cocoa powder (2%), sunflower seeds.

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.
2 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.

  • 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 515 mueslis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 478th. 66% of the mueslis 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 515 mueslis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5018357804801, last edited 4 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.