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Is Fiber One Honey clusters breakfast cereal ultra-processed?

496 g Crunchy cereal clusters Sold in the United States

Pack of Fiber One Honey clusters breakfast cereal

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:

  • 53 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed crunchy cereal clusters

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

wheat, oat cluster (oats, sugar, brown sugar, rice flour, honey, corn syrup, rice, salt, natural flavor, barley malt extract, cinnamon, vitamin e (mixed tocopherols), added to preserve freshness), corn bran, sugar, rice flour, wheat bran, corn syrup, salt, honey, corn starch, malt syrup, tripotassium phosphate, brown sugar syrup, natural flavor, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, vitamin e (mixed tocopherols), added to preserve freshness, vitamins, minerals (calcium carbonate), iron, zinc (mineral nutrients), vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), a b vitamin (niacinamide), vitamin bs (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin bi (thiamin mononitrate), vitamins, vitamin b2, riboflavin, a b vitamins, folic acid, vitamin b12

Additives: E340 Potassium phosphates , E340iii Tripotassium phosphate , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

whole grain wheat, oat cluster (whole grain oats, sugar, brown sugar, rice flour, honey, corn syrup, whole grain rice, salt, natural flavor, barley malt extract, cinnamon. vitamin e [mixed tocopherols] added to preserve freshness), corn bran, sugar, rice flour, wheat bran, corn syrup, salt, honey, corn starch, malt syrup, tripotassium phosphate, brown sugar syrup, natural flavor, acesulfame potassium, sucralose. vitamin e (mixed tocopherols) added to preserve freshness. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, iron and zinc (mineral nutrients), vitamin c (sodium ascorbate), a b vitamin (niacinamide), vitamin bs (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin bi (thiamin mononitrate), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), a b vitamin (folic acid), vitamin b12.

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.

  • E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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 72 crunchy cereal clusters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 59th. 81% of the crunchy cereal clusters 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 72 crunchy cereal clusters, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0016000157651, last edited 4 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.