Is General Mills Bluey Lightly Sweetened Corn Cereal ultra-processed?

Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar
Vegetable oil

24 ingredients
2 additives

Less processed breakfast cereals

Sprouted Rolled Oats One Degree Organic Foods 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Old Fashioned Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Quick 1-Minute Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1

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

Corn, Corn Meal, Sugar (processing marker), Salt (processing marker), Brown Sugar Syrup, Canola, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Spirulina Extract, Baking Soda, Vitamin E, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Zinc, vitamins, vitamin C, Vitamin B6, vitamins, vitamin B1, Vitamin A, vitamins, vitamin B2, A B Vitamin, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Whole Grain Corn, Corn Meal, Sugar, Salt, Brown Sugar Syrup, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Spirulina Extract, Baking Soda, Vitamin E, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, Zinc, Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B1, Vitamin A, Vitamin B2, A B Vitamin, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D3

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
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 1,869 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 740th. 60% of the breakfast 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 1,869 breakfast cereals, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0016000228214, last edited 12 June 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.