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Is General Mills Fibre One ultra-processed?

587 g Breakfast cereals Sold in Canada

Pack of General Mills Fibre One

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed breakfast 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

wheat, Corn bran, Modified wheat starch, Caramel, annatto colour, Guar gum, Calcium carbonate, Sodium carboxymethylcellulose, Salt, Baking soda, High monounsaturated canola, Canola and high monounsaturated sunflower oil, Sucralose, Vitamins, minerals, iron, niacinamide (vitamin B3), calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), Folate

Additives: E170 Calcium carbonates , E170i Calcium carbonate , E412 Guar gum , E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E955 Sucralose

As written on the pack

Whole grain wheat, Corn bran, Modified wheat starch, Caramel and annatto colour, Guar gum, Calcium carbonate, Sodium carboxymethylcellulose, Salt, Baking soda, High monounsaturated canola, Canola and/or high monounsaturated sunflower oil, Sucralose, 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.

  • E170 Calcium carbonates Calcium carbonate is chalk.
  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E466 Sodium carboxy methyl cellulose Carboxymethyl cellulose is a thickener made by chemically modifying cellulose from wood or cotton.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,868 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1771st. 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 1,868 breakfast cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0065633186040, last edited 16 August 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.