Is Gerber puffs strawberry apple grain snack ultra-processed?

42g Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States and Vietnam

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E322 Lecithins

25 ingredients
4 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

rice flour, whole wheat flour, wheat starch (processing marker), cane sugar (processing marker), oat flour, natural strawberry apple flavor (includes strawberry juice concentrate, acetic acid), apple puree, mixed tocopherols (to maintain freshness (processing marker)), sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), vitamins, minerals (choline bitartrate), iron (electrolytic), vitamin e (alpha tocopheryl acetate), niacinamide (a b vitamin), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b1 (thiamine hydrochloride)

Additives: E260 Acetic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

RICE FLOUR, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT STARCH, CANE SUGAR, WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, NATURAL STRAWBERRY APPLE FLAVOR (INCLUDES STRAWBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE AND ACETIC ACID), DRIED APPLE PUREE, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS (TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS), SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, VITAMINS AND MINERALS: CHOLINE BITARTRATE, IRON (ELECTROLYTIC), VITAMIN E (ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE), NIACINAMIDE (A B VITAMIN), VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE)

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.

3 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.

Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,869 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1200th. 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 0015000045203, last edited 13 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.