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Is Great Grains Crunchy Pecan Cereal ultra-processed?

453 g Cereal flakes Sold in the United States, France and Mexico

Pack of Great Grains Crunchy Pecan 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:

  • 32 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed cereal flakes

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, rolled oats, pecans, brown sugar, wheat flour, malted barley flour, rice flour, sugar, high oleic vegetable oil (canola, sunflower oil), salt, corn syrup, whey (from milk), bht (added to preserve freshness), vitamins, minerals (reduced iron), niacinamide, zinc oxide, vitamins, vitamin b6, vitamin a palmitate, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid, vitamins, vitamin b12, vitamin d

Additives: E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene

As written on the pack

whole grain wheat, whole grain rolled oats, pecans, brown sugar, wheat flour, malted barley flour, rice flour, sugar, high oleic vegetable oil (canola or sunflower oil), salt, corn syrup, whey (from milk), bht (added to preserve freshness), vitamins and minerals: reduced iron, niacinamide, zinc oxide (source of zinc), vitamin b6, vitamin a palmitate, riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), folic acid, vitamin b12, vitamin d,

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • 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 332 cereal flakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 296th. 27% of the cereal flakes 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 332 cereal flakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0884912126016, last edited 17 September 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.