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Is Great Value Sweetened naturally and artificially berry crunch flavored corn and oat cereal, berry ultra-processed?

26oz(1lb 10oz) 737g Cereals and their products Sold in the United States

Pack of Great Value Sweetened naturally and artificially berry crunch flavored corn and oat cereal, berry

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed cereals and their products

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 flour, sugar, whole grain oat flour, canola oil, molasses, contains 2% and less of salt, sodium citrate, natural and artificial flavor, malic acid, yellow 5, red 40, maltodextrin, soy lecithin, blue 1, yellow 6, bht added to preserve freshness, vitamins, minerals (ferric orthophosphate), niacinamide (vitamin b3), zinc oxide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), calcium pantothenate (a b-vitamin), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), folic acid

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E296 Malic acid , E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E331 Sodium citrates

As written on the pack

corn flour, sugar, whole grain oat flour, canola oil, molasses, contains 2% or less of salt, sodium citrate, natural and artificial flavor, malic acid, yellow 5, red 40, maltodextrin, soy lecithin, blue 1, yellow 6, bht added to preserve freshness, vitamins and minerals: ferric orthophosphate (source of iron), niacinamide (vitamin b3), zinc oxide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), calcium pantothenate (a b-vitamin), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), folic acid,

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • 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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 5,078 cereals and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4906th. 57% of the cereals and their products 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 5,078 cereals and their products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078742121857, last edited 20 December 2024), 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.