Is Harvest morn Protein Oats ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 14 ingredients
- 2 additives
Less processed chocolate cereals
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
oat flakes 60%, sugar (processing marker), milk protein (ultra-processing marker), skimmed milk, chocolate chips 5% (sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), fat reduced cocoa powder 1.5%, haleles per (ey 52)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
oat flakes (60%), sugar, concentrated milk protein, dried skimmed milk, chocolate chips (5%), (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifier: sunflower lecithin, flavouring), fat reduced cocoa powder (1,5%), haleles per 00g: ey 52/
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.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- 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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
Among 105 chocolate cereals
From least to most processed, this one ranks 74th. 90% of the chocolate cereals here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600449890, last edited 27 March 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.