Is Health Warrior Grains & Seeds Oatmeal Variety Pack ultra-processed?

38.8 oz Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Maltodextrin

33 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

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

Maple Cinnamon Date Oatmeal (oats, dates, sunflower seeds, pumpkins seeds, sugar (processing marker), flaxseed, pea protein, chia seeds, maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), barley, rye, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), while grain oat flour, cinnamon), Apple Walnut Oatmeal (oats, sugar (processing marker), sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, apples, walnuts, rosemary extract (to preserve freshness), flaxseed, pea protein, chia seeds, barley, rye, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), cinnamon, salt (processing marker))

Additives: E392 Extracts of rosemary

As written on the pack

Maple Cinnamon Date Oatmeal (whole grain oats, dates, sunflower seeds, pumpkins seeds, sugar, flaxseed, pea protein, chia seeds, maltodextrin, barley, whole grain rye, natural flavor, salt, while grain oat flour, cinnamon), Apple Walnut Oatmeal (whole grain oats, sugar, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, apples, walnuts, rosemary extract (to preserve freshness), flaxseed, pea protein, chia seeds, barley, whole grain rye, natural flavor, cinnamon, salt).

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.

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.

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.
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 1368th. 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 0030000576038, last edited 23 February 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.