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Is Jack & the Beanstalk Quick oats ultra-processed?

18 oz Oatmeal biscuits Sold in the United States

Pack of Jack & the Beanstalk Quick oats

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, sweet snacks, as at least group 3.

  • 1 ingredient
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed sweet snacks

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Oats

As written on the pack

Oats

What makes it processed

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 24 oatmeal biscuits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1st. 63% of the oatmeal biscuits 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 24 oatmeal biscuits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0857683008140, last edited 9 January 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.