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Is Kashi GO Chocolate Crunch Cereal ultra-processed?

312 g Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Kashi GO Chocolate Crunch 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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Soy, Oats, Puffed Blend, Hard Red Wheat, Brown Rice, Barley, Rye, Brown Rice Syrup, Semisweet Chocolate, Cane Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract, Cane Sugar, Canola Oil, Acacia Gum, Cocoa Powder, Chocolate, Sea Salt, Chocolate, Natural Flavors, Rosemary Extract

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

Soy Flakes, Whole Grain Oats, Puffed Whole Grain Blend, Hard Red Wheat**, Brown Rice, Barley, Rye), Brown Rice Syrup, Semisweet Chocolate, Cane Sugar, Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Vanilla Extract), Cane Sugar, Expeller Pressed Canola Oil, Acacia Gum, Cocoa Powder, Chocolate, Sea Salt, Chocolate Extract, Natural Flavors, Rosemary Extract.

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.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
4 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,869 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1594th. 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 0018627107576, last edited 4 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.
  • 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.