Is Kashi GO honey almond flax crunch ultra-processed?

501 g Crunchy cereal clusters 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:

Vegetable fiber

18 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score C

Less processed crunchy cereal clusters

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, brown rice syrup, puffed blend (hard red wheat, triticale grain, brown rice, rye), cane sugar (processing marker), chicory root fiber (ultra-processing marker), oats, almonds, flax, canola oil, honey (processing marker), oat fiber (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), mixed tocopherols (vitamin E)

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Soy flakes, brown rice syrup, puffed whole grains blend (hard red wheat, triticale grain, brown rice, rye), cane sugar, chicory root fiber, whole grain oats, almonds, whole flax seeds, expeller pressed canola oil, honey, oat fiber, salt, mixed tocopherols (vitamin E).

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

3 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.

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 72 crunchy cereal clusters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 81% of the crunchy cereal clusters 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 72 crunchy cereal clusters, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0018627115793, last edited 29 September 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.