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Is Kashi GO Lean Original Cereal ultra-processed?

371 g Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Kashi GO Lean Original 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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed breakfast cereals

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

kashi seven honey puff cereal (hard red wheat, brown rice, honey, cane syrup, barley, triticale, oats, rye, buckwheat, sesame seeds), degerminated yellow corn flour, soy, ground degerminated corn, cane syrup, soy protein isolate, oat fiber, wheat bran, soy flour, corn bran, kashi seven, sesame (whole (oats), hard red wheat, rye, brown rice, triticale, barley, buckwheat, sesame seeds), salt, natural flavors, annatto extract color

As written on the pack

kashi seven whole grain honey puff cereal (hard red wheat, brown rice, honey, cane syrup, barley, triticale, oats, rye, buckwheat, sesame seeds), degerminated yellow corn flour, expeller pressed soy grits, ground degerminated corn, cane syrup, expeller pressed soy protein isolate, oat fiber, wheat bran, expeller pressed soy flour, corn bran, kashi seven whole grains , sesame flour (whole: oats, hard red wheat, rye, brown rice, triticale, barley, buckwheat, sesame seeds), salt, natural flavors, annatto extract color,

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.

  • 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.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,868 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1312th. 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 1,868 breakfast cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0018627703211, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.