Is Kashi Honey Oat Flax Crunchy Granola Quinoa Bars ultra-processed?

40 g Breakfast cereals Sold in Canada

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

23 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

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

oats, cane syrup, blend (whole (barley), buckwheat, hard red wheat, rye, triticale, quinoa), canola oil, honey (processing marker), corn starch (processing marker), brown rice flour, flax, coconut, whole oat flour, sea salt (processing marker), molasses (processing marker), baking soda, soy tecithin, natural flavour (ultra-processing marker), calcium carbonate

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

whole grain oats, organic dried cane syrup, whole grain blend (whole: barley, buckwheat, hard red wheat, rye, triticale, quinoa), expeller pressed canola oil, organic honey, corn starch, brown rice flour, whole flax seeds, coconut, whole oat flour, sea salt, organic molasses, baking soda, organic soy tecithin, natural flavour, calcium carbonate

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.

5 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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
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 1160th. 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 0018627102588, last edited 28 May 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.