Is Kashi Organic Cocoa Clusters ultra-processed?

Breakfast cereals 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:

Flavouring
Invert sugar

23 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed breakfast cereals

Sprouted Rolled Oats One Degree Organic Foods 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Old Fashioned Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Quick 1-Minute Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1

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

Whole oats, rice, cocoa flavored granola clusters (rolled oats, cane sugar (processing marker), whole oat flour, brown rice syrup, cocoa processed with alkali, brown rice flour, canola oil, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), rosemary extract for freshness), cane sugar (processing marker), invert cane syrup (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), iron (ferric phosphate), mixed tocopherols (vitamin E), for freshness, baking soda, vanilla extract, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker)

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Whole oats*, rice*, cocoa flavored granola clusters* (rolled oats*, cane sugar*, whole oat flour*, brown rice syrup*, cocoa processed with alkali*, brown rice flour*, canola oil*, natural flavor*, rosemary extract for freshness*), cane sugar*, invert cane syrup*, salt, iron (ferric phosphate), mixed tocopherols (vitamin E) for freshness, baking soda, vanilla extract*, natural flavors*, *Organic

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.

Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.

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.

Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,868 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1424th. 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 0018627116219, 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.