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Is Kellogg's Céréales Special k Protéines ultra-processed?

Breakfast cereals Sold in Canada and France

Pack of Kellogg's Céréales Special k Protéines

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

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, textured soy protein, sugar, whole wheat flour, corn syrup, chicory root (inulin), soy, vegetable oil, corn flour, soy protein, natural flavour, brown sugar syrup, oat hull fibre, cane syrup, baking soda, salt, wheat, rye, brown rice, triticale, calcium carbonate, barley, buckwheat, sesame seeds, mixed tocopherols (for freshness), vitamins, minerals (iron), niacinamide, zinc oxide, thiamine hydrochloride, d-calcium pantothenate, cholecalciferol (vitamin d3), pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, triticale, barley, sesame ingredients

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

As written on the pack

whole grain oats, textured soy protein concentrate, sugar, whole grain whole wheat flour, corn syrup, chicory root (inulin), soy grits, vegetable oil, corn flour, soy protein, natural flavour, brown sugar syrup, oat hull fibre, dried cane syrup, baking soda, salt, whole grain wheat, whole grain rye, whole grain brown rice, whole grain triticale, calcium carbonate, whole grain barley, whole grain buckwheat, sesame seeds, mixed tocopherols (for freshness), vitamins and minerals: iron, niacinamide, zinc oxide, thiamine hydrochloride, d-calcium pantothenate, cholecalciferol (vitamin d3), pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid. contains oat, soy, wheat, rye, triticale, barley and sesame ingredients.

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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,868 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1432nd. 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 0064100914520, last edited 9 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.