Is Kellogg's coco pops mega pops ultra-processed?

Extruded cereals Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Glucose
Glucose syrup

24 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed extruded 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

CHOCOLATE FLAVOURED WHEAT and MAIZE CEREAL, with vitamins, iron, ingredients (Cereal flours, wholewheat), maize, sugar (processing marker), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), cocoa powder 7%, cocoa mass, tricalcium phosphate, natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), niacin, iron, M Er Fa vitamins, vitamin B6, riboflavin, thiamin, folic acid, vitamin D, vitamin B12, Ca

As written on the pack

(EN) CHOCOLATE FLAVOURED WHEAT & MAIZE CEREAL, FORTIFIED WITH VITAMINS AND IRON. INGREDIENTS: Cereal flours (71%) (wholewheat, maize), sugar, glucose syrup, cocoa powder (7%), cocoa mass, tricalcium phosphate, natural flavouring, salt, niacin, iron, M Er Fa vitamin B6, riboflavin, thiamin, folic acid, vitamin D, vitamin B12. Ca

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.

Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.

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 373 extruded cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 268th. 64% of the extruded 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 373 extruded cereals, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059319025063, last edited 3 June 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.