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Is Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Granola ultra-processed?

380 g Cereal clusters with chocolate Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Granola

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed cereal clusters with chocolate

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 48%, sugar, sustainable palm oil, chocolate chunks 11% (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fats, palm, shea), milk fat, soy lecithin, wheat flour, hazelnuts 3%, salt, molasses, coconut, barley malt extract

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Whole oats(48%), sugar, sustainable palm oil, chocolate chunks(11%) (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fats{palm, shea)in varying proportions, milk fat, emulsifier{soy lecithin}, wheat flour, hazelnuts (3%), salt, molasses, dried coconut, barley malt extract.

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 cereal clusters with chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 86% of the cereal clusters with chocolate 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 14 cereal clusters with chocolate, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5053827111348, last edited 11 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.