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Is Kellogg's Crunchy Oat Granola Dark Chocolate Curls ultra-processed?

Mueslis with chocolate Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Kellogg's Crunchy Oat Granola Dark Chocolate Curls

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed mueslis 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

crunchy oat, wheat, barley clusters with dark chocolate, 30 ingredients (Whole oats 66%), dark chocolate 10% (cocoa mass, sugar, milk fat, emulsifier), sugar, sunflower oil, wheat flour 6%, corn fibre, glucose syrup, barley 2%, emulsifier (soy lecithin), natural spice flavouring, natural fie vouring, barley malt extract, from other cereals, nuts, best before

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

(EN) CRUNCHY OAT, WHEAT AND BARLEY CLUSTERS WITH DARK CHOCOLATE. 30 INGREDIENTS: Whole oats (66%), dark chocolate (10%) (cocoa mass, sugar, milk fat, emulsifier {sunflower lecithin}), sugar, sunflower oil, wheat flour (6%), corn fibre, glucose syrup, puffed barley (2%), emulsifier (soy lecithin), natural spice flavouring, natural fie vouring, barley malt extract. For allergens see ingredients highlighted in bold. May contain gluten from other cereals, nuts. BEST BEFORE: (DD/MM/YY).

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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • 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 21 mueslis with chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 81% of the mueslis 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 21 mueslis with chocolate, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059319016481, last edited 29 July 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.