Is Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats Original Whole Grain Cereal ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 13 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score B
Less processed extruded cereals
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
wheat, sugar (processing marker), contains 2% and less of brown rice syrup, gelatin (ultra-processing marker), bht, reduced iron, niacinamide, vitamin B6, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, zinc oxide, folic acid, vitamin B12
Additives: E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E428 Gelatine
As written on the pack
Whole grain wheat, sugar, contains 2% or less of brown rice syrup, gelatin, bht, reduced iron, niacinamide, vitamin B6, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, zinc oxide, folic acid, vitamin B12.
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.
- E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
1 ingredient 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.
Among 373 extruded cereals
From least to most processed, this one ranks 195th. 64% of the extruded cereals here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0038000318344, last edited 3 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.