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Is Kellogg’s Kellogg's All-Bran Original imp ultra-processed?

Extruded cereals Sold in the United States

Pack of Kellogg’s Kellogg's All-Bran Original imp

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Wheat bran, sugar, malt flavor, contains 2% and less of salt, vitamins, minerals (calcium carbonate), vitamin c (sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid), reduced iron, niacinamide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamins, vitamin b2, riboflavin, folic acid, vitamins, vitamin b1, thiamin hydrochloride, vitamin a palmitate, vitamins, vitamin b12, vitamin d

As written on the pack

Wheat bran, sugar, malt flavor, contains 2% or less of salt. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, vitamin c (sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid), reduced iron, niacinamide, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), folic acid, vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), vitamin a palmitate, vitamin b12, vitamin d.

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.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 373 extruded cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 169th. 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 0038000198410, last edited 4 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.