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Is Kelloggs Special K Chocolate Almond ultra-processed?

377g Cereals and their products Sold in Canada

Pack of Kelloggs Special K Chocolate Almond

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
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cereals and their products

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, Rice, Sugars Sugar, Blackstrap Molasses, Corn, Barley Malt Extract, Almonds, Wheat Bran, Salt, Cocoa, Chocolate Sugar, Chocolate, Dextrose, Coconut Oil, Natural Flavour, Stevia Leaf Extract, Bht, Vitamins, Minerals (Iron), Niacinamide, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Dcalcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid

Additives: E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

Whole Grain Wheat, Rice, Sugars Sugar, Blackstrap Molasses, Corn And Barley Malt Extract, Almonds, Wheat Bran, Salt, Cocoa, Chocolate Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Dextrose, Coconut Oil, Natural Flavour, Stevia Leaf Extract, Bht, Vitamins And Minerals: Iron, Niacinamide, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Dcalcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid.

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.

  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • 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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 5,078 cereals and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4274th. 57% of the cereals and their products 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 5,078 cereals and their products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0064100142060, last edited 1 April 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.