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Is Kellogg's SPECIAL K The Original ultra-processed?

440g Mixed cereal flakes Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Kellogg's SPECIAL K The Original

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 27 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed extruded cereals

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 rice, wholewheat, barley flakes fortified with vitamins, iron, ingredients (Rice 47%), wholewheat 37%, sugar, barley 5%, malted barley flour, salt, barley malt extract, niacin, iron, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamins, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin D, vitamin B12, from other cereals, milk, Best before (see top, Store in a cool), dry place

As written on the pack

(EN) CRUNCHY RICE, WHOLEWHEAT AND BARLEY FLAKES FORTIFIED WITH VITAMINS AND IRON. INGREDIENTS: Rice (47%), wholewheat (37%), sugar, barley (5%), malted barley flour, salt, barley malt extract, niacin, iron, riboflavin, thiamin, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin D, vitamin B12. For allergens see ingredients highlighted in bold. May contain gluten from other cereals, milk. Best before: see top. Store in a cool, dry place.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 15 mixed cereal flakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 8th. 47% of the mixed cereal flakes 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 15 mixed cereal flakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059319029016, last edited 14 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.