Is Kellogs Special K Protéines ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 39 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score E
Less processed bars
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
protéines de soya, arachides, sirop de maïs fibre, sucre, noix de cajou, fructose (ultra-processing marker), morceaux de bretzels (farine de blé (niacine, FER, mononitrate de thiamine, riboflavine (ultra-processing marker), acide folique), orge maltée, SEL, huile végétale levure), huile de palmiste, dextrose (ultra-processing marker), avoine entière, substances laitières, fèves de soya shortening d'huile de palme modifiée, glycérine (ultra-processing marker), sel marin, arôme naturel, SEL, lecithine de soya, cacao, colorant (ultra-processing marker) (paprika), sirop de maïs, gomme xanthane, amidon de blé, contient des ingrédients du soya, de l'arachide, de la noix de cajou, du blé, de l'orge, de l'avoine et du lait, peut contenir d'autres noix
Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
PROTÉINES DE SOYA, ARACHIDES, SIROP DE MAÏS FIBRE, SUCRE, NOIX DE CAJOU, FRUCTOSE, MORCEAUX DE BRETZELS (FARINE DE BLÉ [NIACINE, FER, MONONITRATE DE THIAMINE, RIBOFLAVINE, ACIDE FOLIQUE], ORGE MALTÉE, SEL, HUILE VÉGÉTALE LEVURE), HUILE DE PALMISTE, DEXTROSE, AVOINE ENTIÈRE, SUBSTANCES LAITIÈRES, FÈVES DE SOYA SHORTENING D'HUILE DE PALME MODIFIÉE, GLYCÉRINE, SEL MARIN, ARÔME NATUREL, SEL, LECITHINE DE SOYA. CACAO, COLORANT (PAPRIKA), SIROP DE MAÏS, GOMME XANTHANE, AMIDON DE BLÉ. CONTIENT DES INGRÉDIENTS DU SOYA, DE L'ARACHIDE, DE LA NOIX DE CAJOU, DU BLÉ, DE L'ORGE, DE L'AVOINE ET DU LAIT. PEUT CONTENIR D'AUTRES NOIX.
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.
- E101 Riboflavin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 1,328 bars
From least to most processed, this one ranks 914th. 89% of the bars here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0064100123922, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.