Is Kendamil creamy porridge ultra-processed?

Porridge Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Whey
Wheat flour

25 ingredients
No additives

Less processed porridge

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

Cereals 56% (Oat Flour, Wheat Flour (ultra-processing marker)), Skimmed Milk Powder (processing marker) 25%, Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Vegetable Rapeseed Oil, Barley Malt extract, Minerals (Calcium carbonate, Zinc sulphate, Ferric pyrophosphate), Vitamins, Vitamin A, vitamins, vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitamin B1, vitamins, vitamin B2, Vitamin B6, Niacin, Folic acid, Pantothenic acid, Biotin

As written on the pack

Cereals (56%) (Oat Flour, Hydrolysed Wheat Flour), Skimmed Milk Powder (25%), Whey Powder (Milk), Vegetable Rapeseed Oil, Barley Malt extract, Minerals (Calcium carbonate, Zinc sulphate, Ferric pyrophosphate), Vitamins (Vitamin A, Vitamin D3, Vitamin E, Vitamin C. Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B6, Niacin, Folic acid, Pantothenic acid, Biotin). Allergy Advice: For Allergens See Ingredients In Bold.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
Wheat flour An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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.

Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 160 porridge

From least to most processed, this one ranks 138th. 57% of the porridge 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 160 porridge, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5056000505125, last edited 27 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.