Is Kind Vanilla Blueberry Granola with Flax Seeds ultra-processed?

11 oz (312 g) Mueslis with fruits Sold in the United States and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Vegetable fiber

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

Less processed mueslis with fruits

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

Oats, cane sugar (processing marker), brown rice, chicory root fiber (ultra-processing marker), flax seed, buckwheat, canola oil, blueberries, millet, amaranth, molasses (processing marker), vanilla extract, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), brown rice syrup, quinoa, sea salt (processing marker), Vitamin E

As written on the pack

Oats, cane sugar, brown rice, chicory root fiber, flax seed, buckwheat, canola oil, blueberries, millet, amaranth, molasses, vanilla extract, natural flavor, brown rice syrup, quinoa, sea salt, Vitamin E

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.

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.

Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.

3 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.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 138 mueslis with fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 116th. 57% of the mueslis with fruits 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 138 mueslis with fruits, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0602652171857, last edited 11 June 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.