Is Kroger Raisin Bran ultra-processed?

59 g Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

21 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

whole grain wheat, raisins, wheat bran, sugar (processing marker), brown sugar syrup, CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF (salt (processing marker)), malted barley syrup, vitamins (and MINERALS), potassium chloride, niacinamide, zinc oxide, reduced iron, vitamin a palmitate, pyrioxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, cholecalciferol, cyanocobalamin

As written on the pack

WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, RAISINS, WHEAT BRAN, SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, MALTED BARLEY SYRUP., VITAMINS & MINERALS: POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE, REDUCED IRON, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, PYRIOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, FOLIC ACID, CHOLECALCIFEROL, CYANOCOBALAMIN.

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

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110846761, last edited 21 February 2025), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
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.