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Is M&S Food Porridge Multigrain Oats ultra-processed?

500 g Breakfast cereals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Food Porridge Multigrain Oats

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 7 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed breakfast 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

Oat Flakes 39%, Barley Flakes 18%, Oat Bran 16%, Fructo-oligosaccharides, Rye Flakes 6%, Golden Linseed 5%, Spelt Flakes 5%

As written on the pack

Wholegrain Oat Flakes (39%), Wholegrain Barley Flakes (18%), Oat Bran (16%), Fructo-oligosaccharides, Wholegrain Rye Flakes (6%), Golden Linseed (5%), Wholegrain Spelt Flakes (5%)

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.

  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,869 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 816th. 60% of the breakfast cereals 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 1,869 breakfast cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 29310692, 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.
  • 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.