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Is Malt-O-Meal Fruity Dyno-Bites Cereal ultra-processed?

Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States

Pack of Malt-O-Meal Fruity Dyno-Bites Cereal

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

rice, sugar, corn syrup, canola, soybean oil, salt, contains 1% and less of (natural and artificial flavor), yellow 5, yellow 6, red 40, blue 1, bht added to preserve freshness, vitamins, minerals (niacinamide (vitamin b3)), vitamin a palmita, reduced iron, zinc oxide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavi, thiamin mononitrat (vitamin b1), vitamin d3, folic ac tamin b12

Additives: E102 Tartrazine , E110 Sunset yellow FCF , E129 Allura red , E133 Brilliant blue FCF , E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene

As written on the pack

rice, sugar, corn syrup, canola and/or soybean oil, salt, contains 1% or less of: natural and artificial flavor, yellow 5, yellow 6, red 40, blue 1, bht added to preserve freshness. vitamins and minerals: niacinamide (vitamin b3), vitamin a palmita, reduced iron, zinc oxide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavi: (vitamin b2), thiamin mononitrat (vitamin b1), vitamin d3, folic ac tamin b12.

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.

  • E102 Tartrazine Tartrazine is a synthetic yellow azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 5 in the US).
  • E110 Sunset yellow FCF Sunset yellow FCF is a synthetic orange azo dye (FD&C Yellow No. 6 in the US).
  • E129 Allura red Allura red AC is a synthetic red azo dye (FD&C Red No. 40 in the US).
  • E133 Brilliant blue FCF Brilliant blue FCF is a synthetic blue dye, listed in the US as FD&C Blue No. 1.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,869 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1767th. 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 0042400388876, last edited 17 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.