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Is Mexican Gourmet 5 Glorious Grains ultra-processed?

250g Cereal grains Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Mexican Gourmet 5 Glorious Grains

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

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

Whole foods combined with:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed cereal grains

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

Cooked Wheatberries 39% (Water, Wheatberries), Red Rice 20% (Water, Red Rice), Freekeh 20% (Water, Freekeh (Wheat)), Cooked Black Barley 10% (Water, Black Barley), White Quinoa 10% (Water, White Quinoa), Olive Oil

As written on the pack

Cooked Wheatberries 39% (Water, Wheatberries), Cooked Red Rice 20% (Water, Red Rice), Cooked Freekeh 20% (Water, Freekeh (Wheat)), Cooked Black Barley 10% (Water, Black Barley), Cooked White Quinoa 10% (Water, White Quinoa), Olive Oil.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 564 cereal grains

From least to most processed, this one ranks 398th. 25% of the cereal grains 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 564 cereal grains, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5018095196596, last edited 26 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.