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Is Millville Frosted Shredded Wheat Bite Size Sweetened Whole Grain Cereal ultra-processed?

18 oz Cereal flakes Sold in the United States and Germany

Pack of Millville Frosted Shredded Wheat Bite Size Sweetened Whole Grain 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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed cereal flakes

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

wheat, sugar, gelatin, freshness preserved with vitamin e (mixed tocopherols), vitamins, minerals (reduced iron), folic acid, niacinamide (vitamin b3), calcium pantothenate (a b vitamin), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), aldi twice as nice guarantee item replaced money refunded 20%

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E428 Gelatine

As written on the pack

whole grain wheat, sugar, gelatin, freshness preserved with vitamin e (mixed tocopherols), vitamins and minerals: reduced iron, folic acid, niacinamide (vitamin b3), calcium pantothenate (a b vitamin), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), contains: wheat, 15% 25% 15% 10% 15% 20% aldi twice as nice guarantee item replaced money refunded

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.

  • E428 Gelatine Gelatine is a gelling agent made from collagen in animal skin and bones.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 332 cereal flakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 285th. 27% of the cereal flakes 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 332 cereal flakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061462405754, last edited 22 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.