Is Millville Instant Oatmeal Maple & Brown Sugar ultra-processed?

10 1.51oz packets Cereal flakes Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E150c Ammonia caramel
E412 Guar gum

18 ingredients
2 additives

Less processed cereal flakes

Sprouted Rolled Oats One Degree Organic Foods 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Old Fashioned Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Quick 1-Minute Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Old Fashioned 100% Whole Grain Rolled Oats Quaker Oats 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1

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

rolled oats, sugar (processing marker), contains less than 2% of (salt (processing marker)), calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), guar gum (ultra-processing marker), caramel color, ferríc phosphate (a source of iron), vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid, one of the b vitamins

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E412 Guar gum

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

whole grain rolled oats, sugar, contains less than 2% of: salt, calcium carbonate (a source of calcium), natural flavor, guar gum, caramel color, ferríc phosphate (a source of iron), vitamin a palmitate, niacinamide*, pyridoxine hydrochloride*, riboflavin*, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid*, *one of the b vitamins

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.

E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 332 cereal flakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 312th. 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 4099100077780, last edited 31 May 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.