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Is Morning Summit Lightly Sweetened Maple Berry Blend Cereal ultra-processed?

1 box, 2lb 6oz Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States

Pack of Morning Summit Lightly Sweetened Maple Berry Blend Cereal

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

Almonds, Wheat, Maple Syrup, Oats, Sugar, Coconut, Pumpkin Seeds, Coconut Oil, Cranberries (cranberries, sugar, gycerin), Cherries (cherries, sugar, gycerin), Corn Bran, Brown Sugar Syrup, Salt, Vanilla Extract, Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols), Added to Preserve Freshness, and COCONUT, ingredients

As written on the pack

Almonds, Whole Grain Wheat, Organic Maple Syrup, Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Dried Coconut, Pumpkin Seeds, Organic Coconut Oil, Dried Sweetened Cranberries (cranberries, sugar, gycerin), Dried Sweetened Cherries (cherries, sugar, gycerin), Corn Bran, Brown Sugar Syrup, Salt, Vanilla Extract. Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) Added to Preserve Freshness. CONTAINS ALMOND, WHEAT, AND COCONUT; MAY CONTAIN SOY AND SESAME INGREDIENTS.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • 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 649th. 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 0016000147652, last edited 22 August 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.