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Is Morrisons Honey loops ultra-processed?

Extruded cereals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Morrisons Honey loops

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Wheat flour, Oat flour, Sugar, Wheat starch, Maltodextrin, Oat bran, Blended honey 4%, Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), Raising agents (potassium carbonates, sodium carbonates), Salt, Flavouring, Colour (paprika extract), Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin, Thiamin (B1), Vitamin D

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E160c Paprika extract

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, Oat flour, Sugar, Wheat starch, Maltodextrin, Oat bran, Blended honey (4%), Wheat flour (wheat flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), Raising agents (potassium carbonates, sodium carbonates), Salt, Flavouring, Colour (paprika extract), Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin, Thiamin (B1), Vitamin D.

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.

  • E101 Riboflavin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 373 extruded cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 323rd. 64% of the extruded 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 373 extruded cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010251522218, last edited 30 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.
  • 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.