Is Morrisons Special flakes ultra-processed?

Cereal flakes Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Sugar

17 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

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

Rice 73%, Wholewheat 24%, Sugar (processing marker), Barley malt extract, Salt (processing marker), Niacin, Iron, Pantothenic acid (B5), vitamins, vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folic acid, Vitamin B6, arvior

As written on the pack

Rice (73%), Wholewheat (24%), Sugar, Barley malt extract, Salt, Niacin, Iron, Pantothenic acid (B5), Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folic acid, Vitamin B6. ARVIOR

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 207th. 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 5010251541110, last edited 29 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.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.