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Is Nature's Path Organic Flax Plus Red Berry Crunch ultra-processed?

Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Nature's Path Organic Flax Plus Red Berry Crunch

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

whole wheat meal, rolled oats, cane sugar, wheat bran, flax meal, soy oil, berry blend (strawberries, raspberries), brown rice flour, oat bran, flax seeds, barley malt extract, natural strawberry flavor, sea salt, oat (oat, tocopherols (vitamin e)), tocopherols (vitamin e), molasses, cinnamon

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

whole wheat meal*, whole grain rolled oats*, cane sugar*, wheat bran*, flax meal*, soy oil*, freeze-dried berry blend* (freeze-dried strawberries*, freeze-dried raspberries*), brown rice flour*, oat bran*, flax seeds*, barley malt extract*, natural strawberry flavor, sea salt, oat syrup solids* (oat syrup solids*, tocopherols [vitamin e]), tocopherols (vitamin e), molasses*, cinnamon*,

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • 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 1124th. 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 0058449777656, last edited 24 July 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.