Is Nature's Path Organic Heritage Flakes ultra-processed?

375g Breakfast cereals rich in fibre Sold in the United States and France

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Honey
Salt
Sugar

12 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed breakfast cereals

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

Kamut khorasan wheat flour, wheat bran, whole wheat meal, cane sugar (processing marker), whole oat flour, spelt flour, barley flour, millet, barley malt extract, quinoa, sea salt (processing marker), honey (processing marker)

As written on the pack

Kamut khorasan wheat flour*, wheat bran*, whole wheat meal*, cane sugar*, whole oat flour*, spelt flour*, barley flour*, whole millet*, barley malt extract*, quinoa*, sea salt, honey*.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 52 breakfast cereals rich in fibre

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 69% of the breakfast cereals rich in fibre 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 52 breakfast cereals rich in fibre, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0058449770206, last edited 26 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.