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Is Nestlé Golden Nuggets ultra-processed?

375 g Breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Nestlé Golden Nuggets

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
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements

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

Cereal Grains, Wheat 25.8%, Wheat Flour, Maize Flour 11.2%, Maize Maize Starch, Glucose Syrup, Honey 2.5%, Vitamins, Minerals, Calcium, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Iron, vitamins, vitamin D, Vitamin B6, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Partially Inverted Brown Sugar Syrup, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Palm Oil, Carotene, Tocopherols, Natural Flavouring

Additives: E160a Carotene , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Cereal Grains (Whole Grain Wheat (25.8%), Wheat Flour, Whole Grain Maize Flour (11.2%), Maize Maize Starch, Glucose Syrup, Honey (2.5%), Vitamins and Minerals (Calcium, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Iron, Vitamin D, Vitamin B6, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Partially Inverted Brown Sugar Syrup, Salt, Sunflower Oil, Palm Oil, Colour: Carotene, Antioxidant: Tocopherols, Natural Flavouring.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 38 breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements

From least to most processed, this one ranks 31st. 71% of the breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements 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 38 breakfast cereals fortified with vitamins and chemical elements, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000243729091, last edited 21 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.