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Is Nestle oat cereal ultra-processed?

227g Breakfast cereals Sold in Canada

Pack of Nestle oat cereal

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 14 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed breakfast cereals

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

Oat flour, skim milk, Canola oilt, High oleic sunflower oil, Sunflower oil, Bifidobacterium lactis, Dipotassium phosphate, Amylaset, Vitamins, Iron (Thiamine mononitrate+), Riboflavint, Niacinamide, Ferrous Fumarate

Additives: E340 Potassium phosphates , E340ii Dipotassium phosphate

As written on the pack

Oat flour*, Dry skim milk, Canola oilt, High oleic sunflower oil*, Sunflower oil*, Bifidobacterium lactis, Dipotassium phosphate, Amylaset. Vitamins and Iron: Thiamine mononitrate+, Riboflavint, Niacinamide, Ferrous Fumarate. Contains: Oat, Milk. May contain: Wheat, Barley, Rye.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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

  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,868 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 733rd. 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 1,868 breakfast cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0065000138207, last edited 1 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.