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Is Oreo O's ultra-processed?

350 g Chocolate cereals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Oreo O's

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed chocolate 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

Cereal Flours 66% (wheat, Rice), Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Oreo Crumb 2.8% (WHEAT Flour, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Glucose Fructose Syrup, WHEAT Starch, Potassium Carbonate, Ammonium Carbonate, Sodium Carbonate, Palm Oil, Salt, SOYA Lecithin, Flavouring), WHEAT Starch, Flavourings, Salt, Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin (B2), vitamins, vitamin B6, Thiamin, vitamin B1, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500i Sodium carbonate , E501 Potassium carbonates , E501i Potassium carbonate , E503 Ammonium carbonates , E503i Ammonium carbonate

As written on the pack

Cereal Flours (66%) (WHEAT, Rice), Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Oreo Crumb (2.8%) (WHEAT Flour, Sugar, Rapeseed Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Glucose Fructose Syrup, WHEAT Starch, Raising Agents (Potassium Carbonate, Ammonium Carbonate, Sodium Carbonate), Palm Oil, Salt, Emulsifier: SOYA Lecithin, Flavouring), WHEAT Starch, Flavourings, Salt, Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin (B2), Vitamin B6, Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12.

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
4 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 105 chocolate cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 84th. 90% of the chocolate 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 105 chocolate cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010029227048, last edited 7 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.