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Is Post Cranberry almond crunch ultra-processed?

2 x 700 g Breakfast cereals Sold in Canada

Pack of Post Cranberry almond 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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 5 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

wheat, rice, sugar, cranberries (cranberries, sugar, glycerin, sunflower oil), rolled oats, corn meal, almonds, canola oil, salt, glucose syrup, barley malt extract, cooking molasses, citric acid, NATURAL and ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURS, mono- and DIGLYCERIDES, malic acid, sodium benzoate, vitamins, minerals (iron), thiamine mononitrate (B1), niacinamide (vitamin b3), calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (B6), folic acid, bht is added to package material to help maintain product freshness

Additives: E211 Sodium benzoate , E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E422 Glycerol , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids

As written on the pack

WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, RICE, SUGAR, DRIED CRANBERRIES (CRANBERRIES, SUGAR, GLYCERIN, SUNFLOWER OIL), WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, CORN MEAL, ALMONDS, CANOLA OIL, SALT, GLUCOSE SYRUP, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, COOKING MOLASSES, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOURS, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, MALIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE. VITAMINS AND MINERALS: IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE (B1), NIACINAMIDE (VITAMIN B3), CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (B6) FOLIC ACID. BHT IS ADDED TO PACKAGE MATERIAL TO HELP MAINTAIN PRODUCT FRESHNESS. CONTAINS: WHEAT, OATS, ALMONDS AND BARLEY.

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.

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.

  • 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 1770th. 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 0628154035350, last edited 10 March 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.