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Is Post Honey Bunches Strawberries ultra-processed?

368 g Breakfast cereals Sold in the United States and Mexico

Pack of Post Honey Bunches Strawberries

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:

  • 30 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Corn, Sugar, Wheat, Rolled Oats, Rice, Strawberries, Canola Oil, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Corn Syrup, Salt, Molasses, Honey, Caramel Color, Barley Malt Extract, Strawberry Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavor, BHT added to preserve freshness, Vitamins, Minerals (Reduced Iron), Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Žinc Oxide, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Pyridoxine Hydro, chloride (Vitamin B6), Folic Acid

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

Corn, Sugar, Whole Grain Wheat, Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Rice, Dried Strawberries, Canola Oil, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Corn Syrup, Salt, Molasses, Honey, Caramel Color, Barley Malt Extract, Strawberry Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavor. BHT added to preserve freshness. Vitamins and Minerals: Reduced Iron, Niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Žinc Oxide, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Pyridoxine Hydro - chloride (Vitamin B6), Folic Acid. CONTAINS WHEAT.

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,869 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1401st. 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 0884912112217, last edited 4 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.