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Is Post Shreddies Honey ultra-processed?

440 g Extruded cereals Sold in Canada

Pack of Post Shreddies Honey

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:

  • 21 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

wheat, Sugars (sugar, honey, barley malt extract), Salt, Artificial flavour, Thaumatin, BHT, Vitamins, minerals (iron, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), calcium pantothenate (vitamin B5), niacinamide (vitamin B3), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), folic acid)

Additives: E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E957 Thaumatin

As written on the pack

Whole grain wheat, Sugars (sugar, honey, barley malt extract), Salt, Artificial flavour, Thaumatin, BHT, Vitamins and minerals (iron, thiamine mononitrate [vitamin B1], calcium pantothenate [vitamin B5], niacinamide [vitamin B3], pyridoxine hydrochloride [vitamin B6], folic acid)

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.

  • E957 Thaumatin Sweeteners are substances used to impart a sweet taste to foods or in table-top sweeteners.
  • 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 373 extruded cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 244th. 64% of the extruded 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 373 extruded cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0628154380337, last edited 4 June 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.