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Is Premier Protein Mixed Berry Almond Cereal ultra-processed?

9 oz Cereal clusters with fruits Sold in the United States

Pack of Premier Protein Mixed Berry Almond Cereal

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cereal clusters with fruits

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 gluten, almonds, wheat protein isolate, pea protein, com flour, sugar, strawberries, raspberries, salt, strawberry juice concentrate, stevia leaf extract, natural flavor, caramel color, coconut, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, walnuts, and sesame seeds

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E960 Steviol glycosides

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

As written on the pack

wheat gluten, almonds, wheat protein isolate, pea protein concentrate, com flour, sugar, dried strawberries, dried raspberries, salt, strawberry juice concentrate, stevia leaf extract, natural flavor, caramel color, contains wheat and almonds, may contain milk, soy, brazil nuts, cashews, coconut, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts, pecans, walnuts, and sesame seeds,

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.
  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • 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.

  • Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
2 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 cereal clusters with fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 18th. 68% of the cereal clusters with fruits 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 19 cereal clusters with fruits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0884912377470, last edited 17 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.