Is Quaker Big Bowl Golden Syrup Flavour ultra-processed?

6,298 Porridge Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

12 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed porridge

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

quaker rolled oats 80%, sugar (processing marker), natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), tear open the sachet along the tear line, pour the oats out into a microwaveable bowl, use the sachet to measure the milk– fill to the milk line, pour the sachet of milk into the bowl, mix, typical nutrition information per 100g per 49.6% per (%), energy

As written on the pack

quaker wholegrain rolled oats (80%), sugar, natural flavouring, salt, 1 tear open the sachet along the tear line, allergy advice: for allergens, see ingredients in bold, may contain wheat, barley and soya, pour the oats out into a microwaveable bowl, 3 use the sachet to measure the milk– fill to the milk line (250ml), 4 pour the sachet of milk into the bowl , mix, typical nutrition information per 100g per 49,6g per 49,6g' (%*) 1678 kj 832 kj 1330 kj energy

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.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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 160 porridge

From least to most processed, this one ranks 111th. 57% of the porridge 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 160 porridge, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000108170938, last edited 4 October 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.