Is Quaker Harvest Crunch Granola Cereal Original ultra-processed?

560 g Mueslis Sold in Canada and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Milk

10 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed mueslis

4 Nut Medley Morning Muesli Jordans 12 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Muesli Cereal No Sugar Added Post 7 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Muesli Cereal Original Alpen 8 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Granola aux Pumpkin Seed + Flax Graines de Citrouille et de Lin Granola Nature's Path 19 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3

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

Oats, whole wheat, brown sugar (processing marker), milk ingredients (ultra-processing marker), sweet dry oil (coconut oil (processing marker), coconut oil (processing marker)), almonds, honey (processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

Oats, rolled whole wheat, brown sugar, modified milk ingredients, sweet dry coconut, coconut oil, almonds, honey, natural flavor.

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.

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.

Milk An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

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.
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 515 mueslis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 348th. 66% of the mueslis 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 515 mueslis, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0055577105313, last edited 9 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.