Is Ready Brek chocolate smooth porridge oats ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 25 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed chocolate cereals
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Rolled Oats 43%, Oat Flour 27%, Sugar (processing marker), Chocolate 5% (Cocoa Mass#, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Milk Whey Powder (ultra-processing marker), Calcium, Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin (B2), vitamins, vitamin B6, Thiamin, vitamin B1, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, Find out more at ra.org
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
Wholegrain Rolled Oats (43%), Wholegrain Oat Flour (27%), Sugar, Chocolate (5%) (Cocoa Mass#, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithin, Flavouring), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Milk Whey Powder, Calcium, Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin (B2), Vitamin B6, Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12. #Rainforest Alliance Certified. Find out more at ra.org
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.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
- 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.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Among 105 chocolate cereals
From least to most processed, this one ranks 79th. 90% of the chocolate cereals here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010029219500, last edited 27 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.