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Is Sainsbury's Pecan & Maple Crisp Cereal ultra-processed?

500 g Crunchy mueslis Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Sainsbury's Pecan & Maple Crisp 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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed crunchy mueslis

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

Oat Flakes, Sugar, Crisp Rice 14% (Rice Flour, Sugar, Malted Barley Extract, Calcium Carbonate), Wheat Flakes 6%, Palm Oil, Pecan Nuts 6%, Maple Syrup 2.5%, Sugar Syrup, Flavouring

As written on the pack

Oat Flakes, Sugar, Crisp Rice (14%) (Rice Flour, Sugar, Malted Barley Extract, Raising Agent: Calcium Carbonate), Wheat Flakes (6%), Palm Oil, Pecan Nuts (6%), Maple Syrup (2.5%), Sugar Syrup Powder, Flavouring.

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.

  • Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 27 crunchy mueslis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 74% of the crunchy 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 27 crunchy mueslis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01373325, 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.