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Is Sainsbury's Red Fruit Special Flakes Tasty Fortified Flakes ultra-processed?

Cereals with fruits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Sainsbury's Red Fruit Special Flakes Tasty Fortified Flakes

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 19 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed cereals 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

Rice 70%, Wheat 23%, Sugar, Fruit 4.5% (Cherry, Strawberry), Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Vitamins and Mineral mix, Niacin, Iron, Pantothenic Acid, vitamins, vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin B6

As written on the pack

Rice (70%), Wheat (23%), Sugar, Freeze Dried Fruit (4.5%) (Cherry, Strawberry), Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Vitamins and Mineral mix (Niacin, Iron, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin B6)

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 224 cereals with fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 61st. 60% of the cereals 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 224 cereals with fruits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 01827262, last edited 8 May 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.