Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Sanitarium Weet-Bix Bites Coco Crunch ultra-processed?

500 g Breakfast cereals Sold in Australia

Pack of Sanitarium Weet-Bix Bites Coco Crunch

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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed breakfast cereals

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

wheat 74%, sugar, compound chocolate pieces 11% (sugar, vegetable fat, cocoa solids, emulsifier (lecithin), flavour, milk), flavours, cocoa powder 0.5%, salt, natural sweetener (steviol glycosides), vitamins, niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, folate, mineral (iron)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

Wholegrain wheat (74%), sugar, compound chocolate pieces (11%) [sugar, vegetable fat, cocoa solids, emulsifier (lecithin) (soy), flavour, milk solids], flavours, cocoa powder (0.5%), salt, natural sweetener (steviol glycosides), vitamins (niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, folate), mineral (iron). Contains: gluten, wheat, milk, soy. May contain: lupin.

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.
  • E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
  • 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.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,868 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1750th. 60% of the breakfast cereals 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 1,868 breakfast cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300652813432, last edited 6 June 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.