Is Simple Truth protein GRANOLA CLUSTERS German Chocolate Cake ultra-processed?

227 g Crunchy cereal clusters Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

20 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed crunchy cereal clusters

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

whole rolled oats, cane sugar (processing marker), soy flour, rice flour, cocoa powder processed with alkali, coconut oil (processing marker), MCT oil (processing marker), coconut, sunflower protein, oat, chocolate chips (cocoa liquor, cane sugar (processing marker), cocoa butter), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), baobab fruit powder, salt (processing marker), mixed tocopherols (vitamin E to maintain freshness), whole wheat flour

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Organic whole rolled oats, organic cane sugar, organic soy flour, organic rice flour, organic cocoa powder processed with alkali, organic coconut oil, organic MCT oil, organic coconut, organic sunflower seed protein, organic oat syrup solids, organic chocolate chips (organic cocoa liquor, organic cane sugar, organic cocoa butter), organic natural flavor, organic baobab fruit powder, salt, mixed tocopherols (vitamin E to maintain freshness), organic whole wheat flour.

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.

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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 72 crunchy cereal clusters

From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 81% of the crunchy cereal clusters 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 72 crunchy cereal clusters, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0011110153661, last edited 11 April 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 D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.