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Is Simply Nature Pumpkin Seed & Flax Granola Cereal ultra-processed?

11.5 oz (325 g) Pumpkin seeds Sold in the United States and Canada

Pack of Simply Nature Pumpkin Seed & Flax Granola Cereal

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed pumpkin seeds

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

oats, cane sugar, vegetable oil (sunflower oil, canola oil), brown rice crisps, pumpkin seeds, rice flour, tapioca syrup, brown rice syrup, flax seeds, salt, spices

As written on the pack

ORGANIC OATS, ORGANIC CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC VEGETABLE OIL (ORGANIC SUNFLOWER OIL OR ORGANIC CANOLA OIL), ORGANIC BROWN RICE CRISPS, ORGANIC PUMPKIN SEEDS, ORGANIC RICE FLOUR, ORGANIC TAPIOCA SYRUP, ORGANIC BROWN RICE SYRUP, ORGANIC FLAX SEEDS, SALT, ORGANIC SPICES. MAY CONTAIN TREE NUTS, WHEAT, SOY.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 pumpkin seeds

From least to most processed, this one ranks 20th. 5% of the pumpkin seeds 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 21 pumpkin seeds, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4099100066623, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.