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Is Tesco Finest five grain muesli ultra-processed?

500 Mueslis with fruits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Finest five grain muesli

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed mueslis 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

mixed fruits 21% (flame raisin, sultanas, dried apricot (apricot, preservative), papaya (papaya, sugar, preservative), dried apple), oat flakes, wheat flakes, barley flakes, spelt flakes (wheat), mixed nuts 6% (aimond, hazelnut, cashew nut), rye flakes, mixed seeds 5% (pumpkin seed, sunflower seed), quinoa, coconut, allergy advice conter best be recyc c св 50 tes wo

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide

As written on the pack

mixed dried fruits (21%) [flame raisin, sultanas, dried apricot (apricot, preservative (sulphur dioxide)), sweetened dried papaya (papaya, sugar, preservative (sulphur dioxide)), dried apple], oat flakes, toasted wheat flakes, barley flakes, spelt flakes (wheat), mixed nuts (6%) [aimond, hazelnut, cashew nut], rye flakes, mixed seeds (5%) [pumpkin seed, sunflower seed], quinoa, coconut. allergy advice conter best be recyc c св 50 tes wo

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 138 mueslis with fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 57th. 57% of the mueslis 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 138 mueslis with fruits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057753083847, last edited 27 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.