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Is Tesco Multigrain Meteors ultra-processed?

350g Extruded cereals Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Tesco Multigrain Meteors

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed extruded 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

Oat Flour 37%, Wheat Flour 20%, Rice Flour 19%, Sugar, Wheat Bran, Glucose Syrup, Rye Flour, Barley Flour, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder 2%, Cocoa Powder 1%, Honey, Sunflower Oil, Flavourings, Salt, Caramelised Sugar, Colour (Beta-Carotene), Cinnamon, Iron, Nicotinamide, Antioxidant (Tocopherol-Rich Extract), Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, vitamins, vitamin B12, Folic Acid, vitamins, vitamin B2, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B1

Additives: E160a Carotene , E160ai Beta-carotene , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Oat Flour (37%), Wheat Flour (20%), Rice Flour (19%), Sugar, Wheat Bran, Glucose Syrup, Rye Flour, Barley Flour, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder (2%), Cocoa Powder (1%), Honey, Sunflower Oil, Flavourings, Salt, Caramelised Sugar, Colour (Beta-Carotene), Cinnamon, Iron, Nicotinamide, Antioxidant (Tocopherol-Rich Extract), Pantothenic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B12, Folic Acid, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B6. Vitamin B1.

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.

  • E160a Carotene Carotenes are orange-yellow pigments, either synthesised or extracted from carrots, algae or palm oil.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
4 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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 373 extruded cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 325th. 64% of the extruded 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 373 extruded cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059512743665, 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.