Is Tesco Nut & Maple Crisp ultra-processed?

500g Rolled oats Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

18 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed rolled oats

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 Flakes, Sugar (processing marker), Barley Flakes, Rice Crisp 9% (Rice Flour, Sugar (processing marker), Calcium Carbonate, Malted Barley Extract), Oat Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Mixed Nuts 6% (Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Hazelnuts, Pecan Nuts), Maple Syrup (processing marker) 2%, Coconut, Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)

As written on the pack

Oat Flakes, Sugar, Barley Flakes, Rice Crisp (9%) [Rice Flour, Sugar, Calcium Carbonate, Malted Barley Extract], Oat Flour, Rapeseed Oil, Mixed Nuts (6%) [Almonds, Brazil Nuts, Hazelnuts, Pecan Nuts], Maple Syrup (2%), Coconut, Flavouring.

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.

2 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.

Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 159 rolled oats

From least to most processed, this one ranks 148th. 14% of the rolled oats 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 159 rolled oats, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057008100664, last edited 9 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 C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.