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Is Tesco Oat and Seed Granola ultra-processed?

Mueslis Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Oat and Seed Granola

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed mueslis

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, Wheat Protein Crisp 13% (Wheat Protein, Wheat Flour), Sugar, Soya Nuggets 6% (Soya Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch, Salt), Sunflower Oil, Multigrain Flakes (Corn Flakes, Spelt Flakes (Wheat), Rice Flakes, Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Lecithins), Soya 3%, Glucose Syrup, Pumpkin Seeds, Honey, Flavouring, Caramelised Sugar, Tocopherol-Rich Extract

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

Oat Flakes, Wheat Protein Crisp (13%) [Wheat Protein, Wheat Flour], Sugar, Soya Nuggets (6%) [Soya Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch, Salt], Sunflower Oil, Multigrain Flakes [Corn Flakes, Spelt Flakes (Wheat), Rice Flakes, Sugar, Barley Malt Extract, Salt, Emulsifier (Lecithins)], Toasted Soya Flakes (3%), Glucose Syrup, Pumpkin Seeds, Honey, Flavouring, Caramelised Sugar, Antioxidant (Tocopherol-Rich Extract).

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.

  • E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
  • 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.
5 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 515 mueslis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 481st. 66% of the mueslis 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 515 mueslis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057545987162, last edited 2 October 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.