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Is Tesco Strawberry Crisp ultra-processed?

500 gr Breakfast cereals Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Tesco Strawberry Crisp

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:

  • 17 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

Af Fo Oat Flakes, Sugar, Oat Flour, Barley Flakes, Rapeseed Oil, Rice Crisp 5% (Rice Flour, Sugar, Calcium Carbonate, Malted Barley Extract), Strawberry 2.5%, Coconut, Flavouring, including cereals containing gluten, The allergens in this product have changed, Also, V

As written on the pack

Af Fo Oat Flakes, Sugar, Oat Flour, Barley Flakes, Rapeseed Oil, Rice Crisp (5%) [Rice Flour, Sugar, Calcium Carbonate, Malted Barley Extract], Freeze Dried Strawberry Pieces (2.5%), Coconut, Flavouring. Allergy Advice For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. The allergens in this product have changed. Also, may contain wheat, peanuts, nuts and milk. V Suitable for vegetarians

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.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed

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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,868 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 989th. 60% of the breakfast 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 1,868 breakfast cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5057008100787, last edited 23 September 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.