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Is Tesco Swiss Style Muesli ultra-processed?

1 kg Bircher-style mueslis Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Pack of Tesco Swiss Style Muesli

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:

  • 12 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed bircher-style 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 (Wheat Flakes, Water, Barley Malt Extract, Sugar, Salt), Raisins 12%, Whey Powder, Sugar, Almond, Hazelnut

As written on the pack

Oat Flakes, Sweetened Malted Toasted Wheat Flakes [Wheat Flakes, Water, Barley Malt Extract, Sugar. Salt]. Raisins (12%), Whey Powder (Milk), Sugar, Almond. Hazelnut.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 14 bircher-style mueslis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 43% of the bircher-style 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 14 bircher-style mueslis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5052003786165, 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 A (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.