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Is Trader Joe's Flakes & Strawberries Cereal ultra-processed?

Extruded cereals Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Flakes & Strawberries Cereal

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 16 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

wheat, rice, cane sugar, strawberries, brown sugar, wheat bran, sea salt, barley malt extract, VITAMIN and MINERAL BLEND (ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, thiamine hydrochloride, calcium pantothenate, zinc oxide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid)

As written on the pack

WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT, RICE, CANE SUGAR, DRIED STRAWBERRIES, BROWN SUGAR, WHEAT BRAN, SEA SALT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, VITAMIN AND MINERAL BLEND (FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, NIACINAMIDE, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, ZINC OXIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, FOLIC ACID).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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 373 extruded cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 74th. 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 00747479, last edited 4 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.