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Is Trader Joe's High Fiber Cereal ultra-processed?

30 g Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's High Fiber Cereal

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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

wheat bran, corn flour, corn bran, dehydrated cane juice crystals (natural milled sugar), whole wheat flour, oat bran, whey, salt, caramel color, vitamins, iron (vitamin c), iron, niacin, vitamins, vitamin A, vitamin b6, riboflavin, thiamin (vitamin b1), folic acid, vitamin d

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel.

As written on the pack

WHEAT BRAN, CORN FLOUR, CORN BRAN, DEHYDRATED CANE JUICE CRYSTALS (NATURAL MILLED SUGAR), WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, OAT BRAN, WHEY (MILK), SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, VITAMINS AND IRON: VITAMIN C, IRON, NIACIN, VITAMIN A, VITAMIN B6, RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN (VITAMIN B1), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D.

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.

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.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00133036, last edited 12 August 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.