Is Trader Joe's Joe's Os ultra-processed?

12 oz Extruded cereals Sold in the United States

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Starch
Sugar

17 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score C

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

oat flour, cornstarch (processing marker), brown cane sugar (processing marker), trisodium phosphate, baking soda, sea salt (processing marker), VITAMIN and MINERAL BLEND (ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, zinc oxide, thiamine mononitrate, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid), mixed tocopherols (to preserve), wheat starch (processing marker)

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E339 Sodium phosphates , E339iii Trisodium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

WHOLE GRAIN OAT FLOUR, CORNSTARCH, BROWN CANE SUGAR, TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, SEA SALT, VITAMIN AND MINERAL BLEND (FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, FOLIC ACID), MIXED TOCOPHEROLS (TO PRESERVE), WHEAT STARCH

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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
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 134th. 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 00365925, last edited 25 June 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.