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Is Trader Joe's Organic Raisin Bran Clusters Cereal ultra-processed?

20 oz Cereal clusters with fruits Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Organic Raisin Bran Clusters 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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed cereal clusters with fruits

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

raisins (raisins, sunflower oil), whole rolled oats, whole wheat flour, milled cane sugar, oat fiber, wheat, wheat bran, canola oil, inulin, soy protein, rice flour, barley malt syrup, coconut, soy flour, salt, color added (annatto, vegetable juice), mixed tocopherols (to preserve, coconut), soy

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

organic raisins (organic raisins, organic sunflower oil), organic whole rolled oats, organic whole wheat flour, organic milled cane sugar, organic oat fiber, organic whole rolled wheat, organic wheat bran, organic expeller pressed canola oil, organic inulin, organic soy protein concentrate, organic rice flour, organic barley malt syrup, organic coconut, organic soy flour, salt, color added (organic annatto extract, vegetable juice), mixed tocopherols (to preserve). contains wheat, tree nuts (coconut) & soy. may contain traces of other tree nuts.

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.

  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.

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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 cereal clusters with fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 17th. 68% of the cereal clusters with fruits 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 19 cereal clusters with fruits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00486910, last edited 16 May 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.