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Is Uncle Tobys Classic Variety Oat Porridge Sachet ultra-processed?

350 g Breakfast cereals Sold in Australia and New Zealand

Pack of Uncle Tobys Classic Variety Oat Porridge Sachet

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed breakfast 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

containing ingredients and milk as indicated in bold type creamy honey uncle tobys rolled oats 70%, sugar, honey (honey 1.5%, maize maltodextrin, natural flavour), milk powder, golden syrup uncle tobys rolled oats 73%, sugar, golden syrup (golden syrup 1.5%, maltodextrin, glucose (maize)), natural flavour, brown sugar 80%, cinnamon uncle tobys rolled oats 80%, brown sugar 19%, natural flavour, ginnamon 0.1%, may contain other gluten containing ingredients, tree nuts, lupin, uncle tobys team guarantees that every serving of our breakfast cereal is made with at least 8g good to talk call consumer services in australia 1800 025 768 www.nestle.com.au cereal partners australia pty ltd, 1 homebush bay dr, rhodes nsw 2138, australia, ciassic tariety

As written on the pack

contains gluten containing ingredients and milk as indicated in bold type creamy honey uncle tobys whole grain rolled oats (70%), sugar, honey [dried honey (1.5%), maize maltodextrin, natural flavour], milk powder. golden syrup uncle tobys whole grain rolled oats (73%), sugar, golden syrup powder [dried golden syrup (1.5%), maltodextrin, glucose (maize)], natural flavour. brown sugar & cinnamon uncle tobys whole grain rolled oats (80%), brown sugar (19%), natural flavour, ginnamon (0.1%). may contain other gluten containing ingredients, tree nuts and lupin. the uncle tobys team guarantees that every serving of our breakfast cereal is made with at least 8g of whole grain good to talk call consumer services in australia 1800 025 768 www.nestle.com.au cereal partners australia pty ltd, 1 homebush bay dr, rhodes nsw 2138, australia. ciassic tariety

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.

  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
3 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,869 breakfast cereals

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1622nd. 60% of the breakfast 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 1,869 breakfast cereals, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300605139640, last edited 10 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 B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.