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Is Vanilla & almond crunchy wheat & rice flakes with almonds & vanilla cereal, vanilla & almond ultra-processed?

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Pack of Vanilla & almond crunchy wheat & rice flakes with almonds & vanilla cereal, vanilla & almond

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cereals and their products

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

whole grain wheat, rice, sugar, almonds, wheat bran, contains 2% and less of salt, brown sugar syrup, malt flavor, natural flavor, bht for freshness, vitamins, minerals (reduced iron), vitamin c (ascorbic acid), vitamin e acetate, niacinamide, beta-carotene, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), vitamins, vitamin b2, riboflavin, folic acid, vitamins, vitamin d3, vitamin b12

As written on the pack

whole grain wheat, rice, sugar, almonds, wheat bran, contains 2% or less of salt, brown sugar syrup, malt flavor, natural flavor, bht for freshness, vitamins and minerals: reduced iron, vitamin c (ascorbic acid), vitamin e acetate, niacinamide, beta-carotene, vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride), vitamin b1 (thiamin hydrochloride), vitamin b2 (riboflavin), folic acid, vitamin d3, vitamin b12,

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.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 5,078 cereals and their products

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2668th. 57% of the cereals and their products 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 5,078 cereals and their products, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0038000200786, last edited 2 February 2022), 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.