Is Waitrose & Partners Low Sugar Berry Granola ultra-processed?

Cereal clusters with fruits Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Vegetable fiber

14 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score A

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

Oat flakes 64%, wheat flakes 11%, rapeseed oil, maize starch (processing marker), sunflower seeds 4%, chicory fibre (ultra-processing marker), black treacle (processing marker), berries 2% (cherries, redcurrants, raspberry, strawberry pieces), pumpkin seeds ALLERGY ADVICE, including cereals containing gluten

As written on the pack

Oat flakes (64%), wheat flakes (11%), rapeseed oil, maize starch, sunflower seeds (4%), chicory fibre, black treacle, freeze dried berries (2%) (cherries, redcurrants, raspberry pieces, strawberry pieces), pumpkin seeds ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold. May contain peanuts, milk and nuts

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 19 cereal clusters with fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 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 5063210015375, last edited 1 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 A (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.