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Is Waitrose Multigrain red berries porridge pot ultra-processed?

Porridge with fruits Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Waitrose Multigrain red berries porridge pot

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:

  • 10 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score A

Less processed porridge 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 40%, skimmed milk powder, rye flakes, barley flakes, sugar, fruits 4% (strawberry, raspberry, cranberry), flavouring

As written on the pack

Oat flakes (40%), skimmed milk powder, rye flakes, barley flakes, sugar, freeze dried fruits (4%) (strawberry pieces, raspberry pieces, cranberry pieces), flavouring

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.
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.

  • 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 19 porridge with fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 12th. 68% of the porridge 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 porridge with fruits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169377802, last edited 8 August 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.