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Is Waitrose Orchard Fruit & Berries muesli ultra-processed?

Mueslis with fruits Sold in the United Kingdom and Barbados

Pack of Waitrose Orchard Fruit & Berries muesli

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 15 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score B

Less processed mueslis 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

Oats, wheat flakes, sultanas 12%, flame rasins 12%, barley flakes, wheat flakes, dried siced apple 3%, dried apricots 3% (apricot, rice flour, preservative), raspberries 1%, redcurrants 1%, blackberries 1%, freeze dried cherry pleces 1%

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide

As written on the pack

Oats, wheat flakes, sultanas (12%), flame rasins (12%), barley flakes, toasted wheat flakes, dried siced apple (3%), dried apricots (3%) (apricot, rice flour, preservative (sulphur dioxide)), freeze dried raspberries (1%), freeze dried redcurrants (1%), freeze dried blackberries (1%), freeze dried cherry pleces (1%)

What makes it processed

Preservation and traditional processing

Keep food safe or ferment it, like preservatives and cultures. A sign of processing, not ultra-processing.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 138 mueslis with fruits

From least to most processed, this one ranks 49th. 57% of the mueslis 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 138 mueslis with fruits, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000169034606, last edited 27 March 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.