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Yes — Malted Wheats is ultra-processed.
The product is ultra-processed because it contains industrial sugar ingredients and additives: invert sugar syrup and barley malt extract. Invert sugar syrup is an industrially processed sugar syrup where sucrose is chemically broken down, and barley malt extract is an industrial flavor-enhancing extract. According to NOVA guidelines and the provided rules, the presence of these ingredients is sufficient to classify the product as ultra-processed, even though the base is whole wheat and the other additions are just vitamins and minerals.
Similar products that aren't ultra-processed — swap and keep the flavour.
Other breakfast cereals & bars Nomi has checked — these ones aren't ultra-processed.
So Simple Original Family Pack Porridge
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Puffed Wheat
By sainsbury's
Not UPF
Shredded Wheat 16s imp
Nestlé
Not UPF
Ultimate Granola Økologisk, 400 g
Handelshuset Hette AS
Not UPF
Bite size wheat shreds
Harvest Morn, Aldi
Not UPF
Creamy superfast oats
Mornflake
Not UPF
SUPER SMOOTH PORRIDGE
TESCO
Not UPF
Penne Rigate Nudeln
Combino
Not UPF
Plain Wheats
Kellogg's
Not UPF
quaker original
Quaker
Not UPF
Yes — Malted Wheats by Essential Waitrose,Waitrose is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product is ultra-processed because it contains industrial sugar ingredients and additives: invert sugar syrup and barley malt extract. Invert sugar syrup is an industrially processed sugar syrup where sucrose is chemically broken down, and barley malt extract is an industrial flavor-enhancing extract. According to NOVA guidelines and the provided rules, the presence of these ingredients is sufficient to classify the product as ultra-processed, even though the base is whole wheat and the other additions are just vitamins and minerals.
Nomi flags 2 ingredients in Malted Wheats as ultra-processed markers: invert sugar syrup, Barley Malt Extract. See the full ingredient breakdown above for what each one is.
Nomi has reviewed similar products that are not ultra-processed, including Bitesize shredded wheat by Nestlé, Bite size wheat shreds by Harvest Morn, Aldi, Nestle Shredded wheat 24pk by Nestlé. See the healthier alternatives above for details.
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are industrial formulations made with ingredients and additives you wouldn't find in a home kitchen — such as emulsifiers, artificial flavourings, colourings and modified starches. The classification is based on the NOVA system used by researchers and dietitians worldwide.
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Product information comes from public databases and Nomi's own analysis, and may contain errors. Always check the packaging. Ultra-processed classification is based on the NOVA food processing system.
