Yes — Sticky Toffee Oat Boosts is ultra-processed.
The product contains multiple ultra-processed ingredients according to NOVA, including palm oil/fat, modified starch, natural flavouring, natural vanilla flavouring, emulsifier (soya lecithin), xanthan gum, and golden syrup (an industrially processed inverted sugar syrup). Therefore it must be classified as ultra-processed (UPF).
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.
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
Low Sugar Grain-free granola
The Paleo Foods Co
Not UPF
Yes — Sticky Toffee Oat Boosts by Graze is ultra-processed, so it counts as a UPF (ultra-processed food). The product contains multiple ultra-processed ingredients according to NOVA, including palm oil/fat, modified starch, natural flavouring, natural vanilla flavouring, emulsifier (soya lecithin), xanthan gum, and golden syrup (an industrially processed inverted sugar syrup). Therefore it must be classified as ultra-processed (UPF).
Nomi flags 6 ingredients in Sticky Toffee Oat Boosts as ultra-processed markers: vegetable oils (rapeseed, palm), golden syrup, humectant: glycerine, modified starch, natural flavouring, soy lecithin. See the full ingredient breakdown above for what each one is.
Nomi has reviewed similar products that are not ultra-processed, including Peanut Butter Oat Bars by Deliciously Ella, Mamia Strawberry and Apple Oaty Bars by Aldi, Banana oaty bars by Aldi Mamia. 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.