A 30g bowl of M&S Made Without Wheat Gluten Free Mixed Berry & Almond Overnight Oats contains 107 kcal, 3.4g of sugar (1.2g of free sugar), 2.8g of fibre and 6.4g of protein. With 125ml of semi-skimmed milk the bowl comes to 166 kcal and 9.2g of total sugar. It is classed as NOVA 4 (ultra-processed).
Of the 11.2g of sugar per 100g in Made Without Wheat Gluten Free Mixed Berry & Almond Overnight Oats, Boone counts 4.0g as free sugar. The rest (7.2g) is sugar in whole dried fruit and lactose from milk powder, which the NHS limit does not count. Method: total sugar less 2.2g from whole dried fruit and 5.0g lactose from milk powder (estimated where the pack gives no percentage).
Made Without Wheat Gluten Free Mixed Berry & Almond Overnight Oats is classed as NOVA 4, ultra-processed, because its ingredients include milk protein. These are industrial ingredients you would not use in a home kitchen. 1 of its 10 ingredients are of this kind.
Boone classifies processing from the published ingredient list using the NOVA system. Added vitamins and minerals are not counted as a marker of ultra-processing.