A 30g bowl of Sainsbury's Muesli with Flame Raisins, Mixed Nuts, Seeds & Popped Brown Rice contains 116 kcal, 4.7g of sugar (2.7g of free sugar), 2.3g of fibre and 3.5g of protein. With 125ml of semi-skimmed milk the bowl comes to 175 kcal and 10.5g of total sugar. It is classed as NOVA 3 (processed).
Of the 15.5g of sugar per 100g in Muesli with Flame Raisins, Mixed Nuts, Seeds & Popped Brown Rice, Boone counts 9.0g as free sugar. The rest (6.5g) is sugar in whole dried fruit, which the NHS limit does not count. Method: total sugar less 6.5g from whole dried fruit.
Muesli with Flame Raisins, Mixed Nuts, Seeds & Popped Brown Rice is classed as NOVA 3, processed. It is made from grains or other whole foods with culinary ingredients such as sugar, salt, oil or malt extract added, but none of the industrial ingredients that mark a food as ultra-processed.
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.