Tesco Finest Fruit, Nut & Seed Muesli and Tesco High Protein Granola share the most ingredients, with 20. 5 of the 47 Tesco own-brand cereals have a single ingredient: Grower's Harvest Porridge Oats, Tesco Easy Oats Original Porridge Sachets, Tesco Oat Bran, Tesco Organic Porridge Oats, Tesco Scottish Porridge Oats. Below are all 47 Tesco own-brand cereals ranked from most to fewest ingredients, with how many of those ingredients are manufactured, in seven groups.
All 6 Tesco own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Tesco Fruit & Fibre comes first with 11 ingredients and Tesco Frosted Flakes comes last with 5 ingredients.
All 8 Tesco own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Tesco Milk Choco Pillows comes first with 17 ingredients and Tesco Rice Snaps comes last with 5 ingredients.
All 7 Tesco own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Tesco Choco Malt Wheats comes first with 9 ingredients and Tesco Wheat Biscuits comes last with 5 ingredients.
All 9 Tesco own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Tesco High Protein Granola comes first with 20 ingredients and Tesco Honey & Almond Granola comes last with 7 ingredients.
All 7 Tesco own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Tesco Finest Fruit, Nut & Seed Muesli comes first with 20 ingredients and Stockwell & Co. Muesli comes last with 7 ingredients.
Both Tesco own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Tesco Nut & Maple Crisp comes first with 15 ingredients and Tesco Strawberry Crisp comes last with 11 ingredients.
All 8 Tesco own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Tesco Instant Oats Apple & Blueberry Pot comes first with 6 ingredients and Tesco Scottish Porridge Oats comes last with 1 ingredient.
Ingredients are counted from the ingredients lists on Tesco own-brand listings. Each named ingredient counts once, including the parts of compound ingredients such as chocolate or crisped rice, and the vitamins and minerals added as fortification count as one.
Manufactured ingredients are those made by industrial processing rather than found in a kitchen, such as glucose syrup, protein isolates, added fibres, emulsifiers and flavourings. The share of manufactured ingredients is one of the signs Boone uses to judge whether a food is ultra-processed.