Waitrose High Protein Nuts & Seeds Granola has the most ingredients, with 21. 5 of the 40 Waitrose own-brand cereals have a single ingredient: Waitrose Duchy Organic Jumbo Rolled Oats, Waitrose Essential Porridge Oats, Waitrose Free From Gluten Free Porridge Oats, Waitrose Original Instant Porridge Oats, Waitrose Scottish Porridge Oats. Below are all 40 Waitrose own-brand cereals ranked from most to fewest ingredients, with how many of those ingredients are manufactured, in seven groups.
All 4 Waitrose own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Waitrose Fruit & Fibre Wheat Flakes comes first with 12 ingredients and Waitrose Essential Corn Flakes comes last with 5 ingredients.
All 3 Waitrose own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Waitrose Essential Multigrain Hoops comes first with 14 ingredients and Waitrose Essential Rice Pops comes last with 5 ingredients.
All 5 Waitrose own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Waitrose Sultana Bran comes first with 7 ingredients and Waitrose Essential Wholewheat Biscuits comes last with 5 ingredients.
All 8 Waitrose own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Waitrose High Protein Nuts & Seeds Granola comes first with 21 ingredients and Waitrose Simply Granola comes last with 6 ingredients.
All 8 Waitrose own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Waitrose Essential Fruit Muesli comes first with 18 ingredients and Waitrose Duchy Organic Muesli with Raisins & Almonds comes last with 5 ingredients.
All 3 Waitrose own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Waitrose Triple Chocolate Crisp comes first with 18 ingredients and Waitrose Mixed Berry Crisp comes last with 13 ingredients.
All 9 Waitrose own-brand cereals in this group, ranked from most to fewest ingredients. Waitrose Apple & Blueberry Porridge Pot comes first with 6 ingredients and Waitrose Scottish Porridge Oats comes last with 1 ingredient.
Ingredients are counted from the ingredients lists on Waitrose 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.