Quaker Cruesli Mélange de Noix — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates Quaker Cruesli Mélange de Noix by Quaker ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

A whole-grain-and-nut front gluing together four separate sweeteners. Glucose syrup is the third ingredient, ahead of every nut, stacked with sugar, honey and oligofructose on top of refined oil and refined flours — engineered sweetness wearing an oat costume.

Why this verdict

• Four distinct sweeteners: glucose syrup, sugar, oligofructose and honey — engineered sweetness
• Glucose syrup is the #3 ingredient, ahead of every nut in the mix
• Hyper-palatable triad present: added sugar + sunflower oil + refined wheat/rice flour
• Classified NOVA 4 (ultra-processed) by Open Food Facts
• Nutri-Score A front-of-pack masks a heavily sweetened formula

Ingredients (15)

• Whole oats (32%) (safe) — Wholegrain with soluble beta-glucan fiber that blunts blood-sugar spikes — the genuinely good part.
• Whole wheat (18%) (safe) — Another intact wholegrain; fiber and protein, fine in this form.
• glucose syrup (caution) — A second refined sweetener in the caramel.
• Sunflower Oil (moderate) — Refined seed oil; fine in the modest amounts used here.
• Sugar (moderate) — Added for sweetness, can contribute to calorie content.
• Roasted almonds (4.2%) (safe) — Real nuts — protein, healthy fats and vitamin E; a legit plus.
• Hazelnuts (4%) (safe) — Whole nut adding healthy fats, fibre and flavour.
• oligofructose (moderate) — Added prebiotic fibre/sweetener; can cause bloating in quantity.
• Pecans (1.5%) (safe) — Real nuts, small amount; whole-food fat and antioxidants.
• wheat flour (moderate) — Thickening agent, not harmful but adds processing.
• rice flour (moderate) — Refined starch that completes the fast-carb triad.
• Brazil nuts (1%) (safe) — Real nuts, trace amount; selenium-rich.
• honey (moderate) — A pure natural sweetener - roughly 80% sugars; clean but calorically dense, use sparingly.
• Natural Flavors (safe) — Flavor compounds derived from natural sources.
• Antioxidant (tocopherol) (safe) — Vitamin-E antioxidant that keeps the oils from going rancid — benign.