FRUIT MUESLI

Name: FRUIT MUESLI
Brand: M&S FOOD

M&S FOOD

29306466

Processing

Processed foods

Group 3 of 4 on the NOVA scale

Additives listed

0 we grade moderate or higher

1 of them not yet assessed here

Sugars per 100g

8.10g

Medium

UK FSA front of pack threshold

Three separate readings, kept apart on purpose. This is not a score, and none of it says this product is harmful.

Additives (2)

This label lists 2 preservatives.

E220 Sulphur dioxide and sulphites
Preservative Low strong evidence

What it is. A preservative that stops browning and microbial growth.

Why it is used. Used in dried fruit, wine, some soft drinks and processed potato.

What the evidence says. Not a cancer concern, but a well established trigger for asthma symptoms and sensitivity in some people, which is why it is a declarable allergen. Clear, strong evidence, but the concern applies to a specific group rather than everyone.

Regulatory status UK Permitted with limits or a warning EU Permitted with limits or a warning US Permitted with limits or a warning

Permitted, but must be declared on the label when above a small threshold because of the allergy risk.

Assessed against EFSA, UK FSA. Full entry for E220

Also on the label, not assessed here yet

E223 Sodium metabisulphite preservative

Names and jobs come from the register of additives permitted in Great Britain, which we have not finished transcribing: a code shown without a name is a gap in our coverage, not a finding that it is unapproved. Naming one is not grading it either. Full detail appears only where we have an assessment against a named authority, so all of this describes our coverage rather than these additives. Most are common and low concern.

Ingredients

Oat Flakes (22%), Wheatflakes, Toasted Malted Wheatflakes, Barley Malt Extract, Sultanas (13%), Raisins (13%), Sweetened Banana Chips (8%) (Bananas Coconut Oil Sugar Flavouring), Barley Flakes (6%), Apricots (5% (Apricots Rice Flour Preservative: E220 (Sulphites)), Dried Apple Pieces (2%) (Apples - Preservative: E223 (Sulphites)),_Wheat_Gluten_Nut_Peanut_Milk

As printed on the pack, in the producer's own order: ingredients are listed by weight, so what comes first is most of what is in it. E numbers link to their assessment where we have one.

Processing level

NOVA group 3: Processed foods

Foods made by adding salt, sugar or oil to group 1 or 2, such as tinned fish, cheese or fresh bread. Fine in normal amounts.

Nutrients per 100g

Fat

4.40g

Medium

Saturates

0.40g

Low

Sugars

8.10g

Medium

Salt

0.01g

Low

Judged on the UK FSA front of pack thresholds for solid foods. A dash means the source has no figure, which is not the same as a low one.

Where this came from

Product data from Open Food Facts, which is crowd sourced and can be incomplete or out of date. Photograph from the same source, under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike licence. Our copy is from 17 August 2026: Open Food Facts is checked every night, and a product is rewritten only when its record there has changed, so an older date means the source has not moved rather than that we stopped looking. Something wrong? Correcting it at the source fixes it here and everywhere else that uses the same data. If the problem is one of our additive assessments, tell us.

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