Cashew nut bars, from least to most processed

We track 16 cashew nut bars, 56% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Cashew Cookie Fruit & Nut Bar.

What makes cashew nut bars ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of cashew nut bars that contain each:

Processed food (7)

  1. 1 Cashew Cookie Fruit & Nut Bar Nakd · 35 g NOVA group 3
  2. 2 Cashew Cookie Raw Fruit & Nut WholefoodBars Nakd · 4 x 35 g NOVA group 3
  3. 3 Cashew Cookie Bar Larabar NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Cashew Crush Raw Fruit & Nut Bar Alesto · 35g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Raspberry Almond Bar Get Raw AB · 42 gram NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Getraw Licorice & Almond Bar Getraw · 42 g NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Nötbar Exotic Snacks · 40 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (9)

  1. 8 Bakewell Tart Raw Fruit & Nut Bar Alesto · 35g NOVA group 4
  2. 9 Dried Fruit & Nut Bars With Natural Flavouring Lotus · 4 x 35g NOVA group 4
  3. 10 Berry Fruit & Nut Bar Alesto · 1 x 35g NOVA group 4
  4. 11 raw fruit & nut bar Lotus · 4 x 35g NOVA group 4
  5. 12 raw fruit & nut bars salted caramel Nākd · 4 x 35 g NOVA group 4
  6. 13 Sea Salt & Caramel High Fibre Fruit & Nut Bar The Gut Stuff · 12 x 35g NOVA group 4
  7. 14 Nut Butter Triple Decker Tribe · 3 x 40g NOVA group 4
  8. 15 Cashew & Blueberry Fruit & Nut Bars with a Yoghurt Coating Eat Natural · 3 x 40g NOVA group 4
  9. 16 Chocolate Chip cashew Kind · 3 x 30 g NOVA group 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.