Energy bars, from least to most processed

We track 126 energy bars, 87% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Cashew Cookie Fruit & Nut Bar.

What makes energy bars ultra-processed

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

Processed food (16)

  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 Chocolate Sea Salt RXBAR Rxbar · 1 bar (52g) NOVA group 3
  4. 4 Cashew • Fruit & Nut Energy Bar Larabar · 48 g NOVA group 3
  5. 5 Peanut Butter • Fruit & Nut Energy bar Larabar · 48 g NOVA group 3
  6. 6 Cacao & Almond Deluciously ella NOVA group 3
  7. 7 Frooze Balls Peanut Butter & Jelly Frooze Balls · 70g NOVA group 3
  8. 8 Apple Lärabar · 45 g NOVA group 3
  9. 9 Mocha Coconut Wise bar · 54g NOVA group 3
  10. 10 Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Mush · 1 lb NOVA group 3
  11. 11 Lemon & Pistachio Protein Balls Alesto NOVA group 3
  12. 12 Flapjack oat bar FitSpo · 90g NOVA group 3
  13. 13 Cocoa Coconut Protein Flapjacks Chocolate Flavour Topped 3 x Natural Balance Foods · 3 x 50 g NOVA group 3
  14. 14 Veloforte Mocha Veloforte · 1 bar NOVA group 3
  15. 15 Classic Nut Butter Energy Balls The Sibly Food Co. · 120g NOVA group 3
  16. 16 Healthy Energy Balls Cacao & Nut Butter The Sibly · 195 g NOVA group 3

Ultra-processed food (110)

  1. 17 Cocoa Delight Raw Fruit & Nut Bar Nākd · 35 g x 4 NOVA group 4
  2. 18 Blueberry RXBar · 52 g NOVA group 4
  3. 19 Naked raw fruit nut bar Nakd NOVA group 4
  4. 20 Protein Bar, Peanut Butter Chocolate RxBar NOVA group 4
  5. 21 Peanut Butter Chocolate Rxbar · 1 bar (52g) NOVA group 4
  6. 22 Peanut Butter Protein Balls Alesto NOVA group 4
  7. 23 flapjack Tribe NOVA group 4
  8. 24 TRIBE WILDFARMED flapjack APPLE + RASPBERRY NATURA Tribe · 3 x 50 g NOVA group 4
  9. 25 Protein Bar Rxbar · 14 x 52 g Net: 728 g NOVA group 4
  10. 26 Maxx Bar Chocolate Sea Salt Maxx NOVA group 4
  11. 27 Peanut Butter Chocolate ELEVATION Maxx Bar · 208 g NOVA group 4
  12. 28 RXBAR Minis Strawberry Rxbar NOVA group 4
  13. 29 MACROBAR timeless treasure salted caramel + chocolate chips Gomacro NOVA group 4
  14. 30 Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Aloha · 1.98oz NOVA group 4
  15. 31 Protein Flapjack Cocoa Oat Trek · 40 g NOVA group 4
  16. 32 minis Snack-Size Energy Bar Clif NOVA group 4
  17. 33 Caramel Protein Flapjack Tribe NOVA group 4
  18. 34 Cocoa Chaos Wholefood Energy Bar Trek · 55g NOVA group 4
  19. 35 Crunchy Peanut Butter Clif Bar · 12 oz NOVA group 4
  20. 36 Peanut Power Trek · 55g℮ NOVA group 4
  21. 37 Iq Bar Chocolate Sea Salt Iq Bar · 1.6 oz NOVA group 4
  22. 38 Choc Chip Protein Energy Bar Tribe · 50g NOVA group 4
  23. 39 Flapjack protein Trek · 50 g NOVA group 4
  24. 40 Alpen Bar Strawberry&Yoghurt 29g Weetabix Jensen & co as NOVA group 4
  25. 41 Chocolate Chip Clif Bar · 68g NOVA group 4
  26. 42 Energy Bar Peanut Butter Trader Joe's NOVA group 4
  27. 43 Chocolate Chip Energy Bar Clif · 2.40 oz (68 g) NOVA group 4
  28. 44 Trek Protein Flapjacks Trek NOVA group 4
  29. 45 PB & Jelly Protein Bar Trubar · 120 g NOVA group 4
  30. 46 Protein Flapjacks Cocoa Oat Trek · 3x50g NOVA group 4
  31. 47 Dark Chocolate Coconut Almond Flavored Protein Bar Ready Clean NOVA group 4
  32. 48 Perfect Bar Perfect Bar NOVA group 4
  33. 49 ClifBar Crunchy Peanut Butter Clif · 2.40 oz NOVA group 4
  34. 50 chocolate chip cookie dough protein bar No Cow · 2.12 oz NOVA group 4
  35. 51 Tribe - Protein Flapjack Tribe · 50g NOVA group 4
  36. 52 Chocolate brownie Cliff Bar · 340 g NOVA group 4
  37. 53 Clif bar Mondelez int · 68 g NOVA group 4
  38. 54 Peanut Protein Bar Perkier · 35g NOVA group 4
  39. 55 Dark Chocolate & Sea Salt Fruit & Nut Bar Eat Natural · 40 gram NOVA group 4
  40. 56 Dark Choc & Cranberry Bar Carmans · 40 g NOVA group 4

Showing the first 40 of 110. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

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.