Is Aldi Apple and sultana Dino fruit bars ultra-processed?

5x30g Bars Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Open Food Facts counts every product in its category, sweet snacks, as at least group 3.

3 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed sweet snacks

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Dates, dried apple 33%, sultanas 16%

As written on the pack

Dried Dates, DRIED APPLE (33%), SULTANAS (16%). ALLERGY ADVICE: May contain nuts and soya. DIETARY ADVICE: Suitable for vegans. *CONTAINS NATURALLY OCCURRING SUGARS. **One bar (30g) will provide one of your five daily portions of fruit and vegetabies.

What makes it processed

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,328 bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 89% of the bars here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 1,328 bars, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061464855670, last edited 28 August 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.