Is Atkins protein snack bar caramel chocolate nut roll ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- Flavouring
- Milk proteins
- Vegetable fiber
- E322 Lecithins
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
- E955 Sucralose
- and 1 more
- 53 ingredients
- 8 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
roasted peanuts (peanuts, salt (processing marker)), milk chocolate coating (maltitol (ultra-processing marker), palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk (processing marker), cocoa powder, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker)), maltitol syrup (ultra-processing marker), whey protein isolate (ultra-processing marker), inulin (ultra-processing marker), polydextrose, salted butter (processing marker) (cream, salt (processing marker)), water, peanut butter (peanuts, mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), mixed tocopherols), palm kernel oil, milk protein isolate (ultra-processing marker), nonfat dry milk (processing marker), peanut oil (processing marker), vitamin mineral mix (magnesium oxide, sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), niacinamide, zinc oxide, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin a palmitate, thiamin mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin, chromium amino acid chelate, folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite, phylloquinone (vitamin k1), cyanocobalamin), salt (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), sucralose (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol , E965ii Maltitol syrup
As written on the pack
roasted peanuts (peanuts, salt), milk chocolate flavored coating (maltitol, palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk, cocoa powder, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor), maltitol syrup, whey protein isolate, inulin, polydextrose, salted butter (cream, salt), water, peanut butter (peanuts, mono and diglycerides, salt, mixed tocopherols), palm kernel oil, milk protein isolate, nonfat dry milk, peanut oil, vitamin mineral mix [magnesium oxide, sodium ascorbate, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), niacinamide, zinc oxide, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin a palmitate, thiamin mononitrate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), chromium amino acid chelate, folic acid, biotin, sodium selenite, phylloquinone (vitamin k1), cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12)], salt, soy lecithin, sucralose,
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E322 Lecithins Lecithins are fatty substances extracted mostly from soybeans, sunflower seeds or eggs, used as emulsifiers to keep fat and water mixed, for example in chocolate.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
- E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
- Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0637480025539, last edited 25 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.