Is Barebells Chewy Santa’s Strawberry ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 17 ingredients
- 3 additives
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
veteprotein (ultra-processing marker), helmjölk, sademjölks, helmjölkspulver (processing marker), kakao, kollagenhydrolysat, fullhärdat palmfett, fuktighetsbevarande medel (ultra-processing marker), maltitol (ultra-processing marker), palmolja (ultra-processing marker), sojalecitin, salt (processing marker), aromer (ultra-processing marker), sötningsmedel (ultra-processing marker), sukralos (ultra-processing marker), färgämne (ultra-processing marker), karmin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E120 Cochineal , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol
As written on the pack
hydrolyserat veteprotein, helmjölk, sademjölks, helmjölkspulver, kakao, kollagenhydrolysat, fullhärdat palmfett, fuktighetsbevarande medel, maltitol, fullhärdad palmolja, sojalecitin, salt, aromer, sötningsmedel, sukralos, färgämne, karmin
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.
- E120 Cochineal Carmine is a red colour made from cochineal insects.
- 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.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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- Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
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.
- Wheat protein An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
- Palm oil An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
2 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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- 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 7340001806380, last edited 2 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.