Is Barebells Hazelnut & Nougat ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 20 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
milk protein (ultra-processing marker), moisturizers (glycerol (ultra-processing marker)), sweeteners (ultra-processing marker) (maltitol (ultra-processing marker)), collagen peptides, isomalto oligosaccharides (ultra-processing marker), hazelnuts 7.5%, water, cocoa butter, milk powder (processing marker), cocoa, palm fat, cocoa powder, aroma (ultra-processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), sweetener (ultra-processing marker) (sucralose (ultra-processing marker), acesulfame-k (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E950 Acesulfame k , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol
As written on the pack
milk protein, moisturizers (glycerol), sweeteners (maltitol), collagen peptides, isomalto oligosaccharides, hazelnuts (7.5%), water, cocoa butter, milk powder, cocoa pulp, palm fat, cocoa powder, aroma, emulsifier (soy lecithin), sweetener (sucralose, acesulfame-k).
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.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E950 Acesulfame k Acesulfame K is a synthetic sweetener about 200 times sweeter than sugar, often combined with aspartame or sucralose.
- 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.
- Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
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- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- 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.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
1 ingredient that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- 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 7340001801668, last edited 12 July 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.