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Is Bear forest fruit ultra-processed?

Fruits cereal bars Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Bear forest fruit

Yes, it's ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 8 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed fruits cereal bars

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

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Dates 47%, oats 22%, sultanas 10%, chicory fibre, cashews 7%, raspberries 2.6%, strawberries 1.5%, blackcurrant 1.5%

As written on the pack

Dates 47%, gluten free oats 22%, sultanas 10%, chicory fibre, cashews 7%, freeze dried raspberries 2.6%, freeze dried strawberries 1.5%, freeze dried blackcurrant powder 1.5%

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

  • 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.
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.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 73 fruits cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 16th. 88% of the fruits cereal 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 73 fruits cereal bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060139435857, last edited 27 March 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.