Is Bear Naked Fruit & Nut Medley Wildly Delicious Granola ultra-processed?

12oz Mueslis Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E422 Glycerol

19 ingredients
1 additive
Nutri-Score D

Less processed mueslis

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

oats, honey (processing marker), almonds, canola oil, raisins (raisins, vegetable glycerin), coconut, cranberries (cranberries, cane sugar (processing marker), vegetable glycerin), oat bran, maple syrup (processing marker), pecans, walnuts, whole oat flour, flax seeds, sesame seeds

Additives: E422 Glycerol

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E422 Glycerol.

As written on the pack

Whole grain oats, honey, almonds, expeller pressed canola oil, raisins (raisins, vegetable glycerin), coconut, dried cranberries (cranberries, cane sugar, vegetable glycerin), oat bran, maple syrup, pecans, walnuts, whole oat flour, ground flax seeds, toasted sesame seeds.

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.

E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.

3 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.

Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 515 mueslis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 317th. 66% of the mueslis 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 515 mueslis, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0856416000017, last edited 27 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.