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Is Bounce Peanut protein ball ultra-processed?

1 Nut bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Bounce Peanut protein ball

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:

  • 19 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed nut 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

PEANUT Butter 35%, Nutrition Inform Typical Values Energy 1947k, Fat Rice Syrup, peanuts 10%, PEANUT of which satura Flour, Rice Flour, Grape Juice Concentrate, Whey Protein Carbohydrate of which sugar Protein Concentrate (from MILK), Chicory Fibre Fibre, Rice Protein, Rice Bran, Whey Protein Isolate (from MILK), Salt Sea Salt, Natural Flavouring, Sugar, Thickener (Guar Gum)

Additives: E412 Guar gum

As written on the pack

PEANUT Butter (35%), Nutrition Inform Typical Values Energy 1947k. Fat Rice Syrup, PEANUTS (10%), PEANUT of which satura Flour, Rice Flour, Grape Juice Concentrate, Whey Protein Carbohydrate of which sugar Protein Concentrate (from MILK) (4%), Chicory Fibre Fibre, Rice Protein, Rice Bran Flour, Whey Protein Isolate (from MILK) (2%), Salt Sea Salt, Natural Flavouring, Sugar, Thickener: Guar Gum.

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Thickener Thickeners, often gums or modified starches, make liquids more viscous so that a product feels richer than its ingredients alone would make it.

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.
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.

  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 130 nut bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 69th. 84% of the nut 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 130 nut bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060411921498, 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.
  • 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.