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Is Carman's Protein Double Dark Choc With Belgian Chocolate ultra-processed?

400 g Cereal bars with nuts Sold in Australia

Pack of Carman's Protein Double Dark Choc With Belgian Chocolate

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed cereal bars with nuts

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

Dark Choc Compound 30% (Vegetable Oil, Sugar, Milk Protein, Soy Protein, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier, Natural Flavours), Peanuts 26%, Protein Blend (Soy Protein Crisps (Isolated Soy Protein, Tapioca Starch, Salt), Soy Protein Isolate), Glucose, Golden Syrup, Soluble Corn Fibre, Belgian Milk Chocolate 2.5% (Milk Powder), Buckwheat, Sunflower Oil, Cocoa Powder, Humectant (Glycerin (Plant Derived)), Natural Flavours, Pink Himalayan Salt

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

Dark Choc Compound 30% (Vegetable Oil, Sugar, Milk Protein, Soy Protein, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier [Soy Lecithin], Natural Flavours), Peanuts 26%, Protein Blend (Soy Protein Crisps [Isolated Soy Protein, Tapioca Starch, Salt], Soy Protein Isolate), Glucose, Golden Syrup, Soluble Corn Fibre, Belgian Milk Chocolate 2.5% (Milk Powder), Buckwheat, Sunflower Oil, Cocoa Powder, Humectant (Glycerin [Plant Derived]), Natural Flavours, Pink Himalayan Salt. Contains: Milk, Soy, Peanut. May Contain: Tree Nuts, Sesame.

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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • 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.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • 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.
6 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 35 cereal bars with nuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 77% of the cereal bars with nuts 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 35 cereal bars with nuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9319133336254, last edited 14 February 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.