Is Cascadian Farm Organic Vanilla Chip Chewy Granola Bars ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 26 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
granola (rolled oats, tapioca syrup, sugar (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), vanilla extract, baking soda), tapioca syrup, crisp rice (rice flour, sugar (processing marker), raisin juice concentrate, sea salt (processing marker), annatto color), vanilla (sugar (processing marker), cocoa butter, vanilla extract), rice flour, glycerin (ultra-processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), whole oat flour, vanilla beans, sugar (processing marker), vanilla flavor (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E422 Glycerol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
granola* (rolled oats*, tapioca syrup*, sugar*, sunflower oil*, sea salt, vanilla extract*, baking soda), tapioca syrup*, crisp rice* (rice flour*, sugar*, raisin juice concentrate*, sea salt, annatto color*), vanilla chips* (sugar*, cocoa butter*, vanilla extract*), rice flour*, glycerin, sunflower oil*, whole oat flour*, vanilla beans*, sugar*, vanilla flavor*,
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0021908406763, last edited 26 April 2025), 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.