Is Clif Bar And Company White chocolate macadamia nutrition bar ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 71 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Lunapro (soy rice crisps (soy protein isolate, rice flour, calcium carbonate), oats (rolled oats, cane syrup, natural vitamin e (antioxidant)), soybeans, soy flour, flaxseed), brown, rice syrup, coating (cane syrup, palm kernel, soy flour, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), vanilla extract), inulin (ultra-processing marker) (chicory), macadamia nuts, macadamia nut butter, cashews, tapioca syrup, sunflower oil (processing marker), vegetable glycerine (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), natural vitamin e (antioxidant), vitamins, minerals (dicalcium phosphate), calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, ferrous fumarate (iron), niacinamide (vitamin b3), ascorbic acid (vitamin c), dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), zinc oxide, molybdenum glycinate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), d-calcium pantothenate, beta carotene (vitamin a), manganese sulfate, selenium amino acid chelate, riboflavin (vitamin b2), chromium amino acid chelate, ergocalciferol (vitamin d2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12), folic acid, cupric oxide, phytonadione (vitamin k), biotin, potassium iodide (processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341ii Dicalcium phosphate , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
Lunapro (soy rice crisps [soy protein isolate, organic rice flour, calcium carbonate], organic toasted oats [organic rolled oats, organic dried cane syrup, natural vitamin e (antioxidant)], organic roasted soybeans, organic soy flour, organic flaxseed), organic brown, rice syrup, organic coating (organic dried cane syrup, organic palm kernel solids, organic soy flour, organic soy lecithin, organic vanilla extract), inulin (chicory extract), macadamia nuts, macadamia nut butter, organic cashews, organic tapioca syrup solids, organic sunflower oil, vegetable glycerine, sea salt, natural flavors, organic natural flavor, natural vitamin e (antioxidant). vitamins & minerals: dicalcium phosphate, calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, ferrous fumarate (iron), niacinamide (vit. b3), ascorbic acid (vit. c), dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vit. e), zinc oxide, molybdenum glycinate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vit. b6), d-calcium pantothenate, beta carotene (vit. a), manganese sulfate, selenium amino acid chelate, riboflavin (vit. b2), chromium amino acid chelate, ergocalciferol (vit. d2), thiamine mononitrate (vit. b1), cyanocobalamin (vit. b12), folic acid, cupric oxide, phytonadione (vit. k), biotin, potassium iodide.
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.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.
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.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- 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 0722252100672, last edited 4 October 2022), 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.