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Is Clif Bar Peanut Butter Banana ultra-processed?

2.4oz Cereal bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Clif Bar Peanut Butter Banana

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed cereal 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

brown rice syrup, soy protein isolate, peanuts, rolled oats, cane syrup, rice flour, peanut butter, oat fiber, cane syrup, unsweetened chocolate‡, banana, soybeans, soy flour, bananas, sea salt, cocoa butter‡, natural flavors, barley malt extract, soy lecithin, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant), vitamins, minerals (dicalcium phosphate), magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), beta carotene (vitamin a), niacinamide (vitamin b3), ergocalciferol, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin, cyanocobalamin

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341ii Dicalcium phosphate

As written on the pack

Organic brown rice syrup, soy protein isolate, organic peanuts, organic rolled oats, organic cane syrup, rice flour, organic peanut butter, organic oat fiber, dried cane syrup, unsweetened chocolate‡, organic banana powder, organic roasted soybeans, organic soy flour, organic dried bananas, sea salt, cocoa butter‡, natural flavors, barley malt extract, soy lecithin, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant). vitamins & minerals: dicalcium phosphate, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid (vit. c), dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate (vit. e), beta carotene (vit. a), niacinamide (vit. b3), ergocalciferol (vit. d2), thiamine mononitrate (vit. b1), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vit. b6), riboflavin (vit. b2), cyanocobalamin (vit. b12).

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.
  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 488 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 242nd. 91% of the cereal 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 488 cereal bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0722252160195, last edited 19 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.