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Is Clif minis Snack-Size Energy Bar ultra-processed?

Energy drink with sugar Sold in the United States

Pack of Clif minis Snack-Size Energy Bar

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:

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed energy drinks

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

rolled oats, brown rice syrup tapioca syrup, soy rice crisps (soy protein isolate rice flour, barley malt extract), cane syrup, soybeans, peanut butter eanuts, peanut flour, chicory fiber, soy flour, natural flavors, sea salt

As written on the pack

ORGANIC ROLLED OATS, ORGANIC BROWN RICE SYRUP ORGANIC TAPIOCA SYRUP. SOY RICE CRISPS (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE RICE FLOUR, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT), ORGANIC CANE SYRUP, ORGANIC ROASTED SOYBEANS, ORGANIC PEANUT BUTTER EANUTS, PEANUT FLOUR, CHICORY FIBER, ORGANIC SOY FLOUR, NATURAL FLAVORS, SEA SALT.

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.

  • 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 33 energy drink with sugar

From least to most processed, this one ranks 5th. 97% of the energy drink with sugar 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 33 energy drink with sugar, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0722252128133, last edited 13 May 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.