Is Clif Nut Butter Bar Chocolate & Peanut Butter ultra-processed?

50 g Protein Energy Bars Sold in the United States, Sweden and 2 more countries

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E322 Lecithins
E422 Glycerol

23 ingredients
4 additives

Less processed protein Energy 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

peanut butter, rolled oats, oat flour, brown rice syrup, cane syrup, date paste, pea protein, sunflower, soybean oil (processing marker), rice starch (processing marker), tapioca syrup, palm oil, peanut flour, cane sugar (processing marker), rice flour, vegetable glycerin, chocolate, cocoa, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), alkalized cocoa, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), mixed tocopherols

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E422 Glycerol.

As written on the pack

PEANUT BUTTER, ROLLED OATS, OAT FLOUR, BROWN RICE SYRUP, CANE SYRUP, DATE PASTE, PEA PROTEIN, SUNFLOWER AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL, RICE STARCH, TAPIOCA SYRUP, PALM OIL, PEANUT FLOUR, CANE SUGAR, RICE FLOUR, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, ALKALIZED COCOA, SOY LECITHIN, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS

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.

5 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 69 protein Energy Bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 94% of the protein Energy 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 69 protein Energy Bars, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0722252268013, last edited 3 June 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.