Is Clif Zbar Chocolate Chip Soft-Baked Energy Snack 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:
- 49 ingredients
- 6 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
oat blend (rolled oats, oat flour, oat fiber (ultra-processing marker)), tapioca syrup, chocolate chips (cane syrup, chocolate, cocoa butter (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), vanilla extract), fig paste, cane syrup, maple syrup (processing marker), soy butter (soybeans, soybean oil (processing marker), salt (processing marker)), chocolate (cane syrup, chocolate, cocoa butter (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), vanilla extract), flaxseed, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), baking soda, sea salt (processing marker), vitamins, minerals (calcium carbonate), dicalcium phosphate, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), ferric orthophospate (iron), zinc oxide, niacinamide (vitamin b3), beta carotene (vitamin a), thiamin mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), folic acid (vitamin b9), cyanocobalamin
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341ii Dicalcium phosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
Organic oat blend (organic rolled oats, organic oat flour, organic oat fiber), organic tapioca syrup, organic chocolate chips (organic dried cane syrup, organic unsweetened chocolate, organic cocoa butter, organic soy lecithin, organic vanilla extract), organic fig paste, organic cane syrup, organic maple syrup, organic soy butter (organic roasted soybeans, organic soybean oil, salt), organic chocolate (organic dried cane syrup, organic unsweetened chocolate, organic cocoa butter, organic soy lecithin, organic vanilla extract), organic milled flaxseed, natural flavors, baking soda, sea salt. vitamins & minerals: calcium carbonate, dicalcium phosphate, ascorbic acid (vit. c), ferric orthophospate (iron), zinc oxide, niacinamide (vit. b3), beta carotene (vit. a), thiamin mononitrate (vit. b1), riboflavin (vit. b2), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vit. b6), folic acid (vit. b9), 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.
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.
- Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
- 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.
Among 488 cereal bars
From least to most processed, this one ranks 245th. 91% of the cereal bars here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0722252194145, last edited 21 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.
- 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.