Is Cliff Bar Chocolate brownie ultra-processed?

340 g Energy bars Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
Invert sugar
Vegetable fiber

20 ingredients
1 additive

Less processed 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

rolled oats, brown rice syrup, soy rice crisps (soy protein isolate, rice flour, barley malt extract), soybeans, tapioca syrup, invert cane syrup (ultra-processing marker), chicory root fiber (ultra-processing marker), chocolate, cocoa, soy flour, high oleic sunflower (processing marker), soybean oil (processing marker), alkalized cocoa, salt (processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), mixed tocopherols (antioxidant)

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Organic rolled oats, organic brown rice syrup, soy rice crisps (soy protein isolate, rice flour, barley malt extract), organic roasted soybeans, organic tapioca syrup, organic invert cane syrup, chicory root fiber, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa, organic soy flour, organic high oleic sunflower and/or soybean oil, alkalized cocoa, salt, natural flavor, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant). Contains: soy. May contain: milk, peanut, sesame, tree nuts, wheat.

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.

Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.

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

How the NOVA groups work

Among 126 energy bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 52nd. 87% of the 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 126 energy bars, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0722252068705, last edited 16 September 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.