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Is Crownfield Crunch Salted Caramel ultra-processed?

5 x 19 g Cereal bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Crownfield Crunch Salted Caramel

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:

  • 39 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Crisped Cereal 23% (Rice Flour, Sugar, Salt), Oats 15%, Oligofructose, Bulking Agent (Polydextrose), Water, Milk Chocolate Flavoured Drizzle 8% (Sugar, Palm Kernel Fat, Whey Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Flavouring), Glucose Syrup, Caramel Fudge Pieces 5% (Sugar, Vegetable Fats (Palm, Palm Kernel), Glucose Syrup, Skimmed Milk Powder, Salt, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithins), Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Humectant (Glycerol), Rapeseed Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Natural Caramel Flavouring, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithins), Sea Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E322 Lecithins , E422 Glycerol

As written on the pack

23% Crisped Cereal (Rice Flour, Sugar, Salt), 15% Gluten Free Oats, Oligofructose, Bulking Agent: Polydextrose; Water, 8% Milk Chocolate Flavoured Drizzle (Sugar, Fully Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Fat, Whey Powder (Milk), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder**, Skimmed Milk Powder, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithins; Flavouring), Glucose Syrup, 5% Caramel Fudge Pieces (Sugar, Vegetable Fats [Palm, Palm Kernel], Glucose Syrup, Skimmed Milk Powder, Salt, Emulsifier: Soya Lecithins; Natural Vanilla Flavouring), Humectant: Glycerol; Rapeseed Oil, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder**, Natural Caramel Flavouring, Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithins; Sea Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup.

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.
  • Bulking agent Bulking agents are substances which contribute to the volume of a foodstuff without contributing significantly to its available energy value.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Palm kernel fat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 488 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 421st. 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 4056489902386, last edited 27 March 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.