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Is Dairyfine Munch Bars Peanut ultra-processed?

5 x 32 g Cereal bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Dairyfine Munch Bars Peanut

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:

  • 45 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

oat flakes 22%, milk chocolate 19% (Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Lecithins)), Glucose Syrup, Oligofructose, peanuts 9%, Palm Oil, Wheat Flour, Wheat, Wheat Starch, honey 2.5%, Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk (Skimmed Milk, Sugar), Sugar, Wheat Bran, Maize Flour, Rice Flour, Humectant (Glycerol), Flavourings, Cocoa Powder, Salt, Barley Malt Extract, Emulsifier (mono- and diglycerides of Fatty Acids), Wheat Flour, Sunflower Oil, Raising Agent (Sodium Carbonates), Ferrous Fumarate, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, vitamins, vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, Vitamin D, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Folic Acid

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E422 Glycerol , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

WHOLEGRAIN OAT FLAKES (22%), MILK CHOCOLATE (19%) (Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier: Lecithins), Glucose Syrup, Oligofructose, PEANUTS (9%), Palm Oil, Wheat Flour, Wholegrain Wheat, Wheat Starch, HONEY (2.5%), Sweetened Condensed Skimmed Milk (Skimmed Milk, Sugar), Sugar, Wheat Bran, Maize Flour, Rice Flour, Humectant: Glycerol; Flavourings, Cocoa Powder, Salt, Barley Malt Extract, Emulsifier: Mono - and diglycerides of Fatty Acids; Wholegrain Wheat Flour, Sunflower Oil, Raising Agent: Sodium Carbonates; Ferrous Fumarate, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, Vitamin D, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Folic Acid.

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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • 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.
7 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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.
  • 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 487 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 382nd. 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 487 cereal bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600559841, last edited 10 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.