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Is Deluxe fruit&nut protein bars ultra-processed?

3 x 45 g Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Deluxe fruit&nut protein bars

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:

  • 25 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Yogurt Coating 31% (Palm Oil, Whey, Sugar, Yogurt, Emulsifier (Sunflower Lecithin)), Coconut 13%, Glucose Syrup, Crisped Rice (Rice, Sugar), Sultanas 8%, cashews 7%, Honey, almonds 5%, Cranberries 4% (Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Blueberries 1% (Blueberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), Dried Apricots 1%

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

31% Yogurt Coating (Palm Oil, Whey (MILK), Sugar, Dried Yogurt (MILK), Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithin), 13% Shredded Coconut, Glucose Syrup, Crisped Rice (Rice, Sugar), 8% Sultanas, 7% CASHEWS, Honey, 5% ALMONDS, 4% Dried Sweetened Cranberries (Cranberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), 1% Dried Sweetened Blueberries (Blueberries, Sugar, Sunflower Oil), 1% Dried Apricots.

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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.

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.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 20802332, 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.