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Is Elevation Energy Bar Chocolate Chip ultra-processed?

14.4 oz Energy bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Elevation Energy Bar Chocolate Chip

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:

  • 41 ingredients
  • 7 additives

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

brown rice syrup, rolled oats, cane syrup, soy crisps (soy protein isolate, rice flour, salt), soy butter (roasted dehulled ground soybeans, soybean oil, salt), soybeans, invert cane sugar, dark chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, cocoa powder processed with alkali, sunflower lecithin), oats (oats, evaporated cane sugar, mixed tocopherols), soy flour, psyllium, natural flavors, oat fiber, caramel, sea salt, cinnamon, vitamin mineral blend (magnesium phosphate), dicalcium phosphate, maltodextrin, ascorbicacid dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, ergocalciferol, vitamin a acetate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin cyanocobalamin

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341ii Dicalcium phosphate , E343 Magnesium phosphates , E343i Monomagnesium phosphate

As written on the pack

ORGANIC BROWN RICE SYRUP, ORGANIC ROLLED OATS, ORGANIC CANE SYRUP, SOY CRISPS (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, RICE FLOUR, SALT), ORGANIC SOY BUTTER (ORGANIC ROASTED DEHULLED GROUND SOYBEANS, ORGANIC SOYBEAN OIL, SALT), ORGANIC ROASTED SOYBEANS, ORGANIC INVERT CANE SUGAR. DARK CHOCOLATE CHIPS (ORGANIC SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, COCOA POWDER PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN), ORGANIC TOASTED OATS (ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN OATS, ORGANIC EVAPORATED CANE SUGAR, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS), ORGANIC SOY FLOUR, PSYLLIUM, NATURAL FLAVORS, ORGANIC OAT FIBER, CARAMEL, SEA SALT, CINNAMON. VITAMIN MINERAL BLEND: MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MALTODEXTRIN, ASCORBICACID DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, NIACINAMIDE, ERGOCALCIFEROL, VITAMIN A ACETATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN CYANOCOBALAMIN.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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.
4 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 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 89th. 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 4099100116427, last edited 28 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.