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Is energy bar crunchy peanut butter ultra-processed?

Cereal bars Sold in the United States

Pack of energy bar crunchy peanut butter

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:

  • 35 ingredients
  • 5 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

brown rice syrup, rolled oats, cane syrup, soy crisps (soy protein isolate, rice flour, salt), peanut butter (peanuts), invert cane sugar, soybeans, oats (oats, evaporated cane sugar, mixed tocopherols), peanuts soy flour, natural flavors, psyllium, oat fiber, sea salt, caramel, vitamin mineral blend (magnesium phosphate), dicalcium phosphate, maltodextrin, ascorbicacid, %dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, ergocalciferol, vitamin a acetate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, cyanocobalamin, o

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , 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 PEANUT BUTTER (GROUND PEANUTS), ORGANIC INVERT CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC ROASTED SOYBEANS, ORGANIC TOASTED OATS (ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN OATS, ORGANIC EVAPORATED CANE SUGAR, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS), ORGANIC PEANUTS ORGANIC SOY FLOUR, NATURAL FLAVORS, PSYLLIUM, ORGANIC OAT FIBER, SEA SALT, CARAMEL. VITAMIN MINERAL BLEND: MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MALTODEXTRIN, ASCORBICACID, %DL-ALPHA-TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, NIACINAMIDE, ERGOCALCIFEROL, VITAMIN A ACETATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, CYANOCOBALAMIN. o

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.
  • 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.
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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 488 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 283rd. 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 4099100116410, last edited 22 August 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.