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Is Exotic Snacks Nötbar ultra-processed?

40 g Cashew nut bars Sold in Sweden

Pack of Exotic Snacks Nötbar

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 13 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sweet snacks

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

Jordnötter 15%, cashewnötter 14%, mandlar 10%, hasselnötter 10%, pumpakärnor, hirs, majs, tranbär 10% (tranbär, socker, solrosolja), russin, maltos

As written on the pack

Jordnötter (15%), cashewnötter (14%). mandlar (10%), hasselnötter (10 %), pumpakärnor, hirs, majs, tranbär (10%) (tranbär, socker, solrosolja), russin, maltos.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

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

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 16 cashew nut bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 56% of the cashew nut 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 16 cashew nut bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 7391814009956, last edited 27 September 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.