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Is Flapjax FLAPJACK Chocolate Flavour Coated ultra-processed?

120 g Bars Sold in the United Kingdom and Spain

Pack of Flapjax FLAPJACK Chocolate Flavour Coated

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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed 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

oats 44%, Margarine (Vegetable Oils (Palm, Rapeseed), Water, Salt, Emulsifier (Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids e475), Colours (Curcumin e100, Annatto Bixin e160bi), Flavouring), Chocolate Flavour Coating 12% (Sugar, Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat (Palm Kernel), Sweet Whey Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifiers (Lecithin's e322, Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate e476), Flavours), Inverted Sugar Syrup Cane Molasses Glucose Syrup Sugar

Additives: E100 Curcumin , E160b Annatto , E160bi Annatto bixin , E322 Lecithins , E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E100 Curcumin, E160b Annatto, E322 Lecithins, E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids, E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate, Whey.

As written on the pack

OATS (44%) Margarine (Vegetable Oils (Palm; Rapeseed); Water; Salt; Emulsifier (Polyglycerol Esters of Fatty Acids E475); Colours (Curcumin E100; Annatto Bixin E160b (i)); Flavouring) Chocolate Flavour Coating (12%) (Sugar; Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat (Palm Kernel); Sweet Whey Powder (MILK); Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder; Emulsifiers (Lecithin's E322; Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate E476); Flavours) Inverted Sugar Syrup Cane Molasses Glucose Syrup Sugar

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.

  • E100 Curcumin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
  • E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
  • E475 Polyglycerol esters of fatty acids Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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  • 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.

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.

  • Hydrogenated fat An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • 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.
5 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 fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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 1,328 bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1210th. 89% of the 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 1,328 bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060006203916, last edited 23 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.