Is Fuel chocolate chunks granola protein boosted ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 29 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score C
Less processed mueslis with chocolate
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Oat Flakes 44%, Sugar (processing marker), Dark Chocolate 8% (Cocoa mass, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butter (processing marker), Sunflower Lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), Wheat Gluten (ultra-processing marker), Rice Flour, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Glucose-Fructose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Wheat Flakes, Pumpkin Seeds, Coconut, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Dextrose (ultra-processing marker), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Sugar Syrup, Vitamin Mix (Niacin, Vitamin E, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Vitamin B12), Salt (processing marker), Tocopherol-rich extract
Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins
As written on the pack
Wholegrain Oat Flakes (44%). Sugar, Dark Chocolate (8%) (Cocoa mass. Sugar. Cocoa Butter. Emulsifier: Sunflower Lecithins). Wheat Gluten. Rice Flour. Sunflower Oil. Glucose-Fructose Syrup. Wholegrain Wheat Flakes. Pumpkin Seeds. Grated Coconut, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder. Dextrose. Natural Flavouring, Caramelized Sugar Syrup. Vitamin Mix (Niacin. Vitamin E. Pantothenic Acid. Vitamin B6. Riboflavin. Thiamin. Folic Acid. Vitamin B12), Salt, Antioxidant: Tocopherol-rich extract.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Gluten Wheat gluten, sold as "vital wheat gluten", is the protein washed out of wheat flour.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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 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.
Among 21 mueslis with chocolate
From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 81% of the mueslis with chocolate here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060201621805, last edited 4 October 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 C (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.