Is Fuel Oat bar (chocolate) ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 25 ingredients
- 2 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Oats 28%, Soya Protein Crispies 14% (Soya Protein Isolate), Vegetable Oils (processing marker) (Sustainable Palm, Rapeseed), Sunflower Seeds 8%, Sugar (processing marker), Golden Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Rice Syrup, Grape Juice Concentrate, Chicory Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Cocoa Powder 3%, Vegetable Fibres (ultra-processing marker) (Chickpea, Maize), Soya Protein Isolate, Dark Chocolate 1.5% (Cocoa Mass, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Salt (processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
Gluten Free Oats (28%), Soya Protein Crispies (14%) (Soya Protein Isolate), Vegetable Oils (Sustainable Palm, Rapeseed), Sunflower Seeds (8%), Sugar, Golden Syrup, Rice Syrup, Grape Juice Concentrate, Chicory Fibre, Cocoa Powder (3%), Vegetable Fibres (Chickpea, Maize). Soya Protein Isolate, Dark Chocolate (1.5%) (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier [Soya Lecithin], Natural Flavouring), Natural Flavourings, Salt.
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.
- 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.
- Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
- 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.
Among 487 cereal bars
From least to most processed, this one ranks 298th. 91% of the cereal bars here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060201624844, last edited 27 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.