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Is Fulfil Vitamin & Protein Bar ultra-processed?

55g Bars Sold in Ireland

Pack of Fulfil Vitamin & Protein Bar

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:

  • 42 ingredients
  • 5 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

Chocolate with sweetener 28% (cocoa mass, maltitol, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, flavouring, milk protein, glycerol, hydrolyzed collagen, caramel flavour layer 10%, soluble corn fibre, palm fat, malititol, milk protein, cocoa butter, humecant (glycerol), whole milk powder, salt, flavouring, soy lecithin), soy crisp 7% (soy protein), water, soluble corn fibre, palm fat, fat reduced cocoa, flavouring, salt, vitamins, vitamin C, niacin, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, vitamins, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamins, vitamin B1, folic acid, vitamin B12, sucralose

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol

As written on the pack

Chocolate with sweetener (28%), [cocoa mass, sweetener (maltitol), cocoa butter, emulsifier (soy lecithin), flavouring), milk protein, humectant (glycerol), hydrolyzed collagen, caramel flavour layer (10%)(soluble corn fibre, palm fat, sweetener (malititol), milk protein, cocoa butter, humecant (glycerol), whole milk powder, salt, flavouring, emulsifier [soy lecithin], soy crisp (7%)(soy protein), water, soluble corn fibre, palm fat, fat reduced cocoa, flavouring, salt, vitamins [vitamin C, niacin, vitamin E, pantothenic acid, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin B1, folic acid, vitamin B12], sweetener (sucralose).

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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and 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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,328 bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 1050th. 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 5391532123424, last edited 7 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.