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Is Great Value Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bar ultra-processed?

24g Mueslis Sold in the United States

Pack of Great Value Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola 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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed mueslis

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

granola (oats, sugar, high oleic canola oil, honey, salt, natural flavors, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant)), corn syrup, semi-sweet chocolate drops (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla extract), brown rice flour, corn syrup solids, sugar, vegetable glycerin, invert syrup, contains less than 2% of oil (coconut oil, palm oil), calcium carbonate, salt, cocoa, mixed tocopherols (added for freshness), natural flavors, contains coconut, soy

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E422 Glycerol.

As written on the pack

granola (whole grain oats, sugar, high oleic canola oil, honey, salt, natural flavors, mixed tocopherols [antioxidant]), corn syrup, semi-sweet chocolate drops (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla extract), whole grain brown rice flour, corn syrup solids, sugar, vegetable glycerin, invert syrup, contains less than 2% of coconut, palm oil, calcium carbonate, salt, cocoa, mixed tocopherols (added for freshness), natural flavors. contains coconut and soy.

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.
  • 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.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 515 mueslis

From least to most processed, this one ranks 493rd. 66% of the mueslis 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 515 mueslis, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0078742024592, last edited 5 June 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.