Is H&B Tummy Love Cocoa & Hazelnut Bar "With Benefits" ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 21 ingredients
- 4 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Date Paste 23%, Apricot Paste 20%, Oat Flakes, Chicory Root Fibre (ultra-processing marker) 7%, Cashew Butter, Hazlenut Nibs 6%, Oat Flour, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Glycerine (ultra-processing marker), Acacia Gum (ultra-processing marker) (Gum Arabic), Cocoa Powder 1%, Natural Flavourings (ultra-processing marker), Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Calcium Carbonate, Sunflower Lecithin (ultra-processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker), Bacillus Coagulans (mtcc 5856), Ascorbic acid, Vitamin E
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E414 Acacia gum , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
Date Paste (23%), Apricot Paste (20%), Oat Flakes (Gluten Free) (18%), Chicory Root Fibre (7%), Cashew Butter, Hazlenut Nibs (6%), Oat Flour (Gluten Free), Sunflower Oil, Glycerine, Acacia Gum: Gum Arabic, Cocoa Powder (1%), Natural Flavourings, Flavouring, Calcium Carbonate, Sunflower Lecithin, Sea Salt, Bacillus Coagulans (MTCC 5856 ), Ascorbic acid, Vitamin E.
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.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- 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.
- 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.
3 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 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 35 cereal bars with nuts
From least to most processed, this one ranks 29th. 77% of the cereal bars with nuts here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059604645792, last edited 11 July 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.