Is Harvest Morn Crisp Rice Bars ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 19 ingredients
- 2 additives
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Rice, Oligofructose, Skimmed Milk Fat Glaze (Palm Kernel Fat, Sugar (processing marker), Skimmed Milk Powder (processing marker), Dried Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Stabiliser (Calcium Corbonate Emulsifier), Lecithins (ultra-processing marker)), Glucose Syrup (ultra-processing marker), Sugar (processing marker), Skimmed Milk, Palm Oil Calcium Carbonate, Humectant (ultra-processing marker) (Glycerol (ultra-processing marker)), Barley Malt Extract, Salt Emulsifier Lecithing Natural Vanilla Flavouring, Vitamin D
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
Rice, Oligofructose, Skimmed Milk Fat Glaze (Palm Kernel Fat, Sugar, Skimmed Milk Powder, Dried Glucose Syrup, Stabiliser: Calcium Corbonate Emulsifier: Lecithins), Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Skimmed Milk, Palm Oil Calcium Carbonate, Humectant: Glycerol; Barley Malt Extract, Salt Emulsifier Lecithing Natural Vanilla Flavouring, Vitamin D. ALLERGY ADVICE:
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.
- Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- 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.
Among 488 cereal bars
From least to most processed, this one ranks 296th. 91% of the cereal bars here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4061463949530, last edited 26 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.
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.