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Is Harvest Morn Yogurt & Fruit Bars ultra-processed?

Cakes Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Harvest Morn Yogurt & Fruit Bars

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:

  • 57 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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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

Wheat flour, STRAWBERRY FLAVOURED FILLING WITH RAISINS and CURRANTS 31% (raisins 63%, currants 20%, strawberry preparation 17% (Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Humectant (Glycerol), strawberry purée 10%, Wheat Bran, Dextrose, Oatmeal, Gelling Agent (Pectin), strawberry 1%, Flavourings, Acid (Citric Acid), Acidity Regulators (Calcium Citrate), Sodium Citrate), Rice Flour), yogurt coating 20% (Sugar, Vegetable Fats (Palm Kernel Fat, Palm Fat, Coconut Fat), yogurt powder, Whey Powder, Acid (Citric Acid), Emulsifier (Lecithins), Flavouring), Sugar, Oat Flour, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil), Glucose Syrup, Fructo-Oligosaccharides, Skimmed Milk Powder, Wheat Starch, Raising Agents (Sodium Carbonates), Diphosphates, Ammonium Carbonates, Salt, Emulsifier (Lecithins (Rapeseed)), Liquid Egg, Acid (Citric Acid), Flavouring

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E333 Calcium citrates , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E450 Diphosphates , E500 Sodium carbonates , E503 Ammonium carbonates

As written on the pack

Wheat flour, STRAWBERRY FLAVOURED FILLING WITH RAISINS AND CURRANTS (31%) [RAISINS (63%), CURRANTS (20%), STRAWBERRY PREPARATION (17%) (Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Humectant: Glycerol; STRAWBERRY PURÉE (10%), Wheat Bran, Dextrose, Oatmeal, Gelling Agent: Pectin; STRAWBERRY CONCENTRATE (1%), Flavourings, Acid: Citric Acid; Acidity Regulators: Calcium Citrate, Sodium Citrate), Rice Flour], YOGURT FLAVOURED COATING (20%) [Sugar, Vegetable Fats (Palm Kernel Fat, Palm Fat, Coconut Fat), SKIMMED YOGURT POWDER (Milk) (10%), Whey Powder (Milk), Acid: Citric Acid; Emulsifier: Lecithins (Soya); Flavouring], Sugar, Oat Flour, Vegetable Oils (Rapeseed Oil, Palm Oil), Glucose Syrup, Fructo-Oligosaccharides, Skimmed Milk Powder, Wheat Starch, Raising Agents: Sodium Carbonates, Diphosphates, Ammonium Carbonates; Salt, Emulsifier: Lecithins (Rapeseed); Pasteurised Liquid Egg, Acid: Citric Acid; Flavouring. 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.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
  • 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.
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  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
  • 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.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
  • 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.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
7 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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.
  • 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 377 cakes

From least to most processed, this one ranks 338th. 94% of the cakes 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 377 cakes, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088600247328, last edited 29 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.