Is Hero UK Foods Raspberry & Apple Oaty Bars ultra-processed?

6 x 23g Oat Sold in the United Kingdom and Cyprus

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Vegetable fiber

8 ingredients
No additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed oat

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

oats 49%, Raisins 20.6% (contains sunflower oil (processing marker)), Sunflower oil (processing marker) 11.3%, Apple juice 8.8%, Agave fibre (ultra-processing marker) 7.8% (inulin), Raspberry juice concentrate 2.5%

As written on the pack

Wholegrain oats 49%, Raisins (contains sunflower oil) 20.6%, Sunflower oil 11.3%, Apple juice concentrate 8.8%, Agave fibre (inulin) 7.8%, Raspberry juice concentrate 2.5%.

What makes it ultra-processed

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.

2 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.

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 103 oat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 90th. 16% of the oat 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 103 oat, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5024121100475, last edited 22 September 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.