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Is Hillerest Gourmet Protein Bars with Almonds & Salted Dark Choc ultra-processed?

Protein bars Sold in Australia

Pack of Hillerest Gourmet Protein Bars with Almonds & Salted Dark Choc

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • 1 additive

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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

Roasted Peanut 22%, Soy Protein Nuggets 15% (Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch, Salt), Roasted Almond 15%, Glucose Syrup, Dark Choc Compound 9%, Sugar, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (322 (From Soy)), Salt, Natural Flavour, Inulin, Sunflower Seeds 4.7%, Honey, Soy Protein Isolate 3%, Pepitas 2.5%, Vegetable Oil, Buckwheat, Rice Syrup, Natural Flavour, Salt 0.5%, Sesame Seeds 0.1%, pine nut, pistachio, walnut, milk, Almonds, Salted Dark Choc Gourmet Protein Bars include 15% Protein Isolates and 0.1% Cocoa Powder, Contains Sustainable Palm Oil, Although every effort has been made to remove shells and stones, some fragments may remain

Additives: E322 Lecithins

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

Roasted Peanut (22%), Soy Protein Nuggets (15%) (Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch, Salt), Roasted Almond (15%), Glucose Syrup, Dark Choc Compound (9%) (Sugar, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier [322 (From Soy)], Salt, Natural Flavour}, Inulin, Sunflower Seeds (4.7%), Honey, Soy Protein Isolate (3%), Pepitas (2.5%), Vegetable Oil, Wholegrain Buckwheat, Rice Syrup, Natural Flavour, Salt (0.5%), Sesame Seeds (0.1%). CONTAINS ALMOND, PEANUT, SESAME, SOY. MAY CONTAIN BRAZIL NUT, CASHEW, HAZELNUT, MACADAMIA, PECAN, PINE NUT, PISTACHIO, WALNUT, MILK. Almonds & Salted Dark Choc Gourmet Protein Bars include 15% Protein Isolates and 0.1% Cocoa Powder. Contains Sustainable Palm Oil. Although every effort has been made to remove shells and stones, some fragments may remain.

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.
  • 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.

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.
  • 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.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 426 protein bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 204th. 93% of the protein bars 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 426 protein bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 4088700110720, last edited 10 February 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.