Is Island Bar ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 12 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Sugars (processing marker) (glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), sugar), Coconut, milk ingredients (ultra-processing marker), Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Sorbitol (ultra-processing marker), Glycerol (ultra-processing marker), mono- and diglycerides (ultra-processing marker), Sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker), Artificial flavours (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E420 Sorbitol , E422 Glycerol , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids
As written on the pack
Sugars (glucose syrup, sugar), Coconut, Modified milk ingredients, Cocoa butter, Cocoa mass, Sorbitol, Glycerol, Mono - and diglycerides, Sunflower lecithin, Artificial flavours
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.
- E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- 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.
- Milk An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 773 chocolate candies
From least to most processed, this one ranks 633rd. 91% of the chocolate candies here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0667888123865, last edited 1 April 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.