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Is Jordans Frusli 6 X Sticky Toffee & Apple Cereal Bars ultra-processed?

Cereal bars Sold in the United Kingdom and the United States

Pack of Jordans Frusli 6 X Sticky Toffee & Apple Cereal 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:

  • 37 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed cereal bars

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

OAT Flakes 30%, Dried Fruit, Raisins, Dried Apple 6%, Apple 4%, Cinnamon 4% (Apple Juice, Apple Puree, Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Rice Flour, Apple Fibre, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Tri Potassium Citrate), Cocoa Butter, Cinnamon Powder, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Natural Flavouring, Citrus Fibre), Glucose Syrup, OAT Flour, Sugar, Honey, Vegetable Oil (rapeseed Vegetable Oil, sunflower Vegetable Oil), Rice Flour, Toffee Flavouring 0.3%, Chopped Roasted HAZELNUTS ALLERGY ADVICE, including cereals containing gluten, may also contain (Other Gluten Sources, For additional allergen advice please see our website LM www.jordanscereals.co.uk, cereals, cereal-bars Energy Fat of which Satu Monounsatu Polyunsaturat Carbohydrate of which Suga Fibre Protein Salt MINERALS Phosphorus C BOX Recycle D)

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E332 Potassium citrates , E332ii Tripotassium citrate , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Wholegrain OAT Flakes (30%), Dried Fruit (Raisins, Dried Apple Slices (6%), Apple & Cinnamon Puree Pieces (4%) (Apple Juice Concentrate, Apple Puree Concentrate, Fructose Syrup, Sugar, Rice Flour, Apple Fibre, Acidity Regulators (Citric Acid, Tri Potassium Citrate), Cocoa Butter, Cinnamon Powder, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Natural Flavouring, Citrus Fibre)), Glucose Syrup, Wholegrain OAT Flour, Sugar, Honey, Vegetable Oil (rapeseed and sunflower in varying proportions), Rice Flour, Toffee Flavouring (0.3%), Chopped Roasted HAZELNUTS ALLERGY ADVICE: For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in BOLD. MAY ALSO CONTAIN: Other Gluten Sources. For additional allergen advice please see our website LM www.jordanscereals.co.uk/cereals/cereal-bars Energy Fat of which Satu Mono-unsatu Polyunsaturat Carbohydrate of which Suga Fibre Protein Salt MINERALS Phosphorus C BOX Recycle D

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.

  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
  • 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.
4 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.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • 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 488 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 365th. 91% of the cereal 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 488 cereal bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010477364593, last edited 27 March 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.