Is it ultra-processed?
Menu

Is Junkless Chewy Granola bar ultra-processed?

31 g Cereal bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Junkless Chewy Granola bar

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:

  • 20 ingredients
  • 2 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

Cole Grain Oats Blend (Oats, Sunflower Oil), Brown Rice Syrup, Rice Crisp (Rice Flour, Sugar, Brown Sugar), Icing (Cane Sugar, Sustainable Palm Kernel Oil, Sunflower Lecithin, Salt), Sunflower Oil, Strawberry (Strawberries, Sugar, Rice Flour, Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Flavor)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Cole Grain Oats Blend (Toasted Oats, Sunflower Oil), Brown Rice Syrup, Rice Crisp (Rice Flour, Sugar, Brown Sugar), Icing (Cane Sugar, Sustainable Palm Kernel Oil, Sunflower Lecithin, Salt), Sunflower Oil, Dried Strawberry Pieces (Strawberries, Sugar, Rice Flour, Sunflower Lecithin, Natural Flavor).

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • 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 487 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 147th. 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 487 cereal bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0851100003374, last edited 16 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.