Is Junkless Double Chocolate Chewy Granola Bars ultra-processed?

Cereal bars Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

E322 Lecithins

16 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score C

Less processed cereal bars

Peanut Butter Breakfast Bar Kind 20 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Organic Toasted Coconut Granola Trader Joe's 14 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
chewy Chocolate Chip bar Kind 26 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Kind Healthy Grains Oats & Honey with Toasted Coconut Kind 16 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3

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

Whole Grain Oats, Maple (Maple Syrup (processing marker)), Pea Protein, Sugar (processing marker), Brown Sugar (processing marker), Syrup, Salt (processing marker), Brownie Dough Pieces (Chocolate Liquor, Sugar (processing marker), Non-GMO Soy Lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), Vanilla Extract (Vanilla Extract), Non-GMO Soy Lecithin (ultra-processing marker), Sea Salt (processing marker)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Whole Grain Oats, Maple (Maple Syrup), Pea Protein, Sugar, Brown Sugar, Syrup, Salt, Brownie Dough Pieces (Chocolate Liquor, Sugar, Non-GMO Soy Lecithin), Vanilla Extract (Vanilla Extract), Non-GMO Soy Lecithin, Sea Salt

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.

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.

Maple syrup An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
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 90th. 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 0851100003497, last edited 2 April 2025), 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.