Is Kellogg's Almond and Dark Chocolate ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 32 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score E
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Roasted peanuts 31%, chocolate 18% (sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, cocoa butter (processing marker), soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), vanilla extract), soy protein (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker)), glucose syrup (ultra-processing marker), roasted almonds 6.5% (almonds, salt (processing marker)), fructose (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), pea protein isolate, palm oil, glycerol (ultra-processing marker), sorbitol (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), caramelised sugar (processing marker), natural flavouring (ultra-processing marker), sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar (processing marker)), cashews, hazelnuts, rosemary extract, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E420 Sorbitol , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
Roasted peanuts (31%), chocolate (18%) (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soy lecithin), vanilla extract), soy protein piece (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt), glucose syrup, roasted almonds (6.5%) (almonds, salt), fructose, sugar, dextrose, pea protein isolate, palm oil, humectants (glycerol, sorbitol), salt, caramelised sugar, natural flavouring, sweetened condensed milk (milk, sugar), cashews, hazelnuts, antioxidant (rosemary extract), emulsifier (soy lecithin).
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.
- 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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- 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.
5 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.
- 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.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 130 nut bars
From least to most processed, this one ranks 119th. 84% of the nut bars here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5059321007712, last edited 28 August 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.