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Is Kind Breakfast Bar Peanut Butter ultra-processed?

4 x 50 g Cereal bars with nuts Sold in Canada

Pack of Kind Breakfast Bar Peanut Butter

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed cereal bars with nuts

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

oats, cane sugar, peanuts, canol oil, brown rice flour, oat flour, peanut butter (peanuts, salt), gum acacia, water, raisin paste, peanut oil, peanut flour, millet, sea salt, buckwheat, amaranth, quino, honey, tocopherols

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

GLUTEN FREE OATS, CANE SUGAR, PEANUTS, CANOL OIL, BROWN RICE FLOUR, GLUTEN FREE OAT FLOUR, PEANUT BUTTER (PEANUTS, SALT), GUM ACACIA, WATER, RAISIN PASTE, PEANUT OIL, PEANUT FLOUR, MILLET, SEA SALT, BUCKWHEAT, AMARANTH, QUINO. HONEY, TOCOPHEROLS.

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.

  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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 35 cereal bars with nuts

From least to most processed, this one ranks 13th. 77% of the cereal bars with nuts 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 35 cereal bars with nuts, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0602652201066, 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.