Is Kind Breakfast Protein ultra-processed?

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Pack of Kind Breakfast Protein

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:

  • 26 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Oats, tapioca syrup, soy protein isolate, semi-sweet chocolate (sugar (processing marker), chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), vanilla extract), banana, canola oil, cane sugar (processing marker), peanut butter (peanuts, sea salt (processing marker)), peanuts, peanut oil (processing marker), peanut flour, millet, buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa, natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols for freshness)

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Oats, tapioca syrup, soy protein isolate, semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), banana, canola oil, cane sugar, peanut butter (peanuts, sea salt), peanuts, peanut oil, peanut flour, millet, buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa, natural flavor, sea salt, Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols for freshness).

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.
3 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.

How the NOVA groups work

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0602652671104, last edited 25 February 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.