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Is Kodiak Cakes Soft-Baked Sandwich Breakfast Bars ultra-processed?

50 g Protein bars Sold in the United States and Norway

Pack of Kodiak Cakes Soft-Baked Sandwich Breakfast Bars

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:

  • 28 ingredients
  • 8 additives

Less processed protein 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

Almond Butter (Almonds), Chicory Root Fiber, Vegetable Glycerin, Whey Protein Isolate, Oats, Peanut Butter, Hemp Seed Protein, Almond Flour, Apple Juice, Milk Protein Isolate, Sunflower Lecithin, Sea Salt, Baking Soda, Natural Flavor, Vanilla Extract, Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Sugar, Cane Syrup, Water, Apple, Blueberry, Rice Starch, Glycerin, Pectin, Citric Acid, Red Cabbage

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Almond Butter (Almonds), Chicory Root Fiber, Vegetable Glycerin, Whey Protein Isolate, Whole Grain Oats, Peanut Butter (Peanuts), Hemp Seed Protein, Almond Flour, Apple Juice Concentrate, Milk Protein Isolate, Sunflower Lecithin, Sea Salt, Baking Soda, Natural Flavor, Vanilla Extract, Organic Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E), Sugar, Cane Syrup, Water, Apple Powder, Blueberry Puree, Rice Starch, Glycerin, Pectin, Citric Acid, Red Cabbage Extract.

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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
  • 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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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 426 protein bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 251st. 93% of the protein 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 426 protein bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0705599018398, last edited 10 September 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.