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Is Kodiak Protein Balls No-Bake Protein Bite Mix Oatmeal Chocolate Chip ultra-processed?

Sweet snacks Sold in the United States

Pack of Kodiak Protein Balls No-Bake Protein Bite Mix Oatmeal Chocolate Chip

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:

  • 18 ingredients
  • 2 additives

Less processed sweet snacks

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

rolled oats 100%, semisweet chocolate (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, sunflower, soy lecithin), milk protein concentrate, pea protein concentrate with tapioca starch, whey protein isolate with sunflower lecithin, milk protein isolate, sea salt, natural flavor, Due to processing on shared equipment, may contain trace amounts of egg, tree nuts, and wheat

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

100% whole grain rolled oats, semisweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, dextrose, sunflower and/or soy lecithin), milk protein concentrate, pea protein concentrate with tapioca starch, whey protein isolate with sunflower lecithin, milk protein isolate, sea salt, natural flavor. Contains milk and soy. Due to processing on shared equipment, may contain trace amounts of egg, tree nuts, and wheat.

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.

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.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 5,433 sweet snacks

From least to most processed, this one ranks 3220th. 86% of the sweet snacks 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 5,433 sweet snacks, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0705599015007, last edited 21 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.