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Is LoveRaw Peanut Caramel Bar ultra-processed?

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Pack of LoveRaw Peanut Caramel Bar

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:

  • 40 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Caramel 27% (Invert Sugar Syrup, Glucose Syrup, Shea Oil, Sugar, Humectant (Glycerol), Carob Flour, Oligofructose, Natural Flavouring, Emulsifiers, Lecithins (Rapeseed, Sunflower Lecithin), Salt, Water, Gelling Agent (Pectin), MonoDiglycerides of Fatty Acids), Plant Based Couverture Chocolate 20% (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Tiger Nut Powder, Resistant Dextrin, Emulsifiers (Rapeseed Lecithin), Natural Flavourings), Peanut Paste 14%, Oat Flour, Cocoa Butter, Roasted Peanuts 7%, Peanut Flour, Sugar, Humectant (Glycerine), Natural Flavouring, Native Starch, Sea Salt, Barley Malt Extract

Additives: E1400 Dextrin , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E570 Fatty acids

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E1400 Dextrin.

As written on the pack

Caramel (27%) [Invert Sugar Syrup, Glucose Syrup, Shea Oil, Sugar, Humectant (Glycerol), Carob Flour, Oligofructose, Natural Flavouring, Emulsifiers (Lecithins (Rapeseed, Sunflower Lecithin), Salt, Water, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Mono-Diglycerides of Fatty Acids], Plant Based Couverture Chocolate 20% [Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Cocoa Mass, Tiger Nut Powder, Resistant Dextrin, Emulsifiers (Rapeseed Lecithin), Natural Flavourings], Roasted Peanut Paste (14%), Oat Flour, Cocoa Butter, Roasted Peanuts (7%), Peanut Flour, Sugar, Humectant (Glycerine), Natural Flavouring, Native Starch, Sea Salt, Barley Malt 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.

  • E1400 Dextrin Dextrin is starch partly broken down by heat or acid, used as a thickener, binder and coating.
  • 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.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.
  • Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.

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.

  • 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.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
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.
  • 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.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

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About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060462263288, last edited 27 March 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.