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Is Marsh Mallow Market The Better Nut Bar ultra-processed?

40 g Nut bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Marsh Mallow Market The Better Nut 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:

  • 24 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed nut 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

dry roasted almonds, cashews, fiber blend (soluble tapioca fiber, inulin), dark chocolate flavored coating (sugar, palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, cocoa powder, chocolate, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor), pumpkin seeds, honey, sunflower seeds, soy protein isolate, brown rice syrup, walnuts, sea salt, natural flavor, soy lecithin, tapioca starch, sugar syrup

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

dry roasted almonds, dry roasted cashews, fiber blend (soluble tapioca fiber, inulin), dark chocolate flavored coating (organic sugar, palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, cocoa powder [processed with alkali], unsweetened chocolate, sunflower lecithin, natural flavor), pumpkin seeds, honey, sunflower seeds, soy protein isolate, brown rice syrup, walnuts, sea salt, natural flavor, soy lecithin, tapioca starch, caramelized sugar syrup

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.

  • 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.
  • Cocoa powder An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.
  • 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 130 nut bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 80th. 84% of the nut 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 130 nut bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0193968201920, last edited 23 July 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.