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Is Met-Rx BIG 100 Blueberry Cobbler Meal Replacement Bar ultra-processed?

3.52 oz Protein Energy Bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Met-Rx BIG 100 Blueberry Cobbler Meal Replacement 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:

  • 59 ingredients
  • 9 additives

Less processed protein Energy 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

METAMYOSYN® Blend (Soy Protein Crisp (Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch, Salt), Whey Protein Isolate, Milk Protein Isolate, Soy Protein Isolate, Casein, Egg White, L-Glutamine), Fruit Paste (Apple Puree, Apple Juice, Blueberry), Sugar, Glycerine, Glucose Syrup, Fractionated Palm Oil, Rice Starch, Fruit, Vegetable for Color (Carrot, Blackcurrant), Malic Acid, Nat Caseinate, Citrus Fiber, Sunflower Lecithin, Corn Syrup, Water, Canola Oil, Brown Sugar, Natural Flavor, Polydextrose, Butter (Cream, Salt), Maltitol, L-Malic Acid, Nonfat Milk, Yogurt Powder (Whey Protein, Nonfat Milk), Lecithin, Salt, Peanut Flour, Tocopherols, Vitamin and Mineral Blend (Potassium Phosphate Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Ascorbic Acid, Alpha-Tocopherol Acetate, Niacinamide, Zinc Oxide, Copper Gluconate, Calcium Pantothenate, Iodide, Vitamin B12)

Additives: E101 Riboflavin , E101i Riboflavin , E1200 Polydextrose , E296 Malic acid , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E965 Maltitol

As written on the pack

METAMYOSYN® Blend (Soy Protein Crisp [Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch, Salt], Whey Protein Isolate, Milk Protein Isolate, Soy Protein Isolate, Casein, Egg White, L-Glutamine), Fruit Paste (Apple Puree, Apple Juice, Blueberry Puree), Sugar, Glycerine, Glucose Syrup, Fractionated Palm Oil, Rice Starch, Fruit and Vegetable Juice for Color (Carrot, Blackcurrant), Malic Acid, Nat Caseinate, Citrus Fiber, Sunflower Lecithin, Corn Syrup, Water, Canola Oil, Brown Sugar, Natural Flavor, Polydextrose, Butter (Cream, Salt), Maltitol, L-Malic Acid, Nonfat Milk, Yogurt Powder (Cultured Whey Protein Concentrate, Cultured Nonfat Milk), Lecithin, Salt, Peanut Flour, Tocopherols, Vitamin and Mineral Blend (Potassium Phosphate Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Ascorbic Acid, Alpha-Tocopherol Acetate, Niacinamide, Zinc Oxide, Copper Gluconate, Calcium Pantothenate, Iodide, Vitamin B12). Contains milk, egg, soy, wheat, and peanut.

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.

  • E101 Riboflavin Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of 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.
  • E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and 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.

  • Casein Casein is the main protein in milk, separated industrially and used to bind, emulsify and add protein.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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.

  • Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
  • 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 69 protein Energy Bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 61st. 94% of the protein Energy 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 69 protein Energy Bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0786560000123, last edited 7 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.