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Is Millville Protein chewy bars ultra-processed?

201 Cereal bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Millville Protein chewy 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:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 3 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed cereal 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

Calories per gram Fat 9 Carbohydrate 4 Protein 4 INGREDIENTS, dark chocolate flavored coatn palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whole milk powcer so salt, fructooligosaccharides, isolated soy proten con tapioca starch, salt, isolated soy protein aumonos 0oan srup chicory root inulin, canola oil, sunflower seeds dried unsweetened coconut, glycerin, wheat flakes, malt00etrnsoy lecithin, salt, ascorbic acid a preservative aosemary extract, NOT LISTED nictrihutod buA Ic SUGAR LATHIN 5 Ratawia 60510

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E322 Lecithins.

As written on the pack

Calories per gram Fat 9 Carbohydrate 4 Protein 4 INGREDIENTS: PEANUTS, DARK CHOCOLATE FLAVORED COATN PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA POWDER, WHOLE MILK POWCER SO SALT), FRUCTOOLIGOSACCHARIDES, ISOLATED SOY PROTEN CON TAPIOCA STARCH, SALT), ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN AUMONOS 0OAN SRUP CHICORY ROOT INULIN, CANOLA OIL. SUNFLOWER SEEDS DRIED UNSWEETENED COCONUT, GLYCERIN, WHEAT FLAKES, MALT00ETRNSOY LECITHIN, SALT, ASCORBIC ACID A PRESERVATIVE AOSEMARY EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR CONTAINS: PEANUTS, MILK, SOY, ALMONDS, COCONUT AND WHEAT MAY CONTAIN OTHER TREE NUTS NOT LISTED nictrihutod buA Ic SUGAR LATHIN 5 Ratawia 60510

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.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.
2 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 487 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 217th. 91% of the cereal 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 487 cereal bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 12871285, last edited 24 October 2024), 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.