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Is Mondelez int Clif bar ultra-processed?

68 g Energy bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Mondelez int Clif 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:

  • 23 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed 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

rolled oats, brown rice syrup, soy rice crisps (soy protein isolate, rice flour, barley malt extract), tapioca syrup, peanut butter, peanuts, invert cane syrup, peanut flour, chicory root fiber, soybeans, soy flour, natural flavor, salt, chocolate, high oleic sunflower, soybean oil, cinnamon, molasses, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant)

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract

As written on the pack

Organic rolled oats, organic brown rice syrup, soy rice crisps (soy protein isolate, rice flour, barley malt extract), organic tapioca syrup, organic peanut butter, peanuts, organic invert cane syrup, peanut flour, chicory root fiber, organic roasted soybeans, organic soy flour, natural flavor, salt, unsweetened chocolate, organic high oleic sunflower and/or soybean oil, organic cinnamon, organic molasses, mixed tocopherols (antioxidant).

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.

  • 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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • 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.
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 oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 126 energy bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 53rd. 87% of the 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 126 energy bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0722252314901, last edited 10 May 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.