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Is Myprotein High protein bar ultra-processed?

80 g Protein bars Sold in the United Kingdom, France and Greece

Pack of Myprotein High protein 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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 9 additives

Less processed protein 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

Protein Blend 23% (Milk Protein, whey Protein), Glycerol, Maltitol, Milk Chocolate coating 14% (Isomalt, Sucralose, No-hydrogenated Oil (Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil), Whey Powder, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Fortified Wheat flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, niacin, thiamin), Soya Lecithin, e476, natural Flavouring), Hydrolysed Collagen, Fructo-oligosaccharides, Soya Protein Isolate, polydextrose, Flavouring, Rapeseed oil, Salt, Sucralose, Natural Mixed Tocopherols

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate , E953 Isomalt , E955 Sucralose , E965 Maltitol

As written on the pack

Protein Blend (23%) (Milk Protein, whey Protein Concentrate (Milk)), Humectants (Glycerol, Maltitol), Milk Chocolate Flavoured coating (14%) (Sweeteners (Isomalt, Sucralose), No-hydrogenated Palm and Palm Kernel Oil, Whey Powder (Milk), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Fortified Wheat flour (Wheat Flour, Calcium Carbonate, Iron, niacin, thiamin), Emulsifiers (Soya Lecithin, E476), natural Flavouring), Hydrolysed Collagen, Fructo-oligosaccharides, Soya Protein Isolate, Bulking Agent (polydextrose), Flavouring, Rapeseed oil, Salt, Sweetener (Sucralose), Antioxidant (Natural Mixed Tocopherols).

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.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • E953 Isomalt Stabilisers are substances which make it possible to maintain the physico-chemical state of a foodstuff; stabilisers include substances which enable the maintenance of a homogenous dispersion of two or more immiscible substances in a foodstuff, substances which stabilise, retain or intensify an existing colour of a foodstuff and substances which increase the binding capacity of the food, including the formation of cross-links between proteins enabling the binding of food pieces into re-constituted food.
  • E955 Sucralose Sucralose is a sweetener made by chlorinating sugar.
  • E965 Maltitol Maltitol is a sugar alcohol made from starch, used as a sweetener in "no added sugar" sweets and chocolate.
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  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
1 ingredient 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 426 protein bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 376th. 93% of the protein 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 426 protein bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5055936873742, last edited 14 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.