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Is Nairns Crunchy Oat Bars ultra-processed?

40 g Bars Sold in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Pack of Nairns Crunchy Oat Bars

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 17 ingredients
  • 1 additive
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed sweet snacks

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

3070b ingredients (Oats 69%), Sustainable Palm Fruit Oil, Honey 7%, dietary fibre (Oligofructose), Brown Sugar, Tapioca Starch, Raising Agent (Sodium Carbonates), Sea Salt, advice, Both our recipe and factory are nut free, We can guarantee that our ingredients are nut free, Manufactured on equipment that handles milk, No suitable if you react to avenin-a protein in oats, 0004

Additives: E500 Sodium carbonates

As written on the pack

3070B INGREDIENTS: Gluten Free Wholegrain Oats (69%), Sustainable Palm Fruit Oil, Honey (7%), dietary fibre (Oligofructose), Brown Sugar, Tapioca Starch, Raising Agent: Sodium Carbonates, Sea Salt. ADVICE: For allergens, see ingredients in bold. Both our recipe and factory are nut free. We can guarantee that our ingredients are nut free. Manufactured on equipment that handles milk. No suitable if you react to avenin-a protein in oats. 0004

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 1,328 bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 143rd. 89% of the 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 1,328 bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0612322030285, last edited 11 April 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.