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Is Nature Valley Yogourt Granola Bar ultra-processed?

Cereal bars Sold in Canada

Pack of Nature Valley Yogourt Granola 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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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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

wola rolled oats, whole wheat, brown sugar, vegetable oil, invert sugar, dried ney blend, baking soda, natural flavour, milk ingredients, yogurt coating (sugar, modified palm tuel and modified-palm oil modified milk ingredients, yogurt powder, soy lecithin, natural flavour, colour, citric acib salt), brown rice crisps (brown rice flour, sugar, barley malt, salt, mixed tocopherols), agiose inert sugar, brown sugar, glycerin, shortening (canola oil, palm, palm kernel oils), modified ingreue s glucose solids, sorbitol, salt, soy legithin, bht (preservative), citric acid, water, natural flavour, ws uacat, milk, soy, and barley ingredients

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E422 Glycerol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

wola whole grain rolled oats, rolled whole wheat, brown sugar, vegetable oil, invert sugar, dried ney blend, baking soda, natural flavour, modified milk ingredients), yogurt coating (sugar, modified palm tuel and modified-palm oil modified milk ingredients, yogurt powder, soy lecithin, natural flavour, colour, citric acib salt) whole grain brown rice crisps (whole grain brown rice flour, sugar, barley malt, salt, mixed tocopherols), agiose inert sugar, brown sugar, glycerin, shortening (canola oil, modified palm and palm kernel oils), modified ingreue s glucose solids, sorbitol, salt, soy legithin, bht (preservative), citric acid, water, natural flavour, ws uacat, milk, soy, and barley ingredients, may contain peanuts and tree nuts

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.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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.
  • Milk An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Palm shortening An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
6 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable fat Vegetable fats are oils that are solid at room temperature, such as palm or coconut fat.
  • 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 488 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 397th. 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 488 cereal bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0055577107812, last edited 1 August 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.