Is Nature's Bakery Strawberry & Apple Oatmeal Crumble Bars ultra-processed?

24 bars Bars Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring
E440 Pectins

21 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed 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

Strawberry Filling (Wheat Syrup, Rice Syrup, Strawberry Puree, Apple Puree, Citric Acid, Pectin (ultra-processing marker), Natural Flavor (ultra-processing marker), Concentrated Elderberry Juice for color, Sodium Citrate, Tricalcium Citrate), Whole Wheat Flour, Cane Sugar (processing marker), Whole Grain Oats, Date Paste, Canola Oil, Agave Inulin, Brown Rice Syrup, Sea Salt (processing marker), Baking Soda, Cinnamon

Additives: E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Organic Strawberry Filling (Organic Wheat Syrup, Organic Rice Syrup, Organic Strawberry Puree, Organic Apple Puree, Citric Acid, Pectin, Natural Flavor, Organic Concentrated Elderberry Juice for color, Sodium Citrate, Tricalcium Citrate), Organic Whole Wheat Flour, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Whole Grain Oats, Organic Date Paste, Organic Canola Oil, Organic Agave Inulin, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Sea Salt, Baking Soda, Organic Cinnamon.

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.

E440 Pectins Pectins are gelling agents extracted from citrus peel or apple pomace.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

3 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.
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 468th. 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 0047495815016, last edited 26 September 2023), 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.