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Is Nature's Bakery Strawberry Oatmeal Crumble Bar ultra-processed?

40 g Bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Nature's Bakery Strawberry Oatmeal Crumble 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:

  • 22 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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, glycerin, brown sugar, strawberry puree, pectin, citric acid, sodium citrate, malic acid, natural flavor, tricalcium citrate, purple carrot extract for color), whole wheat flour, cane sugar, rolled oats, date paste, canola oil, agave inulin, brown rice syrup, sea salt, baking soda, cinnamon

Additives: E296 Malic acid , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

strawberry filling (wheat syrup, glycerin, brown sugar, strawberry puree, pectin, citric acid, sodium citrate, malic acid, natural flavor, tricalcium citrate, purple carrot extract for color), whole wheat flour, cane sugar, rolled oats, date paste, canola oil, agave inulin, brown rice syrup, sea salt, baking soda, 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.

  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • 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 650th. 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 0047495800135, last edited 3 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.