Is Nature's Path Dark Chocolate & Coconut Premium Organic Granola ultra-processed?

Mueslis with chocolate 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
E322 Lecithins

16 ingredients
3 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed mueslis with chocolate

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

Rolled oats, cane sugar (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), coconut, dark chocolate chunks (cane sugar (processing marker), chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin (ultra-processing marker), vanilla), cocoa, natural flavors (ultra-processing marker), rice starch (processing marker), sea salt (processing marker), tocopherol (vitamin e)

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

Rolled oats*, cane sugar*, sunflower oil*, dried coconut*, dark chocolate chunks* (cane sugar*, unsweetened chocolate*, cocoa butter*, soy lecithin, vanilla*), cocoa*, natural flavors, rice starch*, sea salt, tocopherol (vitamin e).

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.
Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

4 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.
Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 21 mueslis with chocolate

From least to most processed, this one ranks 7th. 81% of the mueslis with chocolate 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 21 mueslis with chocolate, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0058449771982, last edited 31 May 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.