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Is Nice & Natural choc nut bars apricot + dark choc ultra-processed?

180 g Chickens Sold in Australia and New Zealand

Pack of Nice & Natural choc nut bars apricot + dark choc

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:

  • 33 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed chickens

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

Roasted Peanuts 50%, Dark Choc Compound 23% (Sugar, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Powder+, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Natural Flavour), Glucose Syrup, Apricot 5%, Fruit Purees (Apricot 1.8%, Ascorbic Acid), Apple, Fruit Juices (Apple, Lemon), Citrus Fibre, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Natural Flavour, Natural Colour (Paprika), Chicory Root Fibre, Glycerine, Natural Flavours, Milk, Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Sunflower Oil, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Find out more at ra.org

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E440 Pectins

As written on the pack

Roasted Peanuts (50%), Dark Choc Compound (23%) (Sugar, Vegetable Fat, Cocoa Powder+, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Natural Flavour), Glucose Syrup, Apricot Flavoured Pieces (5%) (Fruit Purees ((Apricot (1.8%), Ascorbic Acid), Apple), Fruit Juices (Apple, Lemon), Citrus Fibre, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Natural Flavour, Natural Colour (Paprika)), Chicory Root Fibre, Glycerine, Natural Flavours (Milk, Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Sunflower Oil, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Traces of Almonds and Cashews. +Rainforest Alliance Certified. Find out more at ra.org

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.
  • 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • Emulsifier Emulsifiers keep fat and water from separating, giving products a smooth, stable texture over a long shelf life.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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  • Gelling agent Gelling agents such as pectin, gelatine or carrageenan set liquids into gels and stabilise textures.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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.
  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 356 chickens

From least to most processed, this one ranks 353rd. 74% of the chickens 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 356 chickens, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9400563461880, last edited 13 July 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.