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Is Nice & Natural Chocolate Nut Bars Apricot ultra-processed?

180 g Peanut bars Sold in Australia

Pack of Nice & Natural Chocolate Nut Bars Apricot

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:

  • 34 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

Less processed peanut 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

Roasted Peanuts 51%, Dark Chocolate 23% (Sugar, Cocoa Solids+ (Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter), Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Natural Flavour), Glucose Syrup, Apricot 5% (Fruit Purées (Apricot (Ascorbic Acid), Apple), Fruit Juices (Apple, Lemon), Citrus Fibre, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Natural Flavour, Natural Colour (Paprika)), Inulin, Maltodextrin, Sunflower Oil, Glycerine, Natural Flavours, Emulsifier, Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Natural Flavour (Milk)

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

As written on the pack

Roasted Peanuts (51%), Dark Chocolate (23%) [Sugar, Cocoa Solids+ (Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter), Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Natural Flavour], Glucose Syrup, Apricot Flavoured Pieces (5%) [Fruit Purées (Apricot (Ascorbic Acid), Apple), Fruit Juices (Apple, Lemon), Citrus Fibre, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Natural Flavour, Natural Colour (Paprika)], Inulin, Maltodextrin, Sunflower Oil, Glycerine, Natural Flavours, Emulsifier [Soy Lecithin], Salt, Caramelised Sugar Syrup, Natural Flavour [Milk], Traces of Almonds and Cashews. Contains Milk, Soy, Peanuts, Almonds, Cashews

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.
  • Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
  • 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 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 42 peanut bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 40th. 90% of the peanut 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 42 peanut bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9400563448683, last edited 30 November 2025), 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.