Is Perkier Peanut Dark Chocolate Bar ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 33 ingredients
- 3 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
roasted peanuts 37%, Chicory Root Fibre (ultra-processing marker), dark chocolate (sugar (processing marker), cocoa mass, cocoa butter, emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), natural vanilla flavourings (ultra-processing marker)), roasted almonds, soya crisps (soya protein, tapioca starch (processing marker), salt (processing marker)), rice crisps (rice flour, sugar (processing marker), dried carrot), sunflower oil (processing marker), Date, humectant (ultra-processing marker) (glycerol (ultra-processing marker)), low fat cocoa powder, vitamin blend (maltodectrin, vitamins, vitamin c, vitamin d, b22), sea salt (processing marker), natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker), emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (sunflower lecithin (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol
As written on the pack
roasted peanuts (37%) Chicory Root Fibre, dark chocolate (sugar,cocoa mass,cocoa butter,emulsifier sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla flavourings) roasted almonds, soya crisps( soya protein, tapioca starch, salt) rice crisps( rice flour,sugar,dried carrot powder) sunflower oil,Date syrup, humectant glycerol, low fat cocoa powder, vitamin blend ( maltodectrin, vitamins c,d,b22) sea salt, natural flavourings, emulsifier sunflower lecithin
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.
- 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.
- Humectant Humectants are substances which prevent foods from drying out by counteracting the effect of an atmosphere having a low degree of humidity, or promote the dissolution of a powder in an aqueous medium.
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.
- 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.
5 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.
- Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
Among 42 peanut bars
From least to most processed, this one ranks 26th. 90% of the peanut bars here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060319171285, last edited 27 March 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.