Is Pip & Nut Almond Butter Stuffed Oat Bar ultra-processed?

45 g Cereal bars Sold in the United Kingdom

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

Salt
Vegetable fat
Vegetable oil

13 ingredients
No additives

Less processed sweet snacks

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

Oats 35%, Almond Butter 21% (Californian Almonds, Sea Salt (processing marker)), Date, Rice Syrup, Currants 6%, Pumpkin Seeds 6%, Coconut Oil (processing marker), Shea Oil (processing marker), Rapeseed Oil, Oat Flour, Salt (processing marker)

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: Vegetable fat.

As written on the pack

Wholegrain Oats (35%), Almond Butter (21%) (Californian Almonds, Sea Salt), Date Syrup, Rice Syrup, Currants (6%), Pumpkin Seeds (6%), Coconut Oil, Shea Oil, Rapeseed Oil, Oat Flour, Salt.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.
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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 488 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 34th. 91% of the cereal 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 488 cereal bars, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060367182561, 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.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.