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Is Quaker Chewy Dipps Chocolate Chip ultra-processed?

15.3 oz (434 g) Chocolate cereal bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Quaker Chewy Dipps Chocolate Chip

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:

  • 51 ingredients
  • 9 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

Less processed cereal 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

Granola (rolled oats, brown sugar, brown rice crisp (brown rice flour, sugar, salt), wheat, soybean oil, whole wheat flour, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, nonfat dry milk), sugar, vegetable oil blend (palm kernel, palm oil), brown rice crisp (brown rice flour, sugar, salt), corn syrup, invert sugar, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), whey, brown sugar, corn syrup solids, glycerin, lactose, vegetable shortening (monounsaturated canola oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil), cocoa powder, cocoa, sorbitol, soy lecithin, milk fat, salt, glyceryl lacto esters of fatty acids, water, natural and artificial flavor, soybean oil, bht (preservative), citric acid

Additives: E321 Butylated hydroxytoluene , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E330 Citric acid , E420 Sorbitol , E422 Glycerol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E570 Fatty acids

As written on the pack

Granola (whole grain rolled oats, brown sugar, brown rice crisp [whole grain brown rice flour, sugar, salt], whole grain rolled wheat, soybean oil, whole wheat flour, sodium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, nonfat dry milk), sugar, hydrogenated vegetable oil blend (palm kernel and palm oil), brown rice crisp (whole grain brown rice flour, sugar, salt), corn syrup, invert sugar, semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), whey, brown sugar, corn syrup solids, glycerin, lactose, vegetable shortening (monounsaturated canola oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil), cocoa powder, cocoa (processed with alkali), sorbitol, soy lecithin, milk fat, salt, glyceryl lacto esters of fatty acids, water, natural and artificial flavor, soybean oil, bht (preservative), citric acid.

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.
  • E420 Sorbitol Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a sweetener and to keep products moist.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

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.

  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
  • Vegetable oil blend An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
  • Cocoa An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
7 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.

  • Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
  • 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.
  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.
  • Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 61 chocolate cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 49th. 100% of the chocolate 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 61 chocolate cereal bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0030000450529, last edited 15 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 E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.