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Is Reese's Nutrageous ultra-processed?

47 g Peanut bars Sold in the United Kingdom, the United States and 2 more countries

Pack of Reese's Nutrageous

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:

  • 47 ingredients
  • 7 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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

milk chocolate flavour coating 40% (sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, vegetable oil (palm oil (shea oil), sunflower oil (palm kernel oil), OIL, safflower oil), skimmed milk powder, lactose, milk fat, whey powder, emulsifiers, soya lecithin (e322 POLYGLYCEROL POLYRICINOLEATE (e476), artificial flavour, vanillin), peanuts 26%, peanut butter 17%, peanuts sugar dextrose (salt), corn syrup antioxidant, tbhq (e319), caramel 17%, high fructose corn syrup, high maltose corn syrup, sweetener soitol (e4201), sugar, palm kernel oil (whey powder), whey protein, calcium caseinate, salt, acidity regulator, trisodium citrate (artificial vanilla plavour emulsifier), mon0-and diglycerides (e471)), produced from genetically modified sugar beets, corn, and SOYA BEANS

Additives: E319 Tertiary-butylhydroquinone (tbhq) , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E331 Sodium citrates , E331iii Trisodium citrate , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

As written on the pack

MILK CHOCOLATE FLAVOUR COATING (40%) [SUGAR*; COCOA BUTTER; COCOA MASS; VEGETABLE OIL (PALM OIL: SHEA OIL; SUNFLOWER OIL: PALM KERNEL OIL AND/OR SAFFLOWER OIL); SKIMMED MILK POWDER; LACTOSE (MILK); MILK FAT; WHEY POWDER (MILK); EMULSIFIERS, SOYA LECITHIN (E322 POLYGLYCEROL POLYRICINOLEATE (E476); ARTIFICIAL FLAVOUR, VANILLIN); PEANUTS (26%); PEANUT BUTTER (17%) [PEANUTS SUGAR DEXTROSE: SALT: CORN SYRUP ANTIOXIDANT, TBHQ (E319); CARAMEL (17%) [HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP*; HIGH MALTOSE CORN SYRUP*; SWEETENER SOITOL (E4201); SUGAR*;PALM KERNEL OIL: WHEY POWDER (MILK); WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE (MILK); CALCIUM CASEINATE (MILK); SALT; ACIDITY REGULATOR,TRISODIUM CITRATE: ARTIFICIAL VANILLA PLAVOUR EMULSIFIER, MON0-AND DIGLYCERIDES (E471)]. *PRODUCED FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED SUGAR BEETS, CORN, AND SOYA BEANS.

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.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • 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.

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.
  • High fructose corn syrup High-fructose corn syrup is made from corn starch: enzymes break it down to glucose and convert part of that into fructose, giving a syrup about as sweet as table sugar.
  • Lactose Lactose is milk sugar, crystallised industrially from whey, a by-product of cheese making.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
6 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.
  • 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 42 peanut bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 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 0034000109418, last edited 28 June 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.