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Is Simply Nature Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bars ultra-processed?

Cereal bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Simply Nature Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bars

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:

  • 21 ingredients
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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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

whole rolled oats, tapioca syrup, cane sugar, brown rice flour, agave nectar, honey, sunflower oil, semisweet chocolate chips (cane sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin), coconut, natural flavor, calcium carbonate, salt, soy lecithin, nonfat dry milk, coconut, milk, 4 099100 1166

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin

As written on the pack

organic whole rolled oats, organic tapioca syrup, organic cane sugar, organic brown rice flour, organic agave nectar, organic honey, organic sunflower oil, organic semisweet chocolate chips (organic cane sugar, organic chocolate liquor, organic cocoa butter, organic soy lecithin), organic dried unsweetened coconut, organic natural flavor, calcium carbonate, salt, organic soy lecithin, organic nonfat dry milk, contains: soy, coconut, milk, may contain wheat, peanuts, other tree nuts, 4 099100 1166

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.
  • Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
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.

  • Honey Honey, used as a sweetener.
  • 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.
  • 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 488 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 149th. 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 4099100116618, last edited 7 May 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.