Is Stoats Raspberry Wholegrain Oat Bars ultra-processed?

4 x 42 g Oat Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Colour
Flavouring
Humectant
Invert sugar
E150a Plain caramel
E422 Glycerol

20 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score B

Less processed oat

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 48%, rapeseed oil, soluble tapioca fibre, oligofructose, sultanas (sultanas, sunflower oil (processing marker)), golden syrup (ultra-processing marker), unsalted butter (processing marker), sunflower seeds, soft light brown sugar, pumpkin seeds, humectant (ultra-processing marker) (glycerol (ultra-processing marker) (rapeseed)), raspberry 1.3%, natural flavourings (ultra-processing marker) (milk), colour (ultra-processing marker) (plain caramel (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E150a Plain caramel , E422 Glycerol

As written on the pack

Wholegrain OATS (48%), rapeseed oil, soluble tapioca fibre, oligofructose, sultanas (sultanas, sunflower oil), golden syrup, unsalted butter (MILK), sunflower seeds, soft light brown sugar, pumpkin seeds, humectant: glycerol (rapeseed), freeze-dried raspberry pieces (1.3%), natural flavourings (MILK) and colour: plain caramel.

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.

E150a Plain caramel Plain caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars.
E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
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.

Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.

3 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.

Butter Butter, the fat churned from cream.
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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 103 oat

From least to most processed, this one ranks 101st. 16% of the oat 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 103 oat, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060183674011, 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 B (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.