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Is Tasti Chewy Muesli Squares Choc Drizzle ultra-processed?

Cereal bars Sold in New Zealand

Pack of Tasti Chewy Muesli Squares Choc Drizzle

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:

  • 27 ingredients
  • 6 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Rolled Oats 39%, Glucose Syrup, Rice Pops (Rice, Sugar, Salt, Malt Barley Extract, Emulsifier), Sunflower Oil, Milk Choc Compound 7% (Sugar, Vegetable Oil, Milk, Cocoa Powder, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavour), Sunflower Oil, Invert Sugar, Glycerol, Polydextrose, Sugar, Soluble Com Fibre, Natural Flavours, Cocoa Powder 0.5%, Cocoa Extract 0.5%, Soy Lecithin, Salt

Additives: E1200 Polydextrose , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E492 Sorbitan tristearate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, E492 Sorbitan tristearate.

As written on the pack

Wholegrain Rolled Oats (39%), Glucose Syrup, Rice Pops (Rice, Sugar, Salt, Malt Barley Extract, Emulsifier (471)), Sunflower Oil, Milk Choc Compound (7%) (Sugar, Vegetable Oil, Milk Solids, Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin, 492), Natural Flavour), Sunflower Oil, Invert Sugar, Humectant (Glycerol), Polydextrose, Sugar, Soluble Com Fibre, Natural Flavours, Cocoa Powder (0.5%), Cocoa Extract (0.5%), Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Salt. Contains: Gluten, Milk, Soy. May Contain: Wheat, Egg, Sesame, Peanut, Tree Nuts, Sulphites.

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.
  • E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
  • E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
  • E492 Sorbitan tristearate Emulsifiers are substances which make it possible to form or maintain a homogenous mixture of two or more immiscible phases such as oil and water in a foodstuff.
  • 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.
  • Glucose syrup Glucose syrup is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Invert sugar Invert sugar is ordinary sugar split into glucose and fructose with acid or enzymes.
4 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 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 488 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 413th. 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 9403110066750, last edited 8 September 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.