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Is The Sibly Healthy Energy Balls Cacao & Nut Butter ultra-processed?

195 g Protein Energy Bars Sold in Ireland

Pack of The Sibly Healthy Energy Balls Cacao & Nut Butter

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 16 ingredients
  • 1 additive

Less processed protein 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

Peanut Butter 47% (Roasted Peanuts, Certified Sustainable Palm Oil, Sugar, Peanut Oil, Salt), Honey, Dark Chocolate 74% (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Soya, Vanilla Extract), Oats, Cocoa Powder 9%, Desiccated Coconut

Additives: E220 Sulphur dioxide

As written on the pack

Peanut Butter (47%) (Roasted Peanuts, Certified Sustainable Palm Oil, Sugar, Peanut Oil, Salt), Honey, 74% Dark Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Soya, Vanilla Extract), Oats, Cocoa Powder (9%), Desiccated Coconut (Sulphur Dioxide).

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

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.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sweet snacks Products in the category "Sweet snacks" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 69 protein Energy Bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 4th. 94% of the protein Energy 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 69 protein Energy Bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0754590387477, last edited 2 April 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.