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Is Trader Joe's FIBERFUL GRANOLA BARS Rolled Oats & Chocolate Chips ultra-processed?

175 g Cereal bars Sold in the United States and France

Pack of Trader Joe's FIBERFUL GRANOLA BARS Rolled Oats & Chocolate Chips

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:

  • 43 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score D

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

oligofructose (dietary fiber), chocolate coating (cane sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, cocoa, nonfat milk, soy lecithin (emulsifier), salt, natural flavor), soy crisp (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt), rolled oats, brown rice syrup, chocolate chips (cane sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), rice crisp (rice flour, cane sugar, barley malt extract, salt, soy lecithin), water, wheat flakes (whole wheat, cane sugar, salt, barley malt extract), vegetable glycerin, soy protein isolate, high oleic safflower oil, calcium phosphate, salt, natural flavor, caramel color, zinc oxide

Additives: E150c Ammonia caramel , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E150c Ammonia caramel, E422 Glycerol.

As written on the pack

OLIGOFRUCTOSE (DIETARY FIBER), CHOCOLATE FLAVORED COATING (CANE SUGAR, FRACTIONATED PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA, NONFAT MILK, SOY LECITHIN [AN EMULSIFIER], SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR), SOY CRISP (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, TAPIOCA STARCH, SALT), ROLLED OATS, BROWN RICE SYRUP, CHOCOLATE CHIPS (CANE SUGAR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR), RICE CRISP (RICE FLOUR, CANE SUGAR, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT, SALT, SOY LECITHIN), WATER, WHEAT FLAKES (ROLLED WHOLE WHEAT, CANE SUGAR, SALT, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT), VEGETABLE GLYCERIN, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER OIL, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR, ZINC OXIDE.

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.

  • E150c Ammonia caramel Ammonia caramel is a brown colour made by heating sugars with ammonia compounds.
  • 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.
  • 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.
5 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.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • 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.
  • 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 312th. 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 00964289, last edited 20 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 D (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.