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Is Trader Joe's Raises the Bar Chewy Granola Bar ultra-processed?

6.2 oz Cereal bars Sold in the United States

Pack of Trader Joe's Raises the Bar Chewy Granola Bar

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:

  • 31 ingredients
  • 5 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

oats, tapioca syrup, cane sugar, dark chocolate chunks (sugar, chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin), honey, OIL (coconut oil, sunflower oil), blend for freshness (sunflower oil, mixed tocopherol (vitamin e), rosemary extract), brown rice crisp (brown rice flour, honey, salt), crisp brown rice, millet, buckwheat, oat flour, brown rice syrup, molasses, amaranth, quinoa, acacia gum, sea salt

Additives: E306 Tocopherol-rich extract , E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E392 Extracts of rosemary , E414 Acacia gum

As written on the pack

OATS, TAPIOCA SYRUP, CANE SUGAR, DARK CHOCOLATE CHUNKS (SUGAR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN), HONEY, COCONUT, SUNFLOWER OIL BLEND FOR FRESHNESS (SUNFLOWER OIL, MIXED TOCOPHEROL [VITAMIN E], ROSEMARY EXTRACT), BROWN RICE CRISP (BROWN RICE FLOUR, HONEY, SALT), CRISP BROWN RICE, MILLET, BUCKWHEAT, OAT FLOUR, BROWN RICE SYRUP, MOLASSES, AMARANTH, QUINOA, ACACIA GUM, SEA SALT.

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.
  • E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
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.

  • 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.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 488 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 180th. 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 00560467, last edited 3 April 2025), 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.