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Is Trek Power Biscoff Protein Bar ultra-processed?

44g Protein Energy Bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Trek Power Biscoff Protein 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:

  • 44 ingredients
  • 5 additives

Less processed protein Energy 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

Soya protein isolate 26%, chocolate flavour coating 18%, chicory fibre, vegetable oils (palm kernel, palm, sunflower), pea protein, tigernut, fat-reduced cocoa powder, caramelised sugar, emulsifier (lecithins), natural vanilla flavouring, caramelised biscuit spread 13% (biscuits 58% (wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oils (palm* vegetable oils, rapeseed vegetable oils), candy sugar, raising agent (sodium hydrogen carbonate), soya flour, salt, cinnamon), rapeseed oil, sugar, emulsifier (lecithins), acid (citric acid)), chicory fibre, peanut butter, dates, cashews, date, humectant (glycerol), natural flavouring, cinnamon (cassia), vanilla

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E330 Citric acid , E422 Glycerol , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate

As written on the pack

Soya protein isolate (26%), chocolate flavour coating (18%) (chicory fibre, vegetable oils (palm kernel*, palm*, sunflower), pea protein, tigernut flour, fat-reduced cocoa powder, caramelised sugar, emulsifier: lecithins, natural vanilla flavouring], caramelised biscuit spread (13%) [(caramelised biscuits (58%) (wheat flour (gluten), sugar, vegetable oils (palm*, rapeseed), candy sugar syrup, raising agent: sodium hydrogen carbonate, soya flour, salt, cinnamon), rapeseed oil, sugar, emulsifier: lecithins (soya), acid: citric acid], chicory fibre, peanut butter, dates, cashews, date syrup, humectant: glycerol, natural flavouring, cinnamon (cassia), vanilla.

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Vegetable fiber Isolated plant fibres, such as inulin, oat fibre or bamboo fibre, are extracted industrially and added to change texture or support "source of fibre" claims.
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 69 protein Energy Bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 44th. 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 5060088700709, 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.