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Is Trek Protein flapjacks salted caramel ultra-processed?

150 g Cereal bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Trek Protein flapjacks salted caramel

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
  • 2 additives
  • Nutri-Score E

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 26%, rice syrup, soya protein crispies 16% (soya protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt), salted caramel flavour topping 13% (vegetable oils (palm kernel, palm), sugar, rice (rice syrup, rice starch, rice flour), rice flour, fat-reduced cocoa powder, sea salt, natural flavouring, emulsifier (lecithins), colour (paprika extract)), vegetable oils (rapeseed vegetable oils, palm vegetable oils), dark brown sugar, soya flour, natural flavourings, sea salt 0.4%, salt

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E322 Lecithins

As written on the pack

Gluten free oats 26%, rice syrup, soya protein crispies 16% (soya protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt), salted caramel flavour topping 13% (vegetable oils (palm kernel, palm), sugar, rice powder (dried rice syrup, rice starch, rice flour), rice flour, fat-reduced cocoa powder, sea salt, natural flavouring, emulsifier (lecithins), colour (paprika extract)), vegetable oils (rapeseed, palm), dark brown sugar, soya flour, natural flavourings, sea salt 0.4%, 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.

  • E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
  • 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.
  • Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
  • 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 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 301st. 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 5060088709047, last edited 26 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.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of E (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.