Is Tribe Protein + Focus Peanut Butter Choc Chip ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 33 ingredients
- 1 additive
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
oats, Chicory Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Soya Protein Crispies 11% (SOYA Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch (processing marker), Salt (processing marker)), Rice Syrup, Sunflower Oil (processing marker), Date Paste, peanuts 5%, Dark Chocolate Topping 4% (Cocoa Mass, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Lecithins (ultra-processing marker))), PEANUT Paste 4%, Magnesium Citrate, PEANUT Flour, Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker), Rice Flour, Lions Mane, Ginseng, Salt (processing marker), vitamins, vitamin B3, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B9, vitamin B7, vitamin B12
Additives: E322 Lecithins
As written on the pack
Gluten Free OATS, Chicory Fibre, Soya Protein Crispies (11%) (SOYA Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch, Salt). Rice Syrup, Sunflower Oil, Date Paste, PEANUTS (5%) Dark Chocolate Topping (4%) (Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier: Lecithins), PEANUT Paste (4%), Magnesium Citrate, PEANUT Flour, Natural Flavouring, Rice Flour, Lions Mane, Ginseng, Salt, Vitamins B3, B5, B6, B1, B2, B9, B7, B12.
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.
- 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.
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.
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.
Among 426 protein bars
From least to most processed, this one ranks 140th. 93% of the protein bars here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5060468523515, 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.