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Is Uncle Tobys Muesli Bars ultra-processed?

5 muesli bars 145g Cereal bars Sold in Australia

Pack of Uncle Tobys Muesli Bars

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:

  • 38 ingredients
  • 4 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

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

Muesli blend (rolled oats 21%), choc cereal balls 14% (whole wheat 5.5%, corn 5%, sugar, wheat flour, cocoa powder 0.6%, salt), wheat 12%, caramel 5% (sugar, glucose, cocoa butter, sweetened condensed milk, water, soy lecithin, salt, maize starch, natural flavours), cocoa powder 1%, milk powder] glucose, milk choc compound 11% (sugar, vegetable fat, milk, cocoa powder, emulsifiers (soy lecithin, 476), natural flavours), soluble fibre (isomalto-oligosaccharides), sugar, vegetable oil, humectant (glycerine), natural flavours

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol , E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate.

As written on the pack

Muesli blend: [rolled oats (21%), choc cereal balls (14%) (whole wheat (5.5%), whole corn (5%), sugar, wheat flour, cocoa powder (0.6%), salt), wheat (12%), caramel pieces (5%) (sugar, glucose, cocoa butter, sweetened condensed milk, water, soy lecithin, salt, maize starch, natural flavours), cocoa powder (1%), milk powder] glucose, milk choc compound (11%) [sugar, vegetable fat, milk solids, cocoa powder, emulsifiers (soy lecithin, 476), natural flavours] soluble fibre (isomalto-oligosaccharides), sugar, vegetable oil, humectant (glycerine), natural flavours. Contains gluten, wheat, milk, soy. May contain lupin, barley, rye, peanuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, macadamias, Brazil nuts, sesame.

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.
  • E476 Polyglycerol polyricinoleate Polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) is an emulsifier made from castor oil.
  • 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.
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  • Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
6 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.
  • 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 487 cereal bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 380th. 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 487 cereal bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 9300605158306, last edited 6 June 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.