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Is Val Nature Barre saveur beurre d'arachide et chocolat noir ultra-processed?

148 g Nut bars Sold in Canada

Pack of Val Nature Barre saveur beurre d'arachide et chocolat noir

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:

  • 29 ingredients
  • 3 additives

Less processed nut 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

Roasted peanuts, Soy protein isolate, Sugars (sugar, corn syrup, fructose), Inulin, Semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavour), oil (Palm oil, palm kernel oil), Whey protein, Peanut butter (peanuts, salt), Cocoa powder, Glycerin, Rice starch, Canola oil, Soy lecithin, Salt, Peanut oil, Corn starch, Natural flavour

Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin , E422 Glycerol

As written on the pack

Roasted peanuts, Soy protein isolate, Sugars (sugar, corn syrup, fructose), Inulin, Semisweet chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavour), Palm and palm kernel oil, Whey protein concentrate, Peanut butter (peanuts, salt), Cocoa powder, Glycerin, Rice starch, Canola oil, Soy lecithin, Salt, Peanut oil, Corn starch, Natural flavour

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.
  • 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.

  • Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
  • Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
  • 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.
  • Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
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 130 nut bars

From least to most processed, this one ranks 105th. 84% of the nut 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 130 nut bars, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0065633437616, last edited 17 September 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.