Is Veloforte Mocha ultra-processed?

1 bar Protein Energy Bars Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of Veloforte Mocha

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 15 ingredients
  • No additives

Less processed protein 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 Hazelnut butter 29%, hazelnuts 29%, dates, cane sugar (processing marker), brown rice syrup, pea protein, cocoa powder 3.5%, brown rice protein, decaffeinated coffee, tapioca flour (processing marker), wafer paper (potato starch (processing marker)), black pepper, vanilla extract, vanilla seeds

As written on the pack

Roasted Hazelnut butter & nibbed roasted hazelnuts(29%), dates, cane sugar, brown rice syrup, pea protein, cocoa powder (3.5%), brown rice protein, decaffeinated coffee, tapioca flour, wafer paper(potato starch), black pepper, vanilla extract, vanilla seeds.

What makes it processed

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • 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 3rd. 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 5060562191849, last edited 3 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.
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.