Is Wholistic Peanut Dark Chocolate & Sea Salt ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 23 ingredients
- 2 additives
- Nutri-Score D
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Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Date Paste 29%, Peanut Butter 21% (Peanuts, Vegetable Oil (processing marker) (Sustainable Palm)), Ground Almonds, Peanut 14%, Chicory Fibre (ultra-processing marker), Date, Dark Chocolate 5% (Cocoa Mass, Sugar (processing marker), Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker)), Natural Flavouring (ultra-processing marker)), Rice Syrup, Grape Juice Concentrate, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Nibs 1.5%, Sea Salt (processing marker), Emulsifier (ultra-processing marker) (Soya Lecithin (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E322 Lecithins , E322i Lecithin
As written on the pack
Date Paste (29%), Peanut Butter (21%) [Peanuts, Vegetable Oil (Sustainable Palm)], Ground Almonds (14% Roasted Peanut Pieces (9%), Chicory Fibre, Date Syrup, Dark Chocolate (5%) [Cocoa Mass, Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Natural Flavouring], Rice Syrup, Grape Juice Concentrate, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Roasted Cocoa Nibs (1.5%), Sea Salt, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin)
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.
4 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.
- 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 130 nut bars
From least to most processed, this one ranks 79th. 84% of the nut bars here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000168036489, 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.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.