Prime Bar Chocolate

Name: Prime Bar Chocolate
Brand: Equip

25Avoid

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium24.8 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 5×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Lead9.61 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 1.9×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Arsenic6.83 ppbof 10 ppb

68% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Ingredients · 11

GoodCautionAvoid

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Common questions

Is Equip Prime Bar Chocolate healthy?

Equip Prime Bar Chocolate scores 25/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Equip Prime Bar Chocolate?

Equip Prime Bar Chocolate lists 11 ingredients, starting with Beef Protein Isolate, Collagen Peptides, Bovine Colostrum, Honey and Cocoa Butter. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Equip Prime Bar Chocolate contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Equip Prime Bar Chocolate’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Equip Prime Bar Chocolate?

Equip Prime Bar Chocolate is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Equip Prime Bar Chocolate compare to other protein & snack bars?

At 25/100 Equip Prime Bar Chocolate scores worse than most protein & snack bars we have scored. A higher-scoring option in protein & snack bars is Trader Joe's Apple + Mango Fruit Bar at 100/100.

Is Equip Prime Bar Chocolate organic?

Equip Prime Bar Chocolate is not certified organic in our data.

Has Equip Prime Bar Chocolate been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Equip Prime Bar Chocolate have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Equip Prime Bar Chocolate contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected lead at 9.61 ppb against a 5 ppb limit, arsenic at 6.83 ppb against a 10 ppb limit and cadmium at 24.8 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Equip Prime Bar Chocolate. It also tested for mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

Full methodology: how we score products.