Sweet & Salty Nut Peanut Granola Bar

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 9 ingredients to avoid

Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Peanut Granola Bar scores 5/100 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. Per serving it carries 1g fiber, 3g protein and 7g sugar. 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.

Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Peanut Granola Bar lists 27 ingredients, starting with Roasted Peanuts, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Whole Grain Oats and Palm Kernel Oil. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

160 kcal per serving, or 471 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Peanut Granola Bar on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Peanut Granola Bar scores worse than most protein & snack bars we have scored. A higher-scoring option in protein & snack bars is That’s It Apple + Strawberries Fruit Bar at 100/100.