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Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz

Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz

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Seed Oil Free Certified

Contaminants · 4

3 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Prima Cacao Ancestral Protein Bar
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium54 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 11×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Cacao Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz
Lead12 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 2.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Cacao Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz
Arsenic11 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 1.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Cacao Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Cacao Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz

Ingredients · 11

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Common questions

Is Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz healthy?

Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz scores 8/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Prima Cacao Ancestral Protein Bar. 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 Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz?

Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz lists 11 ingredients, starting with Grass-fed Bovine Collagen Peptides, Grass-fed Whey Protein Concentrate, Organic Raw Honey, Grass-fed Beef Tallow and Organic Cacao Powder. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz’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 Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz?

Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz compare to other protein & snack bars?

At 8/100 Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz scores worse than most protein & snack bars we have scored. A higher-scoring option in protein & snack bars is South Forty Snacks Mango Fruit Bar at 100/100.

Is Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz organic?

Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz is not certified organic in our data.

Has Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Collagen/whey, honey, tallow, coconut with cacao nibs and added cacao/cocoa powder) with the other products in its family, Prima Cacao Ancestral Protein Bar, and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz contain heavy metals?

Prima Mint Chip Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 11 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Cacao Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz, cadmium at 54 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Cacao Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz and lead at 12 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Cacao Ancestral Protein Bar, 2 oz. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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