Protein Chewy Bars

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Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 23 listed

• 1 Roasted Peanuts
  Peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) that have been dry- or oil-roasted.
  Low
• 2 Soy Protein Isolate
  Refined protein extracted from defatted soybean flakes, typically ≥90% protein content.
  Low
• 3 Chicory Root
  Root of Cichorium intybus, used as a coffee substitute and as a source of inulin (a soluble fiber).
  Low
• 4 Chocolate Chunk
  Pieces of chocolate (typically semisweet or milk chocolate) used as inclusions in baked goods.
  Low
• 5 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 6 Corn Kernel
  Whole grain seed of corn (Zea mays), eaten fresh, frozen, canned, or dried.
  Safe
• 7 Canola
  Canola (Brassica napus) — typically refers to canola oil, a low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil.
  Low
• 8 Peanut
  Edible legume seed of the Arachis hypogaea plant.
  Low
• 9 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 10 Corn Syrup
  A sweet, nutritive saccharide mixture produced from corn starch hydrolysate. The high-fructose form (HFCS) contains approximately 42% or 55%…
  Moderate
• 11 Whey Protein
  Protein fraction isolated from milk whey, the liquid by-product of cheese making, typically as concentrate or isolate powder.
  Low
• 12 Fructose
  A monosaccharide sugar naturally found in fruits, honey, and some vegetables; also produced industrially.
  Moderate
• 13 Peanut Paste
  Ground roasted peanuts processed into a thick paste; a precursor or ingredient form of peanut butter.
  Low
• 14 Cocoa
  Powder produced from roasted, ground cocoa beans (Theobroma cacao) with most of the cocoa butter removed.
  Safe
• 15 Glycerol
  Glycerol (glycerin, E422) is a sugar alcohol that is a colorless, viscous, sweet-tasting liquid.
  Low
• 16 Rice Starch
  Starch isolated from rice kernels (Oryza sativa) by wet milling.
  Low
• 17 Soya Lecithin
  A naturally occurring mixture of phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol) extracted from soybean …
  Low
• 18 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 19 Corn Starch
  Starch isolated from the endosperm of corn kernels. Composed of amylose and amylopectin (glucose polymers).
  Low
• 20 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 21 Cocoa Paste
  Cocoa paste (chocolate liquor) is the ground product of roasted cacao beans.
  Safe
• 22 Cocoa Butter Safe
• 23 Palm Oil
  Edible oil extracted from the mesocarp of the fruit of Elaeis guineensis (oil palm). Semi-solid at room temperature; ~50% saturated fat (mos…
  Moderate