Nutrigrain cereal bars

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Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 34 listed

• 1 Oat
  Whole grain Avena sativa, available as groats, steel-cut, rolled, or instant oats.
  Safe
• 2 Flour
  Powder from milled grain, typically wheat (Triticum spp.) unless otherwise specified.
  Low
• 3 Invert Sugar
  A mixture of glucose and fructose produced by hydrolyzing sucrose with acid or invertase enzyme.
  Moderate
• 4 Wholemeal Flour
  Flour milled from the entire wheat kernel including bran, germ, and endosperm.
  Low
• 5 Dextrose
  D-glucose, a simple sugar (monosaccharide). Produced commercially by complete enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn starch.
  Moderate
• 6 Fructose
  A monosaccharide sugar naturally found in fruits, honey, and some vegetables; also produced industrially.
  Moderate
• 7 Soya Oil
  Vegetable oil extracted from soybeans (Glycine max), typically refined, bleached, and deodorized. High in polyunsaturated fats, particularly…
  Low
• 8 Soluble Corn Fiber
  Soluble fiber derived from corn starch, also known as resistant maltodextrin or fibersol.
  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 Glycerol
  Glycerol (glycerin, E422) is a sugar alcohol that is a colorless, viscous, sweet-tasting liquid.
  Low
• 12 Apple Puree
  Cooked, pureed apples (Malus domestica), sometimes with added ascorbic acid as antioxidant.
  Safe
• 13 Calcium Carbonate
  Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a naturally occurring mineral (limestone, chalk) used as a calcium source, anticaking agent, and pH regulator in …
  Low
• 14 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 15 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
• 16 Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate
  Sodium hydrogen carbonate (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3), commonly known as baking soda.
  Low
• 17 Soya Lecithin
  A naturally occurring mixture of phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol) extracted from soybean …
  Low
• 18 Nicotinic Acid
  Nicotinic acid (niacin or vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid). E375 is the EU additive code for its use as a vitamin/nutrient added to f…
  Low
• 19 Reduced Iron
  Elemental iron powder (Fe) produced by reducing iron oxide with hydrogen or carbon monoxide; used as a food fortificant.
  Low
• 20 Vitamin B6
  Pyridoxine (and related forms pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), a water-soluble B-vitamin essential for protein metabolism.
  Low
• 21 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 22 Vitamins
  Generic umbrella term for fortification with one or more essential vitamins (A, B-complex, C, D, E, K, etc.).
  Low
• 23 Thiamin
  Thiamin (vitamin B1) is an essential water-soluble B vitamin.
  Low
• 24 Folic Acid
  Synthetic form of folate (vitamin B9). Pteroylmonoglutamic acid, a water-soluble B vitamin essential for DNA synthesis and red blood cell fo…
  Low
• 25 Vitamin B12
  Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is an essential water-soluble vitamin.
  Low
• 26 Wheat Gluten
  Protein component of wheat (gliadin and glutenin), separated from starch.
  Low
• 27 Maltodextrin
  A short-chain glucose polymer (3–20 glucose units, DE 3–20) produced by partial enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, potato, rice, or wheat…
  Moderate
• 28 Xanthan Gum
  Xanthan gum is a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide produced by aerobic fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the bacterium Xanthomonas ca…
  Low
• 29 Cellulose
  Cellulose — purified plant fiber polymer of beta-1,4-linked glucose units (microcrystalline E460(i) or powdered E460(ii)).
  Low
• 30 Sodium Carboxy Methyl Cellulose
  Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (cellulose gum, E466) is a chemically modified cellulose derivative.
  Moderate
• 31 Citric Acid
  Citric acid (E330), a weak organic acid naturally present in citrus fruit and produced commercially via Aspergillus niger fermentation.
  Low
• 32 Malic Acid
  Malic acid (E296) is a dicarboxylic acid found naturally in fruits, especially apples.
  Low
• 33 Carrageenan
  Sulfated polysaccharide extracted from red seaweed (Rhodophyceae).
  Moderate
• 34 Methyl Cellulose
  Methyl cellulose (E461), a chemically modified cellulose ether derived from plant fiber.
  Low