Cool Mint Chocolate Clif Bar Energy Bar

How it scored 50 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 39 listed

• 1 Brown Rice Syrup
  Sweetener produced by enzymatically converting brown rice starch to maltose, maltotriose, and glucose.
  Moderate
• 2 Oat Flakes
  Rolled or flaked whole grain oats (Avena sativa) produced by steaming and rolling oat groats.
  Safe
• 3 Cane Sugar Syrup
  A liquid sweetener made from sugarcane juice that has been clarified and concentrated; chemically sucrose-water solution.
  Low
• 4 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 5 Soy Protein Isolate
  Refined protein extracted from defatted soybean flakes, typically ≥90% protein content.
  Low
• 6 Rice Flour
  Flour milled from rice grains.
  Safe
• 7 Cocoa Processed With Alkali
  Cocoa treated with alkalizing agents (Dutch processing) to neutralize acidity, darken color, and mellow flavor.
  Safe
• 8 Soya Flour
  Flour milled from soybeans.
  Low
• 9 Fig Paste
  Paste made from ground or pureed figs (Ficus carica), often with added sugar.
  Low
• 10 Oat Fibre
  Insoluble dietary fiber isolated from the oat hull (outer husk) of Avena sativa.
  Low
• 11 Oat Flour
  Flour made from ground whole or rolled oats (Avena sativa).
  Safe
• 12 Soya Oil
  Vegetable oil extracted from soybeans (Glycine max), typically refined, bleached, and deodorized. High in polyunsaturated fats, particularly…
  Low
• 13 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
• 14 Pure Cocoa Butter
  Edible vegetable fat extracted from cacao beans (Theobroma cacao L.), the natural fat fraction of chocolate liquor.
  Safe
• 15 Sunflower Oil
  Edible vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of Helianthus annuus, typically high in linoleic acid (omega-6) or, in high-oleic varieties, ole…
  Low
• 16 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 17 Barley Malt Extract
  Concentrated extract of malted barley (Dutch: gerstemoutextract); thick syrup made by mashing malted barley and concentrating the wort.
  Low
• 18 Green Tea Extract
  Concentrated extract of Camellia sinensis leaves, typically standardized to catechins including epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).
  Moderate
• 19 Chocolate
  Confection made from cacao products (cocoa solids, cocoa butter), sugar, and often milk and emulsifiers; FDA standard of identity in 21 CFR …
  Low
• 20 Soya Lecithin
  A naturally occurring mixture of phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol) extracted from soybean …
  Low
• 21 Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate
  Sodium hydrogen carbonate (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3), commonly known as baking soda.
  Low
• 22 Vanilla Extract
  Vanilla extract is a solution of vanilla bean compounds in ethanol and water.
  Safe
• 23 Vitamins
  Generic umbrella term for fortification with one or more essential vitamins (A, B-complex, C, D, E, K, etc.).
  Low
• 24 Minerals
  Generic umbrella term for inorganic nutrient additives (e.g., calcium carbonate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, potassium iodide).
  Safe
• 25 Magnesium Oxide
  Magnesium oxide (E530), a white powder produced from magnesium ores.
  Low
• 26 Ascorbic Acid
  L-Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), a water-soluble vitamin and reducing agent.
  Low
• 27 Dl-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
  Synthetic vitamin E (all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate), an esterified, racemic form of alpha-tocopherol.
  Low
• 28 Beta-Carotene
  Beta-carotene, an orange-yellow carotenoid pigment that is a vitamin A precursor, sourced from plants (carrots, palm fruit, algae) or made s…
  Low
• 29 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
• 30 Ergocalciferol
  Vitamin D2 — produced by ultraviolet irradiation of ergosterol from yeast or fungi.
  Low
• 31 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 32 Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
  Pyridoxine hydrochloride is a synthetic form of vitamin B6 used for nutrient fortification.
  Low
• 33 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 34 Cyanocobalamin
  Synthetic form of vitamin B12 (cobalamin); essential micronutrient containing cobalt.
  Low
• 35 Caffeine
  A naturally occurring methylxanthine alkaloid (1,3,7-trimethylxanthine) and central nervous system stimulant.
  Moderate
• 36 Dicalcium Phosphate
  Dicalcium phosphate (calcium hydrogen phosphate, CaHPO4), an inorganic calcium-phosphorus compound.
  Low
• 37 Thiamin
  Thiamin (vitamin B1) is an essential water-soluble B vitamin.
  Low
• 38 Vitamin B6
  Pyridoxine (and related forms pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), a water-soluble B-vitamin essential for protein metabolism.
  Low
• 39 Vitamin B12
  Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is an essential water-soluble vitamin.
  Low