Chocolate Chip Soft-Baked Energy Snack Bar

How it scored 85 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 40 listed

• 1 Oat Blend
  Umbrella label term for a mixture of oat-based ingredients (e.g., rolled oats, oat flour, oat bran).
  Safe
• 2 Tapioca Syrup
  Sweet syrup produced by enzymatic hydrolysis of tapioca (cassava) starch into glucose and other saccharides.
  Low
• 3 Chocolate Chunk
  Pieces of chocolate (typically semisweet or milk chocolate) used as inclusions in baked goods.
  Low
• 4 Fig Paste
  Paste made from ground or pureed figs (Ficus carica), often with added sugar.
  Low
• 5 Cane Sugar Syrup
  A liquid sweetener made from sugarcane juice that has been clarified and concentrated; chemically sucrose-water solution.
  Low
• 6 Maple Syrup
  A natural sweetener produced by boiling down sap from sugar maple, red maple, or black maple trees; predominantly sucrose with some glucose,…
  Low
• 7 Soy Butter
  Spread made from roasted soybeans, similar to peanut butter; common nut-allergy alternative.
  Low
• 8 Chocolate
  Confection made from cacao products (cocoa solids, cocoa butter), sugar, and often milk and emulsifiers; FDA standard of identity in 21 CFR …
  Low
• 9 Flax Flour
  Ground flaxseed (Linum usitatissimum); a whole-food flour rich in alpha-linolenic acid, lignans, and fiber.
  Safe
• 10 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
• 11 Sodium Hydrogen Carbonate
  Sodium hydrogen carbonate (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3), commonly known as baking soda.
  Low
• 12 Sea Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl) obtained by evaporating seawater. Chemically identical to mined/refined salt, with trace minerals depending on source…
  Low
• 13 Vitamins
  Generic umbrella term for fortification with one or more essential vitamins (A, B-complex, C, D, E, K, etc.).
  Low
• 14 Minerals
  Generic umbrella term for inorganic nutrient additives (e.g., calcium carbonate, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, potassium iodide).
  Safe
• 15 Dicalcium Phosphate
  Dicalcium phosphate (calcium hydrogen phosphate, CaHPO4), an inorganic calcium-phosphorus compound.
  Low
• 16 Ascorbic Acid
  L-Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), a water-soluble vitamin and reducing agent.
  Low
• 17 Ferric Orthophosphate
  Iron(III) phosphate (also called ferric phosphate); off-white powder used to fortify foods with iron.
  Low
• 18 Zinc Oxide
  Inorganic zinc compound (ZnO) used as a source of zinc nutrient in foods and supplements.
  Low
• 19 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
• 20 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
• 21 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 22 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 23 Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
  Pyridoxine hydrochloride is a synthetic form of vitamin B6 used for nutrient fortification.
  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 Cyanocobalamin
  Synthetic form of vitamin B12 (cobalamin); essential micronutrient containing cobalt.
  Low
• 26 Oat Flakes
  Rolled or flaked whole grain oats (Avena sativa) produced by steaming and rolling oat groats.
  Safe
• 27 Oat Flour
  Flour made from ground whole or rolled oats (Avena sativa).
  Safe
• 28 Oat Fibre
  Insoluble dietary fiber isolated from the oat hull (outer husk) of Avena sativa.
  Low
• 29 Cocoa Butter Safe
• 30 Soya Lecithin
  A naturally occurring mixture of phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylinositol) extracted from soybean …
  Low
• 31 Vanilla Extract
  Vanilla extract is a solution of vanilla bean compounds in ethanol and water.
  Safe
• 32 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 33 Soya Oil
  Vegetable oil extracted from soybeans (Glycine max), typically refined, bleached, and deodorized. High in polyunsaturated fats, particularly…
  Low
• 34 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 35 Calcium Carbonate
  Calcium carbonate (CaCO3), a naturally occurring mineral (limestone, chalk) used as a calcium source, anticaking agent, and pH regulator in …
  Low
• 36 Vitamin C Safe
• 37 Iron
  Mineral element; essential micronutrient. In food, typically appears as ferrous sulfate, ferric orthophosphate, or reduced iron.
  Low
• 38 Vitamin A
  Fat-soluble vitamin (retinol, retinyl esters, or provitamin A carotenoids) essential for vision, immune function, and growth.
  Low
• 39 Thiamin
  Thiamin (vitamin B1) is an essential water-soluble B vitamin.
  Low
• 40 Vitamin B6
  Pyridoxine (and related forms pyridoxal, pyridoxamine), a water-soluble B-vitamin essential for protein metabolism.
  Low