Kashi Chewy Trail Mix Granola Bar

Name: Kashi Chewy Trail Mix Granola Bar
Brand: Kashi

Chewy bar of oats, almonds and dried fruit in the trail-mix style.

Label check

Flagged ingredients2

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsCanola oil, Sunflower oil
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
Canola oil	Seed oils	VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA)
Sunflower oil	Seed oils	VEGETABLE OIL (SUNFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA)

Ingredients as listed

Whole grain oats, brown rice syrup, almonds, dried brown rice syrup, cane sugar, crisp brown rice, raisins (raisins, vegetable glycerin), cranberries (cranberries, cane sugar, vegetable glycerin), sunflower seeds, oat fiber, expeller pressed vegetable oil (sunflower and/or canola), vegetable glycerin, sea salt, natural flavors, rosemary extract for freshness, peanut flour.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2738912). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More granola bar first, then the rest of the snack bars and fruit snacks aisle. Each passes all five checks.

Kashi Chewy Trail Mix Granola Bar

Label check

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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