Nature Valley Crunchy Oats 'n Dark Chocolate Granola Bar

Name: Nature Valley Crunchy Oats 'n Dark Chocolate Granola Bar
Brand: Nature Valley

Crunchy rolled-oat bar with dark chocolate pieces folded in. Same format as the oats and honey bar.

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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	CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL
Sunflower oil	Seed oils	CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Dark Chocolate Pieces (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor, salt), Rice Flour, Brown Sugar Syrup, Cocoa, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Baking Soda, Natural Flavor.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2735564). 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.

Nature Valley Crunchy Oats 'n Dark Chocolate Granola Bar

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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