Brand
Nature Valley
Made by
General Mills
Aisle
Snack bars and fruit snacks
Kind
granola bar
Barcode
00016000442825

Nature Valley

Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut Peanut Granola Bar

Chewy bar of roasted peanuts bound with a sweet syrup coating and a pinch of salt. Single-serve bar in a box of six.

Label check

Flagged ingredients3

Fails 2 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
Corn syrupCorn syrupCORN SYRUP
Canola oilSeed oilsCANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL
Sunflower oilSeed oilsCANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

Roasted Peanuts, Corn Syrup, Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Rice Flour, Palm Kernel Oil, Vegetable Glycerin, Peanut Butter (peanuts, salt), Fructose, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Whey, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Peanut Flour, Corn Starch, Barley Malt Extract, Honey Roasted Almond Butter (almonds, honey, maltodextrin, palm oil, mixed tocopherols), Baking Soda, Natural Flavor, Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols) Added to Retain Freshness.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2738703). 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 fails fewer than 2 of the checks; fewest flags first.