Brand
Quaker
Made by
PepsiCo
Aisle
Snack bars and fruit snacks
Kind
granola bar
Barcode
00030000565872

Quaker

Quaker Chewy Chocolate Chunk Granola Bar

Soft, chewy granola bar with chocolate chunks; one of the two or three biggest-selling bars in US grocery.

Label check

Flagged ingredients4

Fails 3 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 syrup solidsCorn syrupCORN SYRUP SOLIDS
Corn syrupCorn syrupCORN SYRUP
Soybean oilSeed oilsSOYBEAN OIL
BHTPreservativesBHT

Ingredients as listed

GRANOLA (WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED OATS, BROWN SUGAR, BROWN RICE CRISP [WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT], WHOLE GRAIN ROLLED WHEAT, SOYBEAN OIL, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SOY LECITHIN, NONFAT DRY MILK), CORN SYRUP, BROWN RICE CRISP (WHOLE GRAIN BROWN RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT), SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE CHUNKS (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLIN [ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR]), SUGAR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, GLYCERIN, INVERT SUGAR. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SOYBEAN OIL, FRUCTOSE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, SORBITOL, SALT, WATER, SOY LECITHIN, COCONUT PASTE, MOLASSES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CARAMEL COLOR, BHT (PRESERVATIVE), TOCOPHEROLS (PRESERVATIVE), CITRIC ACID.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2723881). 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 3 of the checks; fewest flags first.