Belly up to the bar: how to find the best cereal, snack, and granola bars.Back in the 1980s, a stroke of marketing genius led cereal cereal or grain Any grass yielding starchy seeds suitable for food. The most commonly cultivated cereals are wheat, rice, rye, oats, barley, corn, and sorghum. As human food, cereals are usually marketed in raw grain form or as ingredients of food products. companies to press healthy-sounding granola into bar shapes that you could eat on the run. Today, they've they've Contraction of they have. they've have replaced much--if not all--of the granola's whole-grain oats oats, cereal plants of the genus Avena of the family Gramineae (grass family). Most species are annuals of moist temperate regions. The early history of oats is obscure, but domestication is considered to be recent compared to that of the other with "crisp" (read: sugar-coated Adj. 1. sugar-coated - encrusted with sugar or syrup; "candied grapefruit peel" candied sugary - containing sugar; "he eats too much sugary food" sugar-coated adj → azucarado ) white rice, white flour flour, finely ground, usually sifted, meal of grain, such as wheat, rye, corn, rice, or buckwheat. Flour is also made from potatoes, peas, beans, peanuts, etc. Usually it refers to the finely ground and bolted (i.e. , a smorgasbord of sugars, and candy candy: see confectionery. candy Sweet sugar- or chocolate-based confection. The Egyptians made candy from honey (combined with figs, dates, nuts, and spices), sugar being unknown. fixin's like chocolate, marshmallow marshmallow /marsh·mal·low/ (mahrsh´mel?o) (-mal?o) a perennial Eurasian herb, Althaea officinalis, , icing, and caramel. The bar market now stretches from unabashed junk junk Classic Chinese sailing vessel of ancient unknown origin, still in wide use. High-sterned, with a projecting bow, the junk carries up to five masts on which are set square sails consisting of panels of linen or matting flattened by bamboo strips. (Hershey's Snack Barz Snack Barz are small candy bars that are made by The Hershey Company. Snack Barz are a combination of crisped rice held together with marshmallow and reinforced with thin pieces of Hershey's milk chocolate. , Kellogg's Go-Tarts) to what appears to be good for you (Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Nutri-Grain is a brand of the Kellogg Company. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is used to market a soft golden baked crust breakfast bar made with wheat, whole-grain and fruit filling, similar to a Fig Newton. Yogurt yogurt: see fermented milk. yogurt Semisolid, fermented, often flavoured milk food. Yogurt is known and consumed in almost all parts of the world. , Raisin Bran Noun 1. raisin bran - bran flakes with raisins cold cereal, dry cereal - a cereal that is not heated before serving Crunch (1) To process data. See number crunching. (2) To compress data. See data compression. 1. (jargon) crunch - To process, usually in a time-consuming or complicated way. Bars). We picked Best Bites and Honorable Mentions to help you find the best bars (see "Bar Hopping," p. 13). Check our photos for some tips and some tricks to watch out for. Just keep in mind that even the best bars don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. hold a candle to fruits, vegetables, salads, yogurt, or healthy sandwiches. Bars are convenient because they're shelf-stable, compact, and individually wrapped. But there's nothing special about the sweetened sweet·en v. sweet·ened, sweet·en·ing, sweet·ens v.tr. 1. To make sweet or sweeter by adding sugar, honey, saccharin, or another sweet substance. 2. To make more pleasant or agreeable. stuff inside. Wholesome whole·some adj. whole·som·er, whole·som·est 1. Conducive to sound health or well-being; salutary: simple, wholesome food; a wholesome climate. 2. foods beat bars hands down. The information for this article was compiled by Heather Jones Heather Jones (born October 8, 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former field hockey player from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There she ended up in seventh place with the Canadian National Women's Team. . Cookie cookie File or part of a file put on a Web user's hard disk by a Web site. Cookies are used to store registration data, to make it possible to customize information for visitors to a Web site, to target Web advertising, and to keep track of the products a user wishes to Confession confession, in law, the formal admission of criminal guilt, usually obtained in the course of examination by the police or prosecutor or at trial. For a confession to be admissible as evidence against an accused individual, it generally must have been procured What's the difference between Quaker Oatmeal to Go Oatmeal Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Breakfast Bars and Quaker Oatmeal Raisin Breakfast Cookies? Not much. The bars are slightly heavier, so they have slightly more calories, sugar, potassium potassium (pətăs`ēəm), a metallic chemical element; symbol K [Lat. kalium=alkali]; at. no. 19; at. wt. 39.0983; m.p. 63.25°C;; b.p. 760°C;; sp. gr. .862 at 20°C;; valence +1. , and vitamins. (They're also a bit lower in saturated saturated /sat·u·rat·ed/ (sach´ah-rat?ed) 1. denoting a chemical compound that has only single bonds and no double or triple bonds between atoms. 2. unable to hold in solution any more of a given substance. fat--low enough for an Honorable Mention.) Everything else--including fiber, at an impressive-for-bars 5 grams--is about the same. There's a message here. Many breakfast bars are essentially oatmeal cookies fortified fortified (fôrt  ´fīd),adj containing additives more potent than the principal ingredient. with a handful of vitamins. Others are little more than vitamin-fortified Rice Krispies Rice Krispies (known as Rice Bubbles in Australia) is a brand of breakfast cereal that has been produced by Kellogg's since 1928. They are made of rice grain which is cooked, dried and toasted. These kernels bubble and rise in a manner which forms very thin walls. Treats. The marketers want you to believe that bars are somehow better than ordinary food. Don't buy it. Battle of the Brans Whether or not people know that bran--the outer layer of the wheat, oat oat member of the plant genus Avena in the family Poaceae. oats see avenasativa. oat grain seed of Avena sativa, and as 'oats' the favored grain for the feeding of horses. , or rice kernel--is rich in fiber and other nutrients, they know that it's healthy. But all bran bran, outer coat of a cereal grain—e.g., wheat, rye, and corn—mechanically removed from commercial flour and meal by bolting or sifting. Wheat bran is extensively used as feed for farm animals. bars aren't as healthy as Kellogg's All-Bran Bars. Each has about 130 calories, 5 grams of fiber, only half a gram of saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be , and no refined grains The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. . They're not low in sugar, but at least the sugar comes with a good chunk of your daily fiber requirement. In contrast, Post Raisin Bran Cereal Bars have less fiber (3 grams) and some refined "wheat flakes" mixed in with their whole grains. Even so, they're head and shoulders above Kellogg's Raisin Bran Crunch Bars. Like Raisin Bran Crunch cereal, the Crunch Bars have more white rice than any whole grain, leaving each bar with only one gram of fiber. That's pretty pathetic pa·thet·ic also pa·thet·i·cal adj. 1. Arousing or capable of arousing sympathetic sadness and compassion: "The old, rather shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic" for a food with "Bran" in its name. Best Bar None Kashi's new TLCs (Tasty tast·y adj. tast·i·er, tast·i·est 1. Having a pleasing flavor; savory. 2. Having or showing good taste; tasteful. tast Little Crunchies or Chewies) keep it simple. They've got Kashi's blend of seven whole grains (oats, wheat, rye rye, in botany rye, cereal grain of the family Gramineae (grass family). The grain, Secale cereale, is important chiefly in Central and N Europe. , triticale triticale Wheat-rye hybrid that has a high yield and rich protein content. The first cross was reported in 1875, the first fertile cross in 1888. The name triticale first appeared in scientific literature in 1935 and is attributed to Erich Tschermak von Seysenegg. , barley barley, annual cereal plant (Hordeum vulgare and sometimes other species) of the family Gramineae (grass family), cultivated by humans probably as early as any cereal. , brown rice, buckwheat buckwheat, common name for certain members of the Polygonaceae, a family of herbs and shrubs found chiefly in north temperate areas and having a characteristic pungent juice containing oxalic acid. Species native to the United States are most common in the West. ) and sesame seeds, held together largely by evaporated evaporated reduced in volume by evaporation; concentrated to a denser form. cane cane, walking stick cane, walking stick. Probably used first as a weapon, it gradually took on the symbolism of strength and power and eventually authority and social prestige. juice syrup syrup /syr·up/ (sir´up) a concentrated solution of a sugar, such as sucrose, in water or other aqueous liquid, sometimes with a medicinal agent added; usually used as a flavored vehicle for drugs. , canola oil Noun 1. canola oil - vegetable oil made from rapeseed; it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids canola vegetable oil, oil - any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants , and honey. M-m-m. No aroma of Rice Krispies Treats here. Each pair of Crunchies--they come two to a wrapper--will cost you 180 calories. But those calories come with 4 grams of fiber and 6 or 7 grams of protein (rather than the usual 2 or 3 grams). What's more, Kashi keeps the sugars to a low-for-bars 7 grams. If you like whole grains that taste whole, TLC TLC total lung capacity; thin-layer chromatography. TLC abbr. 1. thin-layer chromatography 2. Takes Le Cake. In Pursuit of Protein If you're trying to avoid an all-carb snack or find that protein helps curb your appetite, you won't have much luck in the bar aisle. (Some Luna, Clif, and other energy bars have more protein, but we skipped them.) Most cereal or granola bars have just 2 or 3 grams of protein. Even Special K's new Protein Snack Bars have only 4 grams. (That's less than the 5 grams a food needs to make a "good source of protein" claim.) Exception: South Beach makes High Protein Cereal Bars with 10 grams of protein, largely from soy. They have too much saturated fat (2 or 3 grams) to earn a Best Bite or Honorable Mention. But if you're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. protein to stuff in your pocket, South Beach pairs it with fiber (3 grams) and less sugar (7 grams) than usual. Don't confuse con·fuse v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr. 1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off. b. South Beach's Cereal Bars with its low-protein 100 Calorie calorie, abbr. cal, unit of heat energy in the metric system. The measurement of heat is called calorimetry. The calorie, or gram calorie, is the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of pure water 1°C;. Snack Bars or its high-protein Meal Replacement Bars, which are a poor excuse for a meal. "The South Beach Diet is a delicious way of eating based on lean protein, whole grains, vegetables, unsaturated fats unsaturated fat: see saturated fat. and fiber," say the labels. What does that have to do with the soy protein Soy protein is generally regarded as the storage protein held in discrete particles called protein bodies which are estimated to contain at least 60–70% of the total soybean protein. isolate isolate /iso·late/ (i´sah-lat) 1. to separate from others. 2. a group of individuals prevented by geographic, genetic, ecologic, social, or artificial barriers from interbreeding with others of their kind. , maltitol maltitol /mal·ti·tol/ (mawl´ti-tol) a hydrogenated, partially hydrolyzed starch used as a bulk sweetener. syrup, peanut butter, fractionated palm kernel The nucleus of an operating system. It is the closest part to the machine level and may activate the hardware directly or interface to another software layer that drives the hardware. oil, etc., in South Beach's bars? Heart Talk Nature Valley Healthy Heart Bars and Kellogg's Smart Start Healthy Heart Bars are both Honorable Mentions that sure sound the same. They're not. Nature Valley adds 0.4 grams of plant sterols sterols (ster´ôlz), n.pl steroids having one or more hydroxyl groups and no carbonyl or carboxyl groups (e.g., cholesterol). to each bar. Eating two bars a day could lower your total cholesterol by about 5 percent, at a cost of some 300 calories. You'd have to eat three Smart Start Bars every day (each has 1 gram of soluble soluble /sol·u·ble/ (sol´u-b'l) susceptible of being dissolved. sol·u·ble adj. Capable of being dissolved, especially easily dissolved. fiber from oats) to get the same 5 percent drop, but now you're talking 450 calories. What about Smart Start's claim that it can lower blood pressure because it's low in sodium and high in potassium? Smart Start (85 milligrams per bar) is low in sodium, but so are Nature Valley (around 100 mg) and most other bars. And Smart Start does have more blood-pressure-lowering potassium (350 mg) than Nature Valley (about 90 mg). But the potassium chloride potassium chloride, chemical compound, KCl, a colorless or white, cubic, crystalline compound that closely resembles common salt (sodium chloride). It is soluble in water, alcohol, and alkalies. that Kellogg adds to Smart Start isn't as good as the potassium citrate Potassium citrate may be used to control Uric acid and Cystine kidney stones. Chemical Formula: C6H5K3O7 + H2O Appearance: A white, slightly hygroscopic crystalline powder. It is odorless with a saline taste. in fruits and vegetables. Both lower blood pressure, but citrate citrate /cit·rate/ (sit´rat) a salt of citric acid. citrate phosphate dextrose (CPD) anticoagulant citrate phosphate dextrose solution. also helps prevent kidney stones Kidney Stones Definition Kidney stones are solid accumulations of material that form in the tubal system of the kidney. Kidney stones cause problems when they block the flow of urine through or out of the kidney. and bone loss. If you're wondering what to snack on, that's a clue. When in Rome The phrase "When in Rome" is an abbreviation of the expression "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" which is used to advise people to adapt to the culture of places that they visit. ... Whole wheat flour Noun 1. whole wheat flour - flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage) graham flour, whole meal flour, graham wheat flour - flour prepared from wheat Britain, Great Britain, U.K. , dried fruit, fruit puree pu·rée or pu·ree tr.v. pu·réed or pu·reed, pu·rée·ing or pu·ree·ing, pu·rées or pu·rees To rub through a strainer or process (food) in a blender. n. , fruit juice concentrate, and whole-grain oats, rye, and barley. Those are the main ingredients in Roman Meal 100% Whole Grain Snack Bars, which come in Cranberry cranberry, low creeping evergreen bog plant of the genus Oxycoccus of the family Ericaceae (heath family). Cranberries are considered by some botanists to belong to the blueberry genus Vaccinium. Walnut walnut, common name for some members of the Juglandaceae, a family of chiefly deciduous, resinous trees characterized by large and aromatic compound leaves. Species of the walnut family are indigenous mostly to the north temperate zone, but also range from Central , Oatmeal Raisin, and Apple Cinnamon cinnamon, name for trees and shrubs of the genus Cinnamomum of the family Lauraceae (laurel family). Cinnamon spice comes chiefly from the Sri Lankan cinnamon (C. zeylanicum), now cultivated in several tropical regions. . Each bar has some 200 calories, but at least you'll spend them on ingredients that belong in a kitchen. Other reasons to try them: the fiber (5 grams) and potassium (250 to 320 mg, most of it from their fruit). But the most compelling reason comes not from the label, but from what's inside it. Roman Meal makes one of the best-tasting Best Bite bars you can find. The only problem: you may have trouble finding them. So far, the only major supermarkets that carry them are Krogers and Ralphs.
Bar Hopping
Best Bites ([check][check]) and Honorable Mentions ([check]) have
at least two grams of fiber and no more than one gram of bad fat
(saturated plus trans, though there's little or no trans in most
bars). In addition, Best Bites are 100% whole grain while
Honorable Mentions can contain some refined grain as long
as oats or another whole grain is the first grain in the
ingredients list.
Products are ranked from most to least fiber, then
least to most bad fat, calories, and sugar.
Saturated
+ Trans
Fat
Calories (grams)
South Beach Diet Meal
Replacement
(2.1 oz.) (1) 210 3
Roman Meal 100% Whole Grain
[check] [check] Snack (2.0 oz.) (1) 190 0
Kellogg's All-Bran
[check] [check] (1.1 oz) (1) 130 0.5
Quaker Oatmeal to Go
[check] Breakfast (2.1 oz.) (1) 220 1
Kellogg's All-Bran Snack
Bites (1.0 oz.) (1) 110 1.5
Quaker Breakfast Cookies
(1.7 oz) (1) 180 1.5
Kashi TLC Chewy
[check] [check] (1.2 oz.) (1) 140 0.5
Kashi TLC Crunchy
[check] [check] (2 bars--1.4 oz.) (1) 180 0.5
Country Choice Squares
[check] (2.0 oz.) (1) 200 0.5
TastyKake Sensables
(1.2 oz.) (1) 140 4
Post Raisin Bran Cereal
[check] (1.2 oz.) (1) 120 0
Nature Valley Healthy
[check] Heart (1.4 oz.) (1) 160 0.5
Quaker Chewy 25% Less
[check] Sugar (0.8 oz.) (1) 100 1
Barbara's Bakery Puffins-
French Toast, Blueberry
Yogurt, or Strawberry
[check] Yogurt (1.3 oz.) (2) 130 1
Uncle Sam Oatmeal Raisin
[check] [check] Cereal (1.8 oz.) 180 1
Barbara's Bakery Crunchy
Organic Granola
[check] [check] (2 bars--1.5 oz.) (1) 200 1
Fi-bar Low Fat
(1.2 oz.) (1) 120 1.5
South Beach Diet 100
Calorie Snack
(1.0 oz.) (1) 100 2
South Beach Diet High
Protein Cereal
(1.2 oz.) (1) 140 2.5
Nature's Choice Multigrain
[check] Cereal (1.3 oz.) (1) 120 0
Kellogg's Smart Start
Healthy Heart
[check] (1.4 oz.) (1) 150 0
Quaker Breakfast Bites 25%
Less Sugar (1.3 oz.) (1) 130 0.5
[check] [check] Nature's Path Organic Hemp
Plus Raisins Granola
(1.4 oz) 130 0.5
Sunbelt Oats & Honey
[check] Crunchy Granola 140 0.5
(1.0 oz.)
[check] [check] Nature's Path Organic Flax
Plus Pumpkin
Granola (1.4 oz.) 150 0.5
[check] Nature Valley Crunchy
Granola--Cinnamon, Maple
Brown Sugar, or Oats'N
Honey (2 bars-
1.5 oz.) (2) 180 0.5
[check] Odwalla Nourishing Food Bar
[check] [check] (1.1 oz.) (l) 120 1
[check] Sunbelt Lowfat Oatmeal
Raisin Chewy Granola
[check] (1.2 oz.) 140 1
[check] [check] Natures Path Organic Peanut
[check] Butter Granola (1.4 oz.) 160 1
Kellogg's Granola Munch'ems
(1.1 oz.) (1) 130 1.5
Skippy Triple Nut Trail
Mix (1.2 oz.) 170 1.5
Quaker Q-Smart 120 2
(1.0 oz.) (1A)
Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Sweet
& Salty (1.1 oz.) (1) 160 2.5
Nature Valley Sweet & Salty
Nut (1.2 oz.) (1) 160 2.5
Sunbelt Golden Almond
Chewy Granola (1.0 oz.) 130 3
Hershey's Sweet & Salty
Granola (1.8 oz.) (1) 250 3
Sunbelt Chocolate Chip
Chewy Granola
(1.2 oz.) 160 4
Kellogg's Special K Protein
Meal (1.6 oz.) (1) 190 4
Sunbelt Fudge Dipped Chewy
Granola--Chocolate Chip
or Coconut (1.4 oz) (2) 210 8
Nature's Choice Granola
(0.7 oz.) (1) 80 0
Quaker Chewy 90 Calorie
(1.0 oz.) (1) 90 0
Health Valley Cereal or
Tarts (1.4 oz.) (2) 130 0
Health Valley Peanut Butter
(1.3 oz.) (1) 130 0
Barbara's Bakery Fruit &
Yogurt (1.5 oz.) (1) 150 0
Kellogg's Special K Snack
Bites (0.8 oz.) (1) 90 0.5
Kellogg's Crunch
(1.0 oz.) (1) 110 0.5
Quaker Crunchy
(2 bars-1.0 oz.) (1) 130 0.5
Quaker Breakfast 25% Less
Sugar (1.3 oz.) (1) 130 0.5
Cascadian Farm Organic
Chewy (1.2 oz.) (1) 140 0.5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain
Cereal (1.3 oz.) (1) 140 0.5
Nature Valley Chewy Trail
Mix (1.2 oz.) (1) 140 0.5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain
Yogurt (1.3 oz.) (1) 140 0.5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain
Muffin (1.6 oz.) (1) 170 0.5
Health Valley Moist &
Chewy Granola
(1.0 oz.) (1) 110 1
Quaker Strawberry & Graham
Breakfast Graham 25%
Less Sugar (1.1 oz.) 120 1
Quaker Chewy (1.0 oz.) (1) 120 1
Sunbelt Fruit and Grain
(1.4 oz) (1) 140 1
Quaker Cranberry Raisin &
Almond Trail
Mix (1.2 oz.) 150 1
Health Valley Low Fat
Granola (1.5 oz.) (1) 150 1
Post Honey Bunches of Oats
Cereal (1.2 oz.) (1) 140 1.5
TastyKake Fruit & Yogurt
Breakfast (2.0 oz.) (1) 230 1.5
Kudos (0.9 oz.) (1) 110 2
Kellogg's Special K
Protein Snack
(0.9 oz.) (1) 110 2
Fi-bar Chewy & Nutty
Granola (1.2 oz.) (1) 140 2
Nature Valley Yogurt Chewy
Granola (1.2 oz.) (1) 140 2
General Mills Caribou
Coffee (1.2 oz.) (1) 140 2
Kellogg's Go-Tarts
(1.2 oz.) (1) 140 2
Entenmann's Multi-grain
(1.3 oz.) (1) 140 2
General Mills Milk in
Cereal (1.5 oz.) (1) 170 2
Kellogg's Cinnamania
(1.8 oz.) (1) 230 2
Kellogg's Crunchamania
(1.8 oz.) (1) 230 2
Hershey's or Reese's
Snacksters (0.7 oz.) (1) 100 2.5
Sunbelt Oats & Honey Chewy
Granola (1.0 oz.) 130 3
Sunbelt S'mores Chewy
Granola (1.1 oz.) 140 3
Skippy Peanut Butter
Snack (1.2 oz.) 170 4.5
TastyKake Snak
(2.0 oz.) (1) 240 4.5
Quaker Chewy Dipps
(1.1 oz.) (1) 150 5
Skippy Peanut Butter &
Fudge Snack (1.3 oz.) 190 6
Kellogg's Rice Krispies
Treats Original
(0.8 oz.) 90 1
Kellogg's Special K
(0.8 oz.) (1) 90 1
Hershey's Snack Barz 120 2
(0.9 oz.) (1)
Fiber Sugar *
(grams) (grams)
South Beach Diet Meal
Replacement
(2.1 oz.) (1) 6 1
Roman Meal 100% Whole Grain
[check] [check] Snack (2.0 oz.) (1) 5 16
Kellogg's All-Bran
[check] [check] (1.1 oz) (1) 5 11
Quaker Oatmeal to Go
[check] Breakfast (2.1 oz.) (1) 5 19
Kellogg's All-Bran Snack
Bites (1.0 oz.) (1) 5 10
Quaker Breakfast Cookies
(1.7 oz) (1) 5 15
Kashi TLC Chewy
[check] [check] (1.2 oz.) (1) 4 6
Kashi TLC Crunchy
[check] [check] (2 bars--1.4 oz.) (1) 4 7
Country Choice Squares
[check] (2.0 oz.) (1) 4 18
TastyKake Sensables
(1.2 oz.) (1) 4 0
Post Raisin Bran Cereal
[check] (1.2 oz.) (1) 3 9
Nature Valley Healthy
[check] Heart (1.4 oz.) (1) 3 14
Quaker Chewy 25% Less
[check] Sugar (0.8 oz.) (1) 3 5
Barbara's Bakery Puffins-
French Toast, Blueberry
Yogurt, or Strawberry
[check] Yogurt (1.3 oz.) (2) 3 8
Uncle Sam Oatmeal Raisin
[check] [check] Cereal (1.8 oz.) 3 16
Barbara's Bakery Crunchy
Organic Granola
[check] [check] (2 bars--1.5 oz.) (1) 3 10
Fi-bar Low Fat
(1.2 oz.) (1) 3 13
South Beach Diet 100
Calorie Snack
(1.0 oz.) (1) 3 4
South Beach Diet High
Protein Cereal
(1.2 oz.) (1) 3 7
Nature's Choice Multigrain
[check] Cereal (1.3 oz.) (1) 2 13
Kellogg's Smart Start
Healthy Heart
[check] (1.4 oz.) (1) 2 13
Quaker Breakfast Bites 25%
Less Sugar (1.3 oz.) (1) 2 9
[check] [check] Nature's Path Organic Hemp
Plus Raisins Granola
(1.4 oz) 2 14
Sunbelt Oats & Honey
[check] Crunchy Granola 2 9
(1.0 oz.)
[check] [check] Nature's Path Organic Flax
Plus Pumpkin
Granola (1.4 oz.) 2 12
[check] Nature Valley Crunchy
Granola--Cinnamon, Maple
Brown Sugar, or Oats'N
Honey (2 bars-
1.5 oz.) (2) 2 11
Odwalla Nourishing Food Bar
[check] [check] (1.1 oz.) (l) 2 9
[check] Sunbelt Lowfat Oatmeal
Raisin Chewy Granola
(1.2 oz.) 2 14
[check] [check] Natures Path Organic Peanut
Butter Granola (1.4 oz.) 2 11
Kellogg's Granola Munch'ems
(1.1 oz.) (1) 2 9
Skippy Triple Nut Trail
Mix (1.2 oz.) 2 8
Quaker Q-Smart 2 1
(1.0 oz.) (1A)
Kellogg's Crunchy Nut Sweet
& Salty (1.1 oz.) (1) 2 10
Nature Valley Sweet & Salty
Nut (1.2 oz.) (1) 2 12
Sunbelt Golden Almond
Chewy Granola (1.0 oz.) 2 8
Hershey's Sweet & Salty
Granola (1.8 oz.) (1) 2 16
Sunbelt Chocolate Chip
Chewy Granola
(1.2 oz.) 2 12
Kellogg's Special K Protein
Meal (1.6 oz.) (1) 2 17
Sunbelt Fudge Dipped Chewy
Granola--Chocolate Chip
or Coconut (1.4 oz) (2) 2 15
Nature's Choice Granola
(0.7 oz.) (1) 1 7
Quaker Chewy 90 Calorie
(1.0 oz.) (1) 1 7
Health Valley Cereal or
Tarts (1.4 oz.) (2) 1 14
Health Valley Peanut Butter
(1.3 oz.) (1) 1 15
Barbara's Bakery Fruit &
Yogurt (1.5 oz.) (1) 1 15
Kellogg's Special K Snack
Bites (0.8 oz.) (1) 1 7
Kellogg's Crunch
(1.0 oz.) (1) 1 9
Quaker Crunchy
(2 bars-1.0 oz.) (1) 1 8
Quaker Breakfast 25% Less
Sugar (1.3 oz.) (1) 1 9
Cascadian Farm Organic
Chewy (1.2 oz.) (1) 1 11
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain
Cereal (1.3 oz.) (1) 1 13
Nature Valley Chewy Trail
Mix (1.2 oz.) (1) 1 13
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain
Yogurt (1.3 oz.) (1) 1 14
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain
Muffin (1.6 oz.) (1) 1 17
Health Valley Moist &
Chewy Granola
(1.0 oz.) (1) 1 10
Quaker Strawberry & Graham
Breakfast Graham 25%
Less Sugar (1.1 oz.) 1 7
Quaker Chewy (1.0 oz.) (1) 1 9
Sunbelt Fruit and Grain
(1.4 oz) (1) 1 17
Quaker Cranberry Raisin &
Almond Trail
Mix (1.2 oz.) 1 10
Health Valley Low Fat
Granola (1.5 oz.) (1) 1 12
Post Honey Bunches of Oats
Cereal (1.2 oz.) (1) 1 10
TastyKake Fruit & Yogurt
Breakfast (2.0 oz.) (1) 1 24
Kudos (0.9 oz.) (1) 1 10
Kellogg's Special K
Protein Snack
(0.9 oz.) (1) 1 12
Fi-bar Chewy & Nutty
Granola (1.2 oz.) (1) 1 12
Nature Valley Yogurt Chewy
Granola (1.2 oz.) (1) 1 13
General Mills Caribou
Coffee (1.2 oz.) (1) 1 14
Kellogg's Go-Tarts
(1.2 oz.) (1) 1 14
Entenmann's Multi-grain
(1.3 oz.) (1) 1 15
General Mills Milk in
Cereal (1.5 oz.) (1) 1 15
Kellogg's Cinnamania
(1.8 oz.) (1) 1 13
Kellogg's Crunchamania
(1.8 oz.) (1) 1 13
Hershey's or Reese's
Snacksters (0.7 oz.) (1) 1 9
Sunbelt Oats & Honey Chewy
Granola (1.0 oz.) 1 8
Sunbelt S'mores Chewy
Granola (1.1 oz.) 1 11
Skippy Peanut Butter
Snack (1.2 oz.) 1 10
TastyKake Snak
(2.0 oz.) (1) 1 23
Quaker Chewy Dipps
(1.1 oz.) (1) 1 13
Skippy Peanut Butter &
Fudge Snack (1.3 oz.) 1 14
Kellogg's Rice Krispies
Treats Original
(0.8 oz.) 0 8
Kellogg's Special K
(0.8 oz.) (1) 0 8
Hershey's Snack Barz 0 11
(0.9 oz.) (1)
[check] [check] Best Bite. [check] Honorable Mention. * Includes
naturally occurring sugar from any raisins or other fruit.
(1) Average of all varieties.
(2) Average of the varieties listed. (A) Contains the poorly tested
artificial sweetener acesulfame potassium.
Daily Limits (for a 2,000-calorie diet): Saturated+Trans Fat: 20 grams.
Fiber: at least 25 grams. Sugar: 40 grams (10 teaspoons).
Source: company information.
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strictly prohibited without written permission from CSPI.
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