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Nut Butter Bites
1 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in sugar
- High in saturated fat
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
- Contains artificial flavors
- Contains whole grains
Why it scores 5
Nut Butter Bites scores 5 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Corn syrup solids: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Nut Butter Bites
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Corn syrup solids minus 20 points
- High fructose corn syrup minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 4 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 4.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 28.6 g / 100 g minus 14 points
- Saturated fat 5.4 g / 100 g minus 5 points
- Salt 1 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Energy 500 kcal / 100 g minus 3 points
- Fiber 3.6 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 95.5 = 4.5 → 5
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3][4]
Can’t score above 79. High in fat, saturated fat and sugars (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [8]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 500 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 17.9 g |
| Saturated fat | 5.4 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 71.4 g |
| Sugars | 28.6 g |
| Added sugars | 21.4 g |
| Fiber | 3.6 g |
| Protein | 7.1 g |
| Salt | 1 g |
Serving: 1 pack (28 g)
Ingredients
- Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid)
- sugar (high concern)
- peanut butter (peanuts, corn syrup solids, hydrogenated rapeseed, cottonseed, soybean oils, salt, peanut oil)
- high fructose corn syrup (high concern)
- canola oil
- palm oil
- whole grain wheat flour
- salt
- leavening (baking soda, calcium phosphate) (not recognized)
- cornstarch
- soy lecithin
- artificial flavor
Label text, as published
Unbleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate {vitamin b1}, riboflavin {vitamin b2}, folic acid), sugar, peanut butter (peanuts, corn syrup solids, hydrogenated rapeseed and/or cottonseed and/or soybean oils, salt, peanut oil), high fructose corn syrup, canola oil, palm oil, whole grain wheat flour, salt, leavening (baking soda and/or calcium phosphate), cornstarch, soy lecithin, artificial flavor.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Peanuts, Soy, Wheat, Gluten
- Vegan
- Vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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21 CFR 184.1866 High fructose corn syrup
“a sweet, nutritive saccharide mixture containing either approximately 42 or 55 percent fructose”
ecfr.gov
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Saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children: WHO guideline
“WHO recommends that adults and children reduce saturated fatty acid intake to 10% of total energy intake (strong recommendation).”
who.int
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Table 3: Criteria for drinks (per 100ml)”
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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“replacement of saturated fat in the diet with linoleic acid effectively lowers serum cholesterol but does not support the hypothesis that this translates to a lower risk of death from coronary heart disease or all causes.”
doi.org
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“These data provide support for current recommendations to replace saturated fat with polyunsaturated fat for primary prevention of CHD.”
doi.org
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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu