Cereal bars
Kind Healthy Grains Oats & Honey with Toasted Coconut
6.2 oz
Score
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- Contains whole grains
Why it scores 26
Kind Healthy Grains Oats & Honey with Toasted Coconut scores 26 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Corn syrup: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 10 points Honey: An added sugar. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
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The Receipt
Kind Healthy Grains Oats & Honey with Toasted Coconut
Ingredients
- Corn syrup minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Honey minus 10 points
Processing
- Processed (NOVA 3) minus 8 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 17.1 g / 100 g minus 8 points
- Saturated fat 4.3 g / 100 g minus 5 points
- Salt 0.7 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Energy 429 kcal / 100 g minus 2 points
- Fiber 5.7 g / 100 g plus 2 points
100 − 74 = 26
Can’t score above 79. Contains corn syrup, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 429 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 14.3 g |
| Saturated fat | 4.3 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 65.7 g |
| Sugars | 17.1 g |
| Added sugars | 17.1 g |
| Fiber | 5.7 g |
| Protein | 8.6 g |
| Salt | 0.7 g |
Serving: 1 bar (35 g)
Ingredients
- Oats
- tapioca syrup (high concern)
- cane sugar (high concern)
- canola oil
- brown rice
- millet
- coconut
- honey (high concern)
- buckwheat
- amaranth
- brown rice flour
- sea salt
- quinoa
- brown rice syrup (high concern)
- Vitamin E (tocopherols to maintain freshness)
Label text, as published
Oats, tapioca syrup, cane sugar, canola oil, brown rice, millet, coconut, honey, buckwheat, amaranth, brown rice flour, sea salt, quinoa, brown rice syrup, Vitamin E (tocopherols to maintain freshness).
Allergens and diets
Contains: Tree nuts, Gluten
May contain: Peanuts, Soy, Sesame
- Not vegan
- Vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
Packaging
Composite material, Recycled paper
Context only: no points in v1.
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More from Kind
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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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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“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