Brownies
Kind Soft Baked Squares Chocolate Almond Flour Brownie
6 × 1.4 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
Why it scores 13
Kind Soft Baked Squares Chocolate Almond Flour Brownie scores 13 out of 100 (Bad) 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 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
Soft Baked Squares Chocolate Almond Flour Brownie
Ingredients
- Corn syrup minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Chocolate (sweetened, ingredient) minus 7.5 points
- Inulin (chicory root fiber) minus 1.5 points
- Canola oil minus 1 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 5 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 6 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 20 g / 100 g minus 11 points
- Saturated fat 3.8 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Salt 0.5 g / 100 g minus 1 points
- Energy 475 kcal / 100 g minus 2 points
- Fiber 10 g / 100 g plus 4 points
100 − 87 = 13
Can’t score above 79. Contains corn syrup, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in fat (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [11]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 475 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 32.5 g |
| Saturated fat | 3.8 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 40 g |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Added sugars | 17.5 g |
| Fiber | 10 g |
| Protein | 12.5 g |
| Salt | 0.5 g |
Serving: 1 bar (40 g)
Ingredients
- Blanched almond flour
- tapioca syrup (high concern)
- cane sugar (high concern)
- chicory root fiber
- canola oil
- semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract) (moderate concern)
- Cocoa powder
- vegetable glycerin
- palm kernel oil
- natural flavors
- alkalized Cocoa
- sea salt
- baking soda
- soy lecithin
- Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols for freshness)
Label text, as published
Blanched almond flour, tapioca syrup, cane sugar, chicory root fiber, canola oil, semi-sweet chocolate (sugar, unsweetened chocolate, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, vanilla extract), Cocoa powder, vegetable glycerin, palm kernel oil, natural flavors, alkalized Cocoa, sea salt, baking soda, soy lecithin, Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols for freshness). Allergen Information: Contains almonds and soy. May contain peanuts and tree nuts.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Tree nuts, Soy
May contain: Peanuts
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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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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“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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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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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu