Salty snacks
Made Good Vanilla Drizzled Crunchy Oat Bites - Cookies & Creme
4.25 oz/120 g
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in sugar
- High in saturated fat
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
- Certified organic
- Contains whole grains
Why it scores 11
Made Good Vanilla Drizzled Crunchy Oat Bites - Cookies & Creme scores 11 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 Invert 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.
Better cookies
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Vanilla shortbread Rustic Bakery · 4 oz Not ultra-processed · Less sugar Score 55 out of 100 , 44 points higher -
Organic Vanilla Bean Coconut Cookies Emmy's Organics Inc. · 170 g Not ultra-processed · No seed oils Score 53 out of 100 , 42 points higher -
Coconut cookies vanilla bean Emmy's · 4 oz Not ultra-processed · No seed oils Score 58 out of 100 , 47 points higher -
Crunchy Chocolate Chip Cookies Partake Foods · 6.7 oz/190 g Not ultra-processed · Less saturated fat Score 53 out of 100 , 42 points higher -
Cherry Lemon All Natural Crunchy Cookies Wackym's Kitchen · 8 oz Not ultra-processed · Less sugar Score 54 out of 100 , 43 points higher
The same kind of product, at least 10 points higher, sold in the US. Never paid placements.
The Receipt
Vanilla Drizzled Crunchy Oat Bites - Cookies & Creme
Ingredients
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Invert sugar minus 20 points
- Corn syrup minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 2 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 1.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 25 g / 100 g minus 11 points
- Saturated fat 10.4 g / 100 g minus 9 points
- Salt 0.4 g / 100 g minus 1 points
- Energy 500 kcal / 100 g minus 3 points
- Fiber 8.3 g / 100 g plus 4 points
100 − 89.5 = 10.5 → 11
Can’t score above 79. Contains sugar, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in fat, saturated fat and sugars (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [7]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 500 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 25 g |
| Saturated fat | 10.4 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 62.5 g |
| Sugars | 25 g |
| Added sugars | 25 g |
| Fiber | 8.3 g |
| Protein | 8.3 g |
| Salt | 0.4 g |
Serving: 1 pouch (24 g)
Ingredients
- pure gluten free oats
- palm fruit oil
- cane sugar (high concern)
- invert cane syrup (high concern)
- vanilla drizzle (cocoa butter, cane sugar, tapioca starch, rice syrup solids, rice maltodextrin, vanilla extract)
- cocoa powder (processed with alkali)
- gluten free oat flour
- sunflower oil
- natural flavors
- sea salt
- vegetable extracts (spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets, shiitake mushrooms)
- ground chia seeds
- baking soda
Label text, as published
pure gluten free oats, palm fruit oil, cane sugar, invert cane syrup, vanilla drizzle (cocoa butter, cane sugar, tapioca starch, rice syrup solids, rice maltodextrin, vanilla extract), cocoa powder (processed with alkali), gluten free oat flour, sunflower oil, natural flavors, sea salt, vegetable extracts (spinach, broccoli, carrots, tomatoes, beets, shiitake mushrooms), ground chia seeds, baking soda
Allergens and diets
Contains: Gluten
- Not gluten-free
- Not palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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More from Made Good
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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“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