Protein bars
Met-RX Big 100 Super Cookie Crunch Meal Replacement Bar
3.52 oz/100 g
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in sugar
- High in saturated fat
- Contains added sugars
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
Why it scores 3
Met-RX Big 100 Super Cookie Crunch Meal Replacement Bar scores 3 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
Big 100 Super Cookie Crunch Meal Replacement Bar
Ingredients
- Corn syrup minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Fructose minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 7 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 8 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 25 g / 100 g minus 11 points
- Saturated fat 6 g / 100 g minus 5 points
- Salt 0.8 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Energy 410 kcal / 100 g minus 2 points
100 − 97 = 3
Can’t score above 79. Contains corn syrup, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in saturated fat and sugars (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [7]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 410 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 13 g |
| Saturated fat | 6 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 42 g |
| Sugars | 25 g |
| Added sugars | 24 g |
| Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 32 g |
| Salt | 0.8 g |
Serving: 1 bar (100 g)
Ingredients
- Soy cocoa crisps (soy protein isolate, cocoa [processed with alkali], tapioca starch)
- vanilla cream topping (corn syrup, milk protein isolate, fractionated palm kernel oil, natural flavors, glycerin, canola oil (with tocopherols added to protect flavor), fractionated palm oil, soy lecithin)
- corn syrup (high concern)
- chocolate flavored coating (sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whey powder, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor) (moderate concern)
- milk chocolate drops (sugar, whole milk powder, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor) (moderate concern)
- canola oil (with tocopherols added to protect flavor)
- cocoa (processed with alkali)
- metamyosyn v100 protein blend (whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, dried egg white, l-glutamine)
- crystalline fructose (high concern)
- glycerin
- water
- natural flavors
- fractionated palm oil
- fructooligosaccharides
- vitamin and mineral blend (tricalcium phosphate, ascorbic acid, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, cyanocobalamin)
- peanut flour
- salt
- dipotassium phosphate
- xanthan gum
- almond butter
- soy lecithin
Label text, as published
Soy cocoa crisps (soy protein isolate, cocoa [processed with alkali], tapioca starch), vanilla cream topping (corn syrup, milk protein isolate, fractionated palm kernel oil, natural flavors, glycerin, canola oil (with tocopherols added to protect flavor), fractionated palm oil, soy lecithin), corn syrup, chocolate flavored coating (sugar, fractionated palm kernel oil, cocoa powder, whey powder, nonfat milk powder, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor), milk chocolate drops (sugar, whole milk powder, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, milk fat, soy lecithin, natural vanilla flavor), canola oil (with tocopherols added to protect flavor), cocoa (processed with alkali), metamyosyn v100 protein blend (whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, dried egg white, l-glutamine), crystalline fructose, glycerin, water, natural flavors, fractionated palm oil, fructooligosaccharides, vitamin and mineral blend (tricalcium phosphate, ascorbic acid, d-alpha tocopheryl acetate, niacinamide, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, d-calcium pantothenate, vitamin a palmitate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, cyanocobalamin), peanut flour, salt, dipotassium phosphate, xanthan gum, almond butter, soy lecithin.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Peanuts, Tree nuts, Soy, Egg
- Not vegan
- 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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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