Snacks
Met-RX apple pie Met-Rx bar
3.52 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- High in sugar
- Contains added sugars
- Contains sugar alcohols
- Contains seed oils
- Contains palm oil
Why it scores 0
Met-RX apple pie Met-Rx bar scores 0 out of 100 (Bad) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Fruit juice concentrate (sweetener): 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
apple pie Met-Rx bar
Ingredients
- Fruit juice concentrate (sweetener) minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Corn syrup minus 10 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 9 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 8 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Sugars 29 g / 100 g minus 14 points
- Saturated fat 5 g / 100 g minus 5 points
- Salt 1 g / 100 g minus 3 points
- Energy 390 kcal / 100 g minus 2 points
100 − 100 = 0
Can’t score above 79. Contains fruit juice concentrate (sweetener), an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Can’t score above 79. High in sugars (above the front-of-pack "high" level). [7]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 390 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 9 g |
| Saturated fat | 5 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 48 g |
| Sugars | 29 g |
| Added sugars | 25 g |
| Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 30 g |
| Salt | 1 g |
Serving: 1 bar (100 g)
Ingredients
- Soy crisps (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt)
- apple layer (fruit, sugar, glucose syrup, glycerol, palm fat, rice starch, malic acid, natural flavor, calcium lactate, citrus fiber, sunflower lecithin)
- yogurt flavored coating (sugar, palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk solids, yogurt powder, soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor)
- corn syrup (high concern)
- metamyosyn v100 protein blend (whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, dried egg white, l-glutamine)
- maltitol syrup
- crystalline fructose (high concern)
- dried apples
- fractionated palm oil
- glycerin
- water
- canola oil (with tocopherols added to protect flavor)
- ground cinnamon
- natural flavor
- fructooligosaccharides
- xanthan gum
- 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)
- dipotassium phosphate
- salt
- soy lecithin
- almond butter
- peanut flour
Label text, as published
Soy crisps (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt), apple layer (fruit [apple puree concentrate, apple juice concentrate], sugar, glucose syrup, glycerol, palm fat, rice starch, malic acid, natural flavor, calcium lactate, citrus fiber, sunflower lecithin), yogurt flavored coating (sugar, palm kernel oil, nonfat dry milk solids, yogurt powder [cultured whey protein concentrate, cultured skim milk], soy lecithin, salt, natural flavor), corn syrup, metamyosyn v100 protein blend (whey protein isolate, milk protein isolate, whey protein concentrate, dried egg white, l-glutamine), maltitol syrup, crystalline fructose, dried apples, fractionated palm oil, glycerin, water, canola oil (with tocopherols added to protect flavor), ground cinnamon, natural flavor, fructooligosaccharides, xanthan gum, 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), dipotassium phosphate, salt, soy lecithin, almond butter, peanut flour.
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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Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Annex III point 2.4 (foods with more than 10 % added polyols)
“‘excessive consumption may produce laxative effects’.”
eur-lex.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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“Glycidyl fatty acid esters, expressed as glycidol”
eur-lex.europa.eu