Protein bars

Rxbar Peanut Butter

Name: Rxbar Peanut Butter
Brand: RXBAR

1 bar (52 g)

Excellent out of 100 Medium confidence

Why it scores 99

Rxbar Peanut Butter scores 99 out of 100 (Excellent) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:

minus 1 points Natural flavors: "Natural flavor" is a legal category (21 CFR 101.22(a)(3)): flavor substances from spices, fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy or fermentation. Info

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Rxbar Peanut Butter

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Ingredients

Natural flavors minus 1 points

Info "Natural flavor" is a legal category (21 CFR 101.22(a)(3)): flavor substances from spices, fruits, vegetables, meat, dairy or fermentation. [1][2]

subtotal−1

TOTAL 99Excellent

100 − 1 = 99

Serving: 1 bar (52 g)

High Moderate Not recognized Tap an ingredient for its evidence and rules.

Label text, as published

DATES, PEANUTS, EGG WHITES, NATURAL FLAVORS, SEA SALT.

Contains: Milk, Peanuts, Tree nuts, Soy, Egg

Always check the package: recipes change.

21 CFR 101.22 Foods; labeling of spices, flavorings, colorings and chemical preservatives

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), U.S. Office of the Federal Register · Dec 19, 2016 · Law

“whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”

ecfr.gov
Ultra-processed foods: what they are and how to identify them

Public Health Nutrition · April 2019 · Peer-reviewed

doi.org