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Breakfast Protein Dark Chocolate Cocoa

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #32 of 32 cereal and granola bars we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving2 bars (50 g)
Purine per servingabout 5 mg, at most 13 mg (3% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 26 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 43 mg per serving
Main purine sourcesoy protein concentrate
Fructose per serving5 g
Added sugar per serving9 g
Total sugar per serving10 g

The weighted figure is lower than the one before weighting because GoutSafe counts purine from plants at a fraction of the same amount from meat or fish. The grade uses the weighted figure.

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
soy protein isolate soy protein concentrate (A) 192 mg up to 25% 24 mg 7 mg
oats rolled oats (A) 44 mg up to 100% 22 mg 4 mg
cocoa powder unsweetened cocoa powder (A) 59 mg up to 13% 4 mg 1 mg
buckwheat buckwheat flour (A) 76 mg up to 9.1% 3 mg 1 mg
semi-sweet chocolate dark chocolate (C) 26 mg up to 20% 3 mg under 1 mg
raisin paste unsweetened grape juice (D) 5 mg up to 14% under 1 mg under 1 mg
millet whole-grain wheat flour (A) 12 mg up to 11% under 1 mg under 1 mg
amaranth whole-grain wheat flour (A) 12 mg up to 8.3% under 1 mg under 1 mg
quinoa whole-grain wheat flour (A) 12 mg up to 7.7% under 1 mg under 1 mg

Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.

Why it's rated C

  • Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
  • About 5 mg of purine per serving, and at most 13 mg (3% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from soy protein concentrate. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The Nutrition Facts panel lists 9 g of added sugar per serving, about half of it fructose. Source on GoutSafe.

Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.

What's on the label

Ingredients: OATS, TAPIOCA SYRUP, CANOLA OIL, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, SOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT), CANE SUGAR, RAISIN PASTE, COCOA POWDER, MILLET, MOLASSES, BUCKWHEAT, AMARANTH, QUINOA, NATURAL FLAVOR, CINNAMON, SEA SALT, VITAMIN E (TOCOPHEROLS TO MAINTAIN FRESHNESS).

Same recipe also sold as Breakfast Bar Dark Chocolate Cocoa Protein. Serving: 2 bars (50 g). Added sugar: 9 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2660502), dated 2023-10-26. UPC 602652419300. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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