Nature Valley

Crunchy granola bars

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #25 of 32 cereal and granola bars we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving2 bars (42 g)
Purine per servingabout 3 mg, at most 6 mg (1% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 13 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 19 mg per serving
Main purine sourcerolled oats
Fructose per serving5.5 g
Added sugar per serving11 g
Total sugar per serving11 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
whole grain oats rolled oats (A) 44 mg up to 100% 19 mg 6 mg
peanut butter peanut butter (A) 44 mg up to 25% 5 mg under 1 mg
rice flour uncooked white rice (A) 33 mg up to 20% 3 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 3 mg of purine per serving, and at most 6 mg (1% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from rolled oats. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The Nutrition Facts panel lists 11 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: Whole Grain Oats, Sugar, Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Peanut Butter (peanuts, salt), Rice Flour, Brown Sugar Syrup, Salt, Baking Soda, Soy Lecithin.

Same recipe also sold as Crunchy Peanut Butter. Serving: 2 bars (42 g). Added sugar: 11 g per serving. Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2769660), dated 2026-05-21. UPC 016000264793.

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