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Most chocolate
bars analyzed
fail due to
their excessive
saturated fat (7%
on average), but
also sugar (24%)
and additives
(up to 7, some
of which are not
recommended,
such as texture
agents E442, E473
and E476).

(Consumers and Users pay attention to appearance, If you’re looking for cereal
Organisation), analysed a as appearance doesn’t stand bars, chose those containing
considerable number of for healthy. In any case, avoid ingredients such as walnuts
snack bars that are for sale choosing bars covered in or hazelnuts, which are more
in supermarkets, and found chocolate or loaded with filling and contain more fibre
that they tend to be overly supposed yogurt and fruit; it than those made with puffed
processed foods, loaded doesn’t have much to do with rice or other refined cereals.
with sugars and additives real yogurt and may contain Use the nutrient information
and therefore, not the ideal added ingredients such as to choose a bar that doesn’t
breakfast for children or sugar and palm oil. There are contain more than 150
an appropriate snack to some bars that also contain a calories per bar. Remember
fill a nutritional gap. The large amount of undesirable that the main nutrient intake
ingredients in these bars can calories that might lead to should be based on healthy
vary widely. You shouldn’t unwanted weight gain. and natural products.

FITNESS STYLE 53