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Nutrition Energy Bar

by Balance Bar

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0750049567131 · Balance Bar · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0750049567131 · Serving size 1 BAR (45 g)

The verdict

Nutrition Energy Bar by Balance Bar scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 24 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 24-component label is layered, beginning with Soy Protein Isolate, Invert Evaporated Cane Syrup, Sugar. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 24 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

49567131 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Nutrition Energy Bar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 24 ing. REG-PART 42% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 30% LEAD-RARE Alpha-tocopherol Acetate PHOTO-FINISH Nutrition Bar · ±0 BOOK-OFF …567131 · July 2026

10 of 24 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Alpha-tocopherol Acetate). Source sheet 49567131 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Nutrition Bar · Nearest score peer is Nutrition Bar at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Nutrition Energy Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Nutrition Energy Bar100/1002. Nutrition Bar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Nutrition Bar100/1003. Balance, Nutrition Energy Snack, Peanut Butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Balance, Nutrition Energy…100/1004. Balance, Nutrition Energy Snack Peanut Butter Bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Balance, Nutrition Energy…100/1005. Balanced, Nutrition Energy Snack, Chocolate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Balanced, Nutrition Energ…100/100
High-band neighbours for Nutrition Energy Bar (100/100) outside Balance Bar.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Nutrition Energy Bar
100/100
Nutrition Bar
100/100
Balance, Nutrition Energy Snack, Peanut Butter
100/100
Balance, Nutrition Energy Snack Peanut Butter Bites
100/100
Balanced, Nutrition Energy Snack, Chocolate
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Nutrition Energy Bar scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Nutrition Energy Bar lists 24 ingredients on its label

24 70th percentile a longer ingredient list than 70% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Above this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Above this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 24 (70th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 81,477 Snacks products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Soy Protein Isolate
2
Invert Evaporated Cane Syrup
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Tapioca Syrup
5
Organic Cocoa
6
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
7
Chicory Root Fiber
8
Unsweetened Chocolate+
9
Sunflower Oil
10
Water
11
Casein
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
12
Whey Protein Isolate
13
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
14
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
15
Natural Flavor
16
Soy Lecithin
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
19
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
20
Calcium Phosphate
21
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
22
Alpha-tocopherol Acetate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Vitamin A Acetate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Cholecalciferol

Full Ingredient List

Soy protein isolate, invert evaporated cane syrup, sugar, tapioca syrup, cocoa (processed with alkali)+, fractionated palm kernel oil, chicory root fiber, unsweetened chocolate+, sunflower oil, water, casein, whey protein isolate, tapioca starch, calcium caseinate, natural flavor, soy lecithin, salt, maltodextrin, whey. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol acetate, vitamin a acetate, cholecalciferol.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Nutrition Energy Bar

Neighbours outside Balance Bar with screening scores in the same high band as Nutrition Energy Bar (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Balance Bar; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Nutrition Energy Bar has a longer ingredient list than 70% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0750049567131: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.