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Nutrition Bar

by Balance Bar

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0750049573897 · Balance Bar · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0750049573897 · Serving size 1 BAR (50 g)

The verdict

Nutrition Bar by Balance Bar scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Protein Blend, Soy Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Isolate. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 49 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.

49573897 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Nutrition Bar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-PART 49% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Alpha-tocopherol Acetate PHOTO-FINISH Balance, Nutrition Energy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …573897 · July 2026

24 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Alpha-tocopherol Acetate). Source sheet 49573897 · 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: Balance, Nutrition Energy Snack, Peanut Butter · Nearest score peer is Balance, Nutrition Energy Snack, Peanut Butter 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.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

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

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

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
Balance, Nutrition Energie Bites, 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 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 Bar lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 49 (95th 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
Protein Blend
2
Soy Protein Isolate
3
Whey Protein Isolate
4
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
5
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
6
Partially Hydrolyzed Milk Protein Isolate
7
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
9
Water
10
Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
11
Unsweetened Chocolate
12
Glycerine
13
Refined High Oleic Sunflower Oil
14
Organic Cocoa
15
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
16
Natural Flavor
17
Soy Lecithin
18
Cocoa Butter
19
Nonfat Milk
20
Oligofructose
Sweetener
Safe
21
Instant Coffee
22
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
23
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
24
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
25
Nonfat Yogurt Powder
26
Cultured Nonfat Milk
27
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
28
Calcium Phosphate
29
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
30
Alpha-tocopherol Acetate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Ferric Orthophosphate
32
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Copper Gluconate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SYNERGIST
GRAS
35
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Manganese Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Vitamin A Acetate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Chromium Chloride
42
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
43
Biotin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
44
Potassium Iodide
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, TRACER
GRAS
45
Sodium Molybdate
46
Sodium Selenite
47
Phytonadione
48
Cholecalciferol
49
Cyanocobalamin

Full Ingredient List

Protein blend (soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, calcium caseinate, casein, partially hydrolyzed milk protein isolate), fructose, sugar, water, fractionated palm kernel oil, unsweetened chocolate, glycerine, high oleic sunflower oil, cocoa (processed with alkali), contains less than 2% of dextrose, natural flavor, soy lecithin, cocoa butter, nonfat milk, oligofructose, instant coffee, lactose, maltodextrin, salt, nonfat yogurt powder (cultured nonfat milk), caramel added for color. vitamins and minerals: calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, ascorbic acid, alpha-tocopherol acetate, ferric orthophosphate, niacinamide, zinc oxide, copper gluconate, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, vitamin a acetate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin, thiamine mononitrate, chromium chloride, folic acid, biotin, potassium iodide, sodium molybdate, sodium selenite, phytonadione, cholecalciferol, cyanocobalamin.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Nutrition Bar

Neighbours outside Balance Bar with screening scores in the same high band as Nutrition 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 Bar has a longer ingredient list than 95% 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 0750049573897: 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.