How much total fat and saturated fat does it contain?
You definitely want some fat in the bar, so that it has a more satisfying taste, texture, and helps slow digestion a bit. But you don’t want too much fat, and you certainly don’t want any saturated fat if you can help it. I read labels for the bars I came across and tried to find some that followed my four keys to a better bar. I was able to find some bars with 3 or more grams of fiber, 5 or more grams of protein, lower amounts of fat, and no saturated fat. But it was the rare bar that had less than 30% calories from sugar! That said, here are my better bar choices (for journaling purposes, you’d generally count 230 calories for a meal-replacement bar and 137 calories for a cereal bar): Clif Bars (made with organic oats and soybeans). Clif bars score really well on protein and fiber content. The flavors I looked at had 5 grams of fiber, 10 or more grams of protein, around 33% calories from sugar, and 4-5 grams of fat (1.5-2 grams of saturated fat) per bar. One of Clif’s lowest-sugar fl
