Snack Bars

42 products ranked by Scout score

Best snack bars right now

Primal Power Ancestral Fuel Bar 93/100
Scout's analysis: Primal Power Ancestral Fuel Bar is an exceptionally clean snack bar built on whole food ingredients — dates, peanuts, bovine collagen, and 1,100mg of New Zealand…
Once Upon a Farm Oat Bar 90/100
Scout's analysis: The Once Upon a Farm Apple Cinnamon Oat Bar scores an impressive 90/100, featuring beneficial ingredients like apple puree, oats, and pumpkin seed butter, while…
Bear Fruit Rolls 90/100
Scout's analysis: The Bear Fruit Rolls Snack Bar scores 90/100, highlighting its beneficial ingredients such as apples, pears, and strawberries, which are all rated very good for health.…

What to skip

Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Soft Baked Strawberry 1/100
Scout's analysis: Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Soft Baked Strawberry scores 1/100. EWG 2019 oat-based snack bar testing (Anresco Laboratories) confirmed positive for glyphosate. Beyond the…
Kellog Rice Krispies Treats Homestyle Bars 2/100
Scout's analysis: This product is heavily penalized due to its ultra-processed nature and the presence of multiple harmful ingredients such as corn syrup, fructose, and vegetable oil.…
Twix Cookie Bar 2/100
Scout's analysis: Twix Cookie Bar scores 2/100. 20+ ingredients for a simple 'cookie bar.' Four forms of sugar (sugar x2, corn syrup, dextrose). Palm oil. Two artificial flavor listings.…

Independently lab-tested snack bars

6 of the 42 products ranked here have a lab panel on their pages — each measured amount, the level it falls in and the report it comes from. The highest-scoring five:

Made Good Snack Bars Chocolate Chip 30/100
CLIF Kid ZBar Chocolate Chip 30/100
Nature Valley Crunchy Oats 'N Honey Granola Bars 16/100
Quaker Chewy Granola Bar Dark Chocolate Chunk 13/100
KIND Oats & Honey with Toasted Coconut 11/100
and 1 more in the ranking above

Ingredients to watch in snack bars

The flagged ingredients that show up most often across these 42 products. Each link opens Scout's analysis of the ingredient.

Natural Flavors in 12 of 42
Soy Lecithin in 8 of 42
Sugar in 8 of 42
Canola Oil in 6 of 42
Cane Sugar in 5 of 42
Corn Syrup in 4 of 42

What the better snack bars have in common

Sea Salt in 12 of 42
Dates in 7 of 42
Vanilla Extract in 7 of 42
Cocoa Butter in 7 of 42
Apples in 6 of 42

Common questions about snack bars

What scores highest in snack bars on Scout?

Primal Power Ancestral Fuel Bar leads Scout's snack bars ranking at 93/100, followed by Once Upon a Farm Oat Bar (90) and Bear Fruit Rolls (90). Scores compare products within the category on ingredients, processing, packaging and any lab results.

What should I avoid in snack bars?

Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Soft Baked Strawberry scores 1/100, the lowest of the 42 products Scout has analyzed in snack bars; next lowest are Kellog Rice Krispies Treats Homestyle Bars (2) and Twix Cookie Bar (2). Each product page lists the ingredients behind the number.

What drags scores down in snack bars?

Across these 42 products the most common flagged ingredients are Natural Flavors, Soy Lecithin, Sugar, Canola Oil, Cane Sugar, Corn Syrup. Each appears in at least two of the products ranked here.

Is anything in snack bars independently lab tested?

6 of the 42 products on this page carry independent lab results — Made Good Snack Bars Chocolate Chip, CLIF Kid ZBar Chocolate Chip, Nature Valley Crunchy Oats 'N Honey Granola Bars, Quaker Chewy Granola Bar Dark Chocolate Chunk, KIND Oats & Honey with Toasted Coconut and 1 more. Each of their product pages shows the measured amounts, the level each falls in and the report they come from.

How does Scout score snack bars?

Every product in snack bars gets one 1–100 score for comparison within its category: the full ingredient list judged by a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. Lab results are disclosed, not scored. Scout takes no payment for scores or placement.

How Scout scores snack bars

One 1–100 score per product, judged within its category: every ingredient on the label through a category-specific framework, the published processing level, the packaging, and any credible lab results. No brand pays for a score or a position on this list. Read the full methodology →