ALOHA Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Organic Protein Bar — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates ALOHA Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Organic Protein Bar by ALOHA ENGINEERED — score 35/90.

The base is genuinely good: organic brown rice and pumpkin seed protein, real sunflower seed butter, 10g fiber, and fully plant-based. But the sweetness is engineered with a four-syrup stack of tapioca syrup, cane sugar, brown sugar and brown rice syrup. Spreading it across four sources is how a 'clean, low-sugar' bar keeps its added-sugar label to 5g while still tasting like cookie dough.

Why this verdict

• Four stacked sweeteners: tapioca syrup, cane sugar, brown sugar and brown rice syrup
• NOVA 4 — organic does not mean minimally processed
• Sweetness engineered across multiple syrups to keep the '5g sugar' number low
• Real organic plant protein and 10g fiber keep it out of DUMP territory

Ingredients (8)

• Brown rice & pumpkin seed protein (safe) — Real organic plant protein — the honest core of the bar.
• Sunflower seed butter (safe) — Whole-food fat and flavor base.
• TAPIOCA FIBER (moderate) — Processed fiber and bulking agent that boosts the fiber count.
• tapioca syrup (moderate) — Second sweetener that keeps the rice dough pliable.
• Cane Sugar (moderate) — Added sugar in the chocolate coating; the only sweetener.
• brown sugar (caution) — Second sweetener adding moisture and molasses flavor.
• brown rice syrup (moderate) — Fourth sweetener, in the brown rice crisps.
• Sunflower Lecithin (safe) — Soy-free emulsifier.

Healthier alternatives

• GoMacro MacroBar Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip
• GoMacro MacroBar Sunflower Butter + Chocolate