ALOHA Organic Plant-Based Protein Bar — Peanut Butter Cup — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates ALOHA Organic Plant-Based Protein Bar — Peanut Butter Cup by ALOHA ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

One of the more honest bars on the shelf: organic peanuts first, real dark chocolate, no stevia or sugar alcohols. Still, cane sugar plus tapioca syrup plus monk fruit is a three-part sweetness system built on a protein-isolate-and-glycerin frame. Cleaner, not clean.

Why this verdict

• Three distinct sweetener sources (cane sugar, tapioca syrup, monk fruit) — sweetness is a system, which locks ENGINEERED minimum
• Protein comes from brown rice and pumpkin seed isolates with glycerin for texture — manufactured bar architecture, NOVA 4
• Genuinely strong base: organic peanuts lead, sunflower lecithin instead of soy, no artificial sweeteners
• Marketing claims are unusually honest — the formula is engineered, but nobody's lying about it

Ingredients (10)

• organic peanuts (safe) — Whole-food first ingredient
• Organic Tapioca Fiber (moderate) — Processed fiber pushing the 10g fiber claim
• Brown Rice Protein (safe) — Plant protein isolate — refined but benign
• pumpkin seed protein (safe) — Second plant protein isolate
• organic dark chocolate (moderate) — Real chocolate, but it carries the cane sugar
• organic tapioca syrup (caution) — Sweetener source two — refined syrup
• organic vegetable glycerin (moderate) — Humectant that keeps the bar soft — industrial texture tool
• organic monk fruit (moderate) — Sweetener source three — natural high-intensity sweetener
• organic sunflower lecithin (safe) — Soy-free emulsifier
• Sea Salt (moderate) — It's a salted chip; sodium is the point and the problem.