MadeGood Organic Chewy Granola Bars, Mixed Berry — ENGINEERED

Munch or Dump rates MadeGood Organic Chewy Granola Bars, Mixed Berry by MADEGOOD ENGINEERED — score 30/90.

Marketed as low-sugar and veggie-packed, but four stacked sweeteners run the show and the vegetables are trace extracts.

Why this verdict

• Four stacked sweeteners: agave nectar, brown rice syrup, apple juice concentrate, molasses
• Agave and brown rice syrup are the #2 and #3 ingredients — sugar dominates after oats
• Vegetable extracts are trace flavorless dust, not a real serving of vegetables
• Added 'blueberry flavor' plus inulin push it to an ultra-processed (NOVA 4) build
• 'Low in sugar' marketing clashes with a syrup-led ingredient list

Ingredients (15)

• Organic gluten-free oats (safe) — Whole grain, fiber and slow carbs — the best thing in the bar.
• Organic agave nectar (concerning) — Concentrated fructose syrup, the #2 ingredient — spikes and burdens the liver like any added sugar.
• organic brown rice syrup (concerning) — A second glucose-heavy syrup stacked right behind agave; organic doesn't change the sugar.
• organic raisins (moderate) — Whole dried fruit with fiber, but still a dense source of natural sugar.
• Organic crisp brown rice (moderate) — Refined-ish puffed rice for crunch; fast carbs, low nutrition.
• organic sunflower oil (moderate) — Refined seed oil, high in omega-6; fine in small amounts here.
• organic inulin (moderate) — Added chicory fiber to boost the fiber number; can cause bloating/gas in sensitive guts.
• Organic cranberries (moderate) — Dried fruit, real but usually sweetened; natural sugar.
• ORGANIC APPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE (concerning) — A third added-sugar source disguised as fruit — stripped of fiber, essentially syrup.
• organic molasses (moderate) — A fourth sweetener; trace minerals but still sugar.
• Organic raspberries (safe) — Real dried berry, small amount.
• Organic blueberries (safe) — Real dried berry, small amount.
• Vegetable extracts (spinach, broccoli, carrot, tomato, beet, shiitake) (safe) — The 'hidden veggies' — trace extracts far down the list, more marketing than nutrition.
• Organic blueberry flavor (moderate) — Added flavoring — a processing marker even in 'no artificial flavor' products.
• Organic agar (safe) — Seaweed-derived gelling agent to bind the bar; benign.