Quaker Chewy Granola Bars...bad for you?

[WeightLossChick]

I looooove those 100 calorie Quaker Chewy Granola bars (the little granola bars that have thw flavors such as chocolate chip, peanut butter chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, cinnamin sugar, etc. Well, I looked at the ingrediants list and it says that they have hydroginated vegetable oil in them, but yet the label says that they are trans fat free and and advertises good health beneifts such as a good sourse of calcium and whole grains. But what I don't understand is how they are labeled trans fat free??? I'd really love your guy's opinions on this...I really don't have to give up those granola bars!! Thanks!!

 

[KissMyHuman]

Fully hydrogenated vegetable oil contains less trans fats then then partly hydrogenated oils. This is relatively new.

I also believe that anything with <0.5g per serving can be labeled as 0 when it comes to fats.

 

[sirant]

heh, moderation is the key.

Beer, chocolate bars, pizza's, Big Macs, etc. None of them are bad for you per say, depending how you eat them. I am known to have a little beer from time to time myself.... If eaten in moderation and as part of a balanced over all plan, there should be no problem at all with your yummy granola bars, unless you eat 20 a day...... You don't eat 20 a day do you?

As has been discussed many times in this forum, too much of ANYTHING, even water, could be bad for you. And Tom even suggested a new Mars Bar Diet that "would" technically work..... But I would avoid that one!!!

Keep eating your yummy chewy gooey granola goodness, just work them into your daily calories and routine and you should be fine......

Damn..... Now I want a chewy gooey granola bar.....

sirant

 

[maleficent]

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anything with high fructose corn syrup I stay away from -- plus it's got way to many ingredients Icouldn't find on a supermarket shelf - so I'd pass..

the kashi granola bars -the tasty little chewies - are better for you

 

[LynnZ]

anything with high fructose corn syrup I stay away from -- plus it's got way to many ingredients Icouldn't find on a supermarket shelf - so I'd pass..

the kashi granola bars -the tasty little chewies - are better for you

YES!! I second this!! Kashi granola bars are yummmmyyyy and I like the ingredients in them better...I can actually understand what they are, lol.
They have peanut butter and a darkchocolate cherry one that is ohh sooo yummy if you like chewy. My favorite is Pumpkin Spice, but its the crunchy kind

 

[maleficent]

Health Valley also makes chewy granola bars as well in raspberry, blueberry and chocolate that has understandable ingredients - the raspberry tasts a lot like the entemanns raspberry coffee cake... it's good but they're very sweet - a little too sweet for my tastes these days but they're a good dessert and they are free of HFCS...