think! · Protein Bar
High Protein Bar · Girl Scouts Thin Mints
- Gluten-Free
- Low Sugar
- No Artificial Sweeteners
20g protein
220 calories · per 1 bar (60g)
✦ Protein Score
Great
9.1g of protein for every 100 calories. The more of the calories that come from protein, the higher the score.
Contains: TREE NUTS (ALMOND), MILK, AND SOY
Flavours (12)
Protein Pal Analysis
Protein Source
Where the 20g of protein comes from, largest contributor first
Complete protein. The only common plant protein with a full amino acid profile on its own.
Complete protein. Slow digesting, releasing amino acids over several hours.
Complete protein, fast absorbing. Filtered to remove most of the lactose and fat.
Complete protein. Slow digesting, releasing amino acids over several hours.
Also Contains
Sugar Alcohols
- Maltitol Syrup
A sugar alcohol that does raise blood glucose, with a glycaemic index around 35 where most polyols are near zero. It is the usual cause of the digestive complaints from protein bars: bloating, gas and a laxative effect, typically above roughly 30 to 40g a day.
Livesey, Nutrition Research Reviews (2003) - Vegetable Glycerin
Chemically a sugar alcohol, used to keep bars soft and moist rather than to sweeten. The EU safety authority found no safety concern at food levels. Large amounts can draw water into the gut and have a laxative effect.
EFSA re-evaluation of glycerol E422 (2017)
Tropical Oils
- Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil
Palm oil is pressed from the fruit of the oil palm; palm kernel oil comes from the seed inside that same fruit. Neither is a typical seed oil: the concerns people cite when avoiding seed oils are a high omega-6 linoleic acid load and the oxidation that polyunsaturated fats are prone to during refining and heating, and both palm oils are mostly saturated fat, with very little omega-6 and much greater oxidative stability. Palm oil is around half saturated fat, mostly palmitic acid, and a meta-analysis of controlled trials found it raises LDL cholesterol compared with vegetable oils low in saturated fat; palm kernel oil is more saturated again. Both stay solid at room temperature without hydrogenation, which is why coatings use them.
Sun et al., Journal of Nutrition (2015)
Seed Oils
- High Oleic Sunflower Oil
A seed oil from varieties bred so most of the fat is monounsaturated oleic acid, the same fat that dominates olive oil, with far less of the omega-6 linoleic acid that standard versions carry. The FDA allows a qualified health claim that replacing saturated fat with high oleic oils may reduce coronary heart disease risk. The high oleic profile also makes the oil much more stable against oxidation.
FDA qualified health claim for oleic acid oils (2018)
Nutrition
per 1 bar (60g)≤1g: the label prints “<1g” for this value.
Protein efficiency
computed from the labelIngredients
Ingredients
PROTEIN BLEND (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CALCIUM CASEINATE, WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CASEIN), MALTITOL SYRUP, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN, WATER, ALMOND BUTTER, COCOA SOY CRISPS (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, TAPIOCA STARCH, COCOA POWDER [PROCESSED WITH ALKALI]), FRACTIONATED PALM KERNEL OIL, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), COCOA POWDER, HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, COCONUT OIL, SUNFLOWER AND/OR SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, SALT, STEVIOL GLYCOSIDES. CONTAINS: TREE NUTS (ALMOND), MILK, AND SOY.
Nutrition values are taken from the manufacturer’s published label and may vary by flavour or region. Trademarks and imagery are the property of their respective owners.
Where High Protein Bar ranks
- #8 in Best Protein Bars
- #9 in Highest Protein Bars Per Calorie
- #7 in High Fiber Protein Bars
- #2 in Low Sugar Protein Bars
- #4 in Best Protein Bars for GLP-1 Users
- #4 in Best Protein Bars for Ozempic Users
- #4 in Best Protein Bars for Mounjaro & Zepbound Users
- #2 in Protein Bars Without Artificial Sweeteners
- #9 in Protein Bars Without Seed Oils
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