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Bear Naked Fruit & Nut Steel Cut Oatmeal + Granola: Longevity analysis
Quick answer
Frequent Choice
Bear Naked fruit & nut steel cut oatmeal + granola received a Longevity Score of 84 out of 100 (frequent choice). Whole-grain oats, nuts, and seeds with good fiber; added sugars from cane, honey, and maple keep it a moderate-sweetness pick. Strengths include whole-grain oats and steel cut oats provide fiber, almonds, pecans, walnuts, and flax add whole-food fats, and meaningful plant protein from oats and pea/brown rice blend, while main considerations include multiple added sugars: cane, honey, maple syrup, dried fruit, canola oil used in granola, and calorie-dense per serving with dried fruit and granola.
Longevity Score 84/100
What helped the score?
- Whole-grain oats and steel cut oats provide fiber
- Almonds, pecans, walnuts, and flax add whole-food fats
- Meaningful plant protein from oats and pea/brown rice blend
What held the score back?
- Multiple added sugars: cane, honey, maple syrup, dried fruit
- Canola oil used in granola
- Calorie-dense per serving with dried fruit and granola
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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details
Product facts
- Product
- Bear Naked Fruit & Nut Steel Cut Oatmeal + Granola
- Brand
- Bear Naked
- Category
- Breakfast & Cereal (source: Cereal)
- GTIN / UPC
00884623104372- Serving size
- 66 g (1 Container (66g))
- Source data — ingredients
- Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
- Healthy Food Guide analysis
- Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
- Data last verified
Bear Naked
Fruit & Nut Steel Cut Oatmeal + Granola
KarbCoach Recommendation
Frequent Choice
Whole-grain oats, nuts, and seeds with good fiber; added sugars from cane, honey, and maple keep it a moderate-sweetness pick.
What Stands Out
High Protein
10g protein
20% DVExcellent Fiber
6g fiber
21% DVAdded Sweetener
cane sugar
Contains Seed Oils
expeller pressed canola oil
Whole Foods
steel cut oats, whole grain oats
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Key Positives
- Whole-grain oats and steel cut oats provide fiber
- Almonds, pecans, walnuts, and flax add whole-food fats
- Meaningful plant protein from oats and pea/brown rice blend
- Few additives beyond natural flavor and glycerin
Key Concerns
- Multiple added sugars: cane, honey, maple syrup, dried fruit
- Canola oil used in granola
- Calorie-dense per serving with dried fruit and granola
Ingredient Signals
Primary protein
Whole-food ingredients
Processing signals
Additives
Seed oils
Added sweeteners
Ingredients
Ingredient list
OATMEAL (STEEL CUT OATS, FERMENTED PEA AND BROWN RICE PROTEIN, CANE SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR), FRUIT & NUT GRANOLA (WHOLE GRAIN OATS, HONEY, ALMONDS, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, COCONUT, RAISINS [RAISINS, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN], DRIED CRANBERRIES [CRANBERRIES, CANE SUGAR, VEGETABLE GLYCERIN], OAT BRAN, MAPLE SYRUP, PECANS, WALNUTS, WHOLE OAT FLOUR, GROUND FLAX SEEDS, TOASTED SESAME SEEDS
Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.
Macronutrients
Calories
260
13% DVTotal Carbs
42g
15% DVProtein
10g
20% DVSaturated Fat
2g
10% DVFiber
6g
21% DVNet Carbs
36g
13% DVSugar
10g
Added Sugar
8g
16% DVTotal Fat
8g
10% DVSodium
25mg
1% DVCholesterol
0mg
0% DVUnsaturated Fat
6g
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Nutrition at a Glance
| Nutrient | Amount | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 260 | 13% DV |
| Total Carbs | 42g | 15% DV |
| Protein | 10g | 20% DV |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% DV |
| Fiber | 6g | 21% DV |
| Net Carbs | 36g | 13% DV |
| Sugar | 10g | — |
| Added Sugar | 8g | 16% DV |
| Total Fat | 8g | 10% DV |
| Sodium | 25mg | 1% DV |
| Cholesterol | 0mg | 0% DV |
| Unsaturated Fat | 6g | — |
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.
Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.
How this product may fit different goals
The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.
Low-Spike Stability
MixedMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher net carbs (36g)
This product has 4 additional signals for this goal.
Heart-Healthy Eating
SupportiveMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Moderate-low sodium (25.1mg)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
GLP-1 Eating Support
MixedMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher sugar (10g)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
Low Sugar Lifestyle
MixedMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher sugar (10g)
This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.
Appetite & Portion Awareness
MixedMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher sugar (10g)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
Athletic Fueling
SupportiveAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Available carbohydrates (42g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Workout Recovery
SupportiveAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Workout Recovery, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Recovery protein (10g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Strength & Protein Focus
SupportiveAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Strength & Protein Focus, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Moderate protein (10g)
Vegetarian
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegetarian, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Plant-food ingredients (Mentions "oat", "almond", "walnut". See ingredients for details.)
Vegan
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegan, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Animal-derived ingredients (Mentions "honey". See ingredients for details.)
Plant-Based
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Plant-Based, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Animal-derived ingredients (Mentions "honey". See ingredients for details.)
Low-Carb Lifestyle
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Low-Carb Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher net carbs (36g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Keto-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Keto-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Net carbs above typical keto snack range (36g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Minimally Processed Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Minimally Processed Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Sweetener signals (cane sugar, honey)
Whole-Food Focused Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Whole-Food Focused Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Sweetener signals (cane sugar, honey)
Reduce Ultra-Processed Foods
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Reduce Ultra-Processed Foods, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Sweetener signals (cane sugar, honey)
Mediterranean-Style Eating
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Mediterranean-Style Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: High fiber (6g)
This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.
Paleo-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Paleo-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Grain/legume ingredients (Mentions "flour", "oat", "rice". See ingredients for details.)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Healthy Fat Focus
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Healthy Fat Focus, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Higher unsaturated fat (6g)
Pescatarian
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Pescatarian, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
Low Gluten Eating
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Low Gluten Eating, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
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Understanding the Longevity analysis
What the Longevity analysis evaluates
The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.
Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients
Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.
Who may prioritize Longevity
People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.
How Longevity differs from Food Integrity
Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.
Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both
The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.
Common questions about this product
Is Bear Naked Fruit & Nut Steel Cut Oatmeal + Granola highly processed?
Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.
Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?
Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.
How much fiber is in one serving?
Bear Naked Fruit & Nut Steel Cut Oatmeal + Granola shows about 6.01g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.
Does it contain added sugar?
Bear Naked Fruit & Nut Steel Cut Oatmeal + Granola: 8g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include cane sugar, honey. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.
What helped the Longevity Score?
Key positives called out in the analysis include: Whole-grain oats and steel cut oats provide fiber; Almonds, pecans, walnuts, and flax add whole-food fats; Meaningful plant protein from oats and pea/brown rice blend.
What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?
Key concerns noted include: Multiple added sugars: cane, honey, maple syrup, dried fruit; Canola oil used in granola; Calorie-dense per serving with dried fruit and granola.
Who might evaluate this product differently?
People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same breakfast & cereal differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.
Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis
- Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
- Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
- How the Longevity Score is calculated
- How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
- Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
- Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
- Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information
Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.
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