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Bear Naked Real Nut Energy Bar, Peanut Butter: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-17 · Bear Naked

Quick answer

Occasional Choice

Bear Naked real nut energy bar, peanut butter received a Longevity Score of 78 out of 100 (occasional choice). Whole-grain oat and peanut base with good fiber and protein, but added sweeteners and isolated soy protein lower the profile. Strengths include whole grain oats and peanuts as leading ingredients, solid fiber (about 4g) and protein (9g) per bar, and flaxseed adds whole-food fiber and fats, while main considerations include multiple added sweeteners: honey, brown rice syrup, sugar, crisp rice and isolated soy protein indicate processing, and sugar around 12g per bar.

Longevity Score 78/100

What helped the score?

  • Whole grain oats and peanuts as leading ingredients
  • Solid fiber (about 4g) and protein (9g) per bar
  • Flaxseed adds whole-food fiber and fats

What held the score back?

  • Multiple added sweeteners: honey, brown rice syrup, sugar
  • Crisp rice and isolated soy protein indicate processing
  • Sugar around 12g per bar

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Bear Naked Real Nut Energy Bar, Peanut Butter
Category
Snacks (source: Snack, Energy & Granola Bars)
GTIN / UPC
00884623100398
Serving size
57 g (1 bar)
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

Real Nut Energy Bar, Peanut Butter

Occasional Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Occasional Choice

Whole-grain oat and peanut base with good fiber and protein, but added sweeteners and isolated soy protein lower the profile.

What Stands Out

High Added Sugar

12g added sugar

24% DV

Refined Grains

crisp rice (refined rice flour)

Added Sweetener

honey

Good Fiber

4g fiber

14% DV

Good Protein

9g protein

18% DV

Whole Foods

whole grain oats, peanuts

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Whole grain oats and peanuts as leading ingredients
  • Solid fiber (about 4g) and protein (9g) per bar
  • Flaxseed adds whole-food fiber and fats

Key Concerns

  • Multiple added sweeteners: honey, brown rice syrup, sugar
  • Crisp rice and isolated soy protein indicate processing
  • Sugar around 12g per bar

Ingredient Signals

Primary protein

peanuts and isolated soy protein

Whole-food ingredients

whole grain oatspeanutswhole flaxseedsoybeans

Processing signals

crisp rice (refined rice flour)isolated soy proteinsoy lecithin

Additives

mixed tocopherols (freshness)spice extractives (freshness)soy lecithin

Added sweeteners

honeybrown rice syrupsugar

Other sweeteners

malt extract

Ingredients

Ingredient list

WHOLE GRAIN OATS, HONEY, PEANUTS, PEANUT BUTTER (PEANUTS), BROWN RICE SYRUP, CRISP RICE (RICE FLOUR, SUGAR, MALT EXTRACT, SALT, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS FOR FRESHNESS), WHOLE FLAXSEED, SOYBEANS, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, SEA SALT, SOY LECITHIN, SPICE EXTRACTIVES FOR FRESHNESS.

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

250

13% DV

Total Carbs

29g

11% DV

Protein

9g

18% DV

Saturated Fat

2g

10% DV

Fiber

4g

14% DV

Net Carbs

25g

9% DV

Sugar

12g

Added Sugar

12g

24% DV

Total Fat

13g

17% DV

Sodium

115mg

5% DV

Cholesterol

0mg

0% DV

Unsaturated Fat

11g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories25013% DV
Total Carbs29g11% DV
Protein9g18% DV
Saturated Fat2g10% DV
Fiber4g14% DV
Net Carbs25g9% DV
Sugar12g—
Added Sugar12g24% DV
Total Fat13g17% DV
Sodium115mg5% DV
Cholesterol0mg0% DV
Unsaturated Fat11g—

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

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher net carbs (25g)

    This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (12g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (12g)

    This product has 3 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Mixed

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.

    A tradeoff: Higher sugar (12g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Watch-outs

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Carbohydrate is almost entirely sugar (12g of 29g carbs)

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  • Vegetarian

    Supportive

    Dietary Patterns

    For someone prioritizing Vegetarian, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Plant-food ingredients (Mentions "oat", "soy protein". See ingredients for details.)

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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 Real Nut Energy Bar, Peanut Butter highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Lightly 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 Real Nut Energy Bar, Peanut Butter shows about 3.99g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Bear Naked Real Nut Energy Bar, Peanut Butter: 12g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include honey, brown rice syrup. 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 peanuts as leading ingredients; Solid fiber (about 4g) and protein (9g) per bar; Flaxseed adds whole-food fiber and fats.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Multiple added sweeteners: honey, brown rice syrup, sugar; Crisp rice and isolated soy protein indicate processing; Sugar around 12g per bar.

Who might evaluate this product differently?

People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same snacks differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.

Other published analyses in Snacks, selected from the same Healthy Food Guide catalog.

Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. 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.

Sources, citations & safety

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