Healthy Food Guide by KarbCoach
Bruks Bars Bars: Longevity analysis
Quick answer
Occasional Choice
Bruks Bars bars received a Longevity Score of 78 out of 100 (occasional choice). Mostly whole-food nut, date, and seed bar with fiber, but sugar and saturated fat from coconut oil and chocolate are worth watching. Strengths include dates, nuts, seeds, and oats as core ingredients, fiber about 5g per serving, and low sodium at 135mg, while main considerations include sugar about 17g per serving from dates, honey, and dried fruit, saturated fat about 6g from coconut oil and chocolate, and calorie-dense at 250 kcal.
Longevity Score 78/100
What helped the score?
- Dates, nuts, seeds, and oats as core ingredients
- Fiber about 5g per serving
- Low sodium at 135mg
What held the score back?
- Sugar about 17g per serving from dates, honey, and dried fruit
- Saturated fat about 6g from coconut oil and chocolate
- Calorie-dense at 250 kcal
You are viewing the nutrition and longevity perspective. Switch to Food Integrity for ingredients and processing.
Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details
Product facts
- Product
- Bruks Bars Bars
- Brand
- Bruks Bars
- Category
- Snacks (source: Snack, Energy & Granola Bars)
- GTIN / UPC
00639725988074- Serving size
- 54 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
Bruks Bars
Bars
KarbCoach Recommendation
Occasional Choice
Mostly whole-food nut, date, and seed bar with fiber, but sugar and saturated fat from coconut oil and chocolate are worth watching.
What Stands Out
High Sat. Fat
6g saturated fat
30% DVAdded Sweetener
raw honey
Contains Seed Oils
sunflower oil in dried cherries
Good Fiber
5g fiber
18% DVGood Protein
5g protein
10% DVWhole Foods
organic dates, peanuts
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Key Positives
- Dates, nuts, seeds, and oats as core ingredients
- Fiber about 5g per serving
- Low sodium at 135mg
Key Concerns
- Sugar about 17g per serving from dates, honey, and dried fruit
- Saturated fat about 6g from coconut oil and chocolate
- Calorie-dense at 250 kcal
Ingredient Signals
Primary protein
Whole-food ingredients
Processing signals
Additives
Seed oils
Added sweeteners
Ingredients
Ingredient list
ORGANIC DATES, NATURAL PEANUT BUTTER (PEANUTS, SEA SALT), ALMONDS, ORGANIC COCONUT OIL, RAW ORGANIC HONEY, VEGAN CHOCOLATE (EVAPORATED CANE JUICE, CHOCOLATE, NON-ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR, NON-DAIRY COCOA BUTTER), GLUTEN-FREE OATS, DRIED CHERRIES (MONTMORENCY CHERRIES, SUGAR, SUNFLOWER OIL), DRIED CRANBERRIES (CRANBERRIES, SUGAR), WALNUTS, PISTACHIOS, ORGANIC GROUND FLAXSEED, ARROWROOT POWDER, CINNAMON, SALT, NATURAL VANILLA EXTRACT, XANTHAN GUM.
Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.
Macronutrients
Calories
250
13% DVTotal Carbs
28g
10% DVProtein
5g
10% DVSaturated Fat
6g
30% DVFiber
5g
18% DVNet Carbs
23g
8% DVSugar
17g
Total Fat
15g
19% DVSodium
135mg
6% DVUnsaturated Fat
9g
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Nutrition at a Glance
| Nutrient | Amount | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 250 | 13% DV |
| Total Carbs | 28g | 10% DV |
| Protein | 5g | 10% DV |
| Saturated Fat | 6g | 30% DV |
| Fiber | 5g | 18% DV |
| Net Carbs | 23g | 8% DV |
| Sugar | 17g | — |
| Total Fat | 15g | 19% DV |
| Sodium | 135mg | 6% DV |
| Unsaturated Fat | 9g | — |
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 sugar (17g)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
Heart-Healthy Eating
MixedMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher saturated fat (6g)
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 (17g)
This product has 1 additional signal 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 (17g)
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 (17g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Athletic Fueling
Watch-outsAthletic 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 (17g of 28g carbs)
Strength & Protein Focus
Watch-outsAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Strength & Protein Focus, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Lower protein (5g)
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
MixedDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Low-Carb Lifestyle, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher net carbs (23g)
This product has 2 additional signals 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 (23g)
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 (raw honey, evaporated cane juice)
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 (raw honey, evaporated cane juice)
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 (raw honey, evaporated cane juice)
Mediterranean-Style Eating
MixedDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Mediterranean-Style Eating, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher saturated fat (6g)
This product has 2 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 "oat", "peanut". See ingredients for details.)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Healthy Fat Focus
MixedDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Healthy Fat Focus, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher saturated fat (6g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Workout Recovery
NeutralAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Workout Recovery, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
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.
See how this product fits your goals
Choose what matters most to you and explore a more detailed interpretation of this product's nutrition, ingredients, and tradeoffs.
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 Bruks Bars Bars 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.
How much fiber is in one serving?
Bruks Bars Bars shows about 5.02g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.
Does it contain added sugar?
Bruks Bars Bars: 17g total sugar per serving; sweetener signals include raw honey, evaporated cane juice. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.
What helped the Longevity Score?
Key positives called out in the analysis include: Dates, nuts, seeds, and oats as core ingredients; Fiber about 5g per serving; Low sodium at 135mg.
What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?
Key concerns noted include: Sugar about 17g per serving from dates, honey, and dried fruit; Saturated fat about 6g from coconut oil and chocolate; Calorie-dense at 250 kcal.
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.
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.
See how this item lines up with your goals
Healthy Food Guide covers this product in detail. In KarbCoach, your goals shape what matters most for your meals.
Also available in the app
