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Justin's Dark Chocolate Organic Mini Peanut Butter Cups: Longevity analysis
Quick answer
Limit Frequency
Justin's dark chocolate organic mini peanut butter cups received a Longevity Score of 62 out of 100 (limit frequency). Organic whole-food peanut base, but added cane sugar, saturated fat from palm and cocoa butter, and calorie density weigh the profile down. Strengths include organic peanuts provide plant protein and healthy fats, short ingredient list with no artificial colors or sweeteners, and dark chocolate contributes cocoa flavanols, while main considerations include added cane sugar is a leading ingredient, about 17g per serving, saturated fat around 7g from palm fruit and cocoa butter, and calorie-dense small portion with limited fiber.
Longevity Score 62/100
What helped the score?
- Organic peanuts provide plant protein and healthy fats
- Short ingredient list with no artificial colors or sweeteners
- Dark chocolate contributes cocoa flavanols
What held the score back?
- Added cane sugar is a leading ingredient, about 17g per serving
- Saturated fat around 7g from palm fruit and cocoa butter
- Calorie-dense small portion with limited fiber
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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details
Product facts
- Product
- Justin's Dark Chocolate Organic Mini Peanut Butter Cups
- Brand
- Justin's
- Category
- Sweets & Desserts (source: Candy)
- GTIN / UPC
00855188003974- Serving size
- 40 g
- 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
Justin's
Dark Chocolate Organic Mini Peanut Butter Cups
KarbCoach Recommendation
Limit Frequency
Organic whole-food peanut base, but added cane sugar, saturated fat from palm and cocoa butter, and calorie density weigh the profile down.
What Stands Out
Low Fiber
1g fiber
4% DVHigh Sat. Fat
7g saturated fat
35% DVHigh Added Sugar
17g added sugar
34% DVRefined Grains
refined evaporated cane sugar
Added Sweetener
evaporated cane sugar
Whole Foods
organic peanuts, organic cocoa-…
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Key Positives
- Organic peanuts provide plant protein and healthy fats
- Short ingredient list with no artificial colors or sweeteners
- Dark chocolate contributes cocoa flavanols
Key Concerns
- Added cane sugar is a leading ingredient, about 17g per serving
- Saturated fat around 7g from palm fruit and cocoa butter
- Calorie-dense small portion with limited fiber
Ingredient Signals
Primary protein
Whole-food ingredients
Processing signals
Additives
Added sweeteners
Ingredients
Ingredient list
ORGANIC DARK CHOCOLATE (ORGANIC EVAPORATED CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC CHOCOLATE LIQUOR*, ORGANIC COCOA BUTTER*, ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN, ORGANIC VANILLA), ORGANIC PEANUTS, ORGANIC POWDERED EVAPORATED CANE SUGAR, ORGANIC PEANUT FLOUR, ORGANIC PALM FRUIT OIL**, ORGANIC VANILLA FLAVOR, SEA SALT, ORGANIC SOY LECITHIN.
Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.
Macronutrients
Calories
210
11% DVTotal Carbs
21g
8% DVProtein
4g
8% DVSaturated Fat
7g
35% DVFiber
1g
4% DVNet Carbs
20g
7% DVSugar
17g
Added Sugar
17g
34% DVTotal Fat
14g
18% DVSodium
120mg
5% DVCholesterol
0mg
0% DVUnsaturated Fat
7g
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Nutrition at a Glance
| Nutrient | Amount | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 210 | 11% DV |
| Total Carbs | 21g | 8% DV |
| Protein | 4g | 8% DV |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% DV |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% DV |
| Net Carbs | 20g | 7% DV |
| Sugar | 17g | — |
| Added Sugar | 17g | 34% DV |
| Total Fat | 14g | 18% DV |
| Sodium | 120mg | 5% DV |
| Cholesterol | 0mg | 0% DV |
| Unsaturated Fat | 7g | — |
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
Watch-outsMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher sugar (17g)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
Heart-Healthy Eating
Watch-outsMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher saturated fat (7g)
GLP-1 Eating Support
Watch-outsMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Lower protein (4g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Low Sugar Lifestyle
Watch-outsMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher sugar (17g)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
Appetite & Portion Awareness
Watch-outsMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher sugar (17g)
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 21g carbs)
Workout Recovery
Watch-outsAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Workout Recovery, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Lower protein (4g)
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 (4g)
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 (20g)
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 (20g)
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 (evaporated cane sugar, powdered evaporated cane sugar)
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 (evaporated cane sugar, powdered evaporated cane sugar)
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 (evaporated cane sugar, powdered evaporated cane sugar)
Mediterranean-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Mediterranean-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher saturated fat (7g)
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", "soy", "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 (7g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Vegetarian
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegetarian, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
Vegan
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegan, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
Plant-Based
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Plant-Based, 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.
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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 Justin's Dark Chocolate Organic Mini Peanut Butter Cups 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?
Justin's Dark Chocolate Organic Mini Peanut Butter Cups shows about 1g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.
Does it contain added sugar?
Justin's Dark Chocolate Organic Mini Peanut Butter Cups: 17g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include evaporated cane sugar, powdered evaporated cane sugar. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.
What helped the Longevity Score?
Key positives called out in the analysis include: Organic peanuts provide plant protein and healthy fats; Short ingredient list with no artificial colors or sweeteners; Dark chocolate contributes cocoa flavanols.
What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?
Key concerns noted include: Added cane sugar is a leading ingredient, about 17g per serving; Saturated fat around 7g from palm fruit and cocoa butter; Calorie-dense small portion with limited fiber.
Who might evaluate this product differently?
People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same sweets & desserts 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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