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Nature's Path Premium Organic Granola, Dark Chocolate & Red Berries: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-19 · Nature's Path

Quick answer

Occasional Choice

Nature's Path premium organic granola, dark chocolate & red berries received a Longevity Score of 68 out of 100 (occasional choice). Whole-grain oat base with berries and flax, but added cane sugar, soy oil, and chocolate chunks lower its alignment. Strengths include rolled oats and flax seeds as whole-food base, freeze-dried berries add fruit content, and modest sodium per serving, while main considerations include cane sugar plus chocolate chunks add notable added sugar, soy oil is a prominent seed oil, and calorie-dense per quarter-cup serving.

Longevity Score 68/100

What helped the score?

  • Rolled oats and flax seeds as whole-food base
  • Freeze-dried berries add fruit content
  • Modest sodium per serving

What held the score back?

  • Cane sugar plus chocolate chunks add notable added sugar
  • Soy oil is a prominent seed oil
  • Calorie-dense per quarter-cup serving

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Nature's Path Premium Organic Granola, Dark Chocolate & Red Berries
Category
Breakfast & Cereal (source: Cereal)
GTIN / UPC
00058449771807
Serving size
30 g (1/4 cup)
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

Nature's Path

Premium Organic Granola, Dark Chocolate & Red Berries

Occasional Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Occasional Choice

Whole-grain oat base with berries and flax, but added cane sugar, soy oil, and chocolate chunks lower its alignment.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

2g fiber

7% DV

Added Sweetener

Cane sugar

Contains Seed Oils

Soy oil

Whole Foods

Rolled oats, Flax seeds

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

Key Positives

  • Rolled oats and flax seeds as whole-food base
  • Freeze-dried berries add fruit content
  • Modest sodium per serving

Key Concerns

  • Cane sugar plus chocolate chunks add notable added sugar
  • Soy oil is a prominent seed oil
  • Calorie-dense per quarter-cup serving

Ingredient Signals

Whole-food ingredients

Rolled oatsFlax seedsFreeze-dried strawberries and raspberriesDried coconut

Processing signals

Dark chocolate chunks with added sugarRice starch binder

Additives

Natural flavorTocopherol (vitamin E)

Seed oils

Soy oil

Added sweeteners

Cane sugar

Ingredients

Ingredient list

ROLLED OATS*, CANE SUGAR*, SOY OIL*, FAIR TRADE DARK CHOCOLATE CHUNKS* (CANE SUGAR*, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE*, COCOA BUTTER*, VANILLA*), FLAX SEEDS*, DRIED COCONUT*, COCOA*, FREEZE-DRIED BERRY BLEND* (FREEZE-DRIED STRAWBERRIES*, FREEZE-DRIED RASPBERRIES*), RICE STARCH*, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, TOCOPHEROL (VITAMIN E).

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

Macronutrients

Calories

140

7% DV

Total Carbs

20g

7% DV

Protein

2g

4% DV

Saturated Fat

1g

5% DV

Fiber

2g

7% DV

Net Carbs

18g

7% DV

Sugar

6g

Added Sugar

6g

12% DV

Total Fat

6g

8% DV

Sodium

55mg

2% DV

Cholesterol

0mg

0% DV

Unsaturated Fat

5g

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

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories1407% DV
Total Carbs20g7% DV
Protein2g4% DV
Saturated Fat1g5% DV
Fiber2g7% DV
Net Carbs18g7% DV
Sugar6g—
Added Sugar6g12% DV
Total Fat6g8% DV
Sodium55mg2% DV
Cholesterol0mg0% DV
Unsaturated Fat5g—

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-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Sweetener/sugar ingredients (Mentions "sugar", "cane", "cane sugar". See ingredients for details.)

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Low saturated fat (1g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • GLP-1 Eating Support

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic 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 (2g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Sweetener signals (Cane sugar)

    This product has 1 additional signal 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: Sweetener/sugar ingredients (Mentions "sugar", "cane", "cane sugar". See ingredients for details.)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Supportive

    Athletic Performance

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

    A supportive signal: Available carbohydrates (20g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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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 Nature's Path Premium Organic Granola, Dark Chocolate & Red Berries 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?

Nature's Path Premium Organic Granola, Dark Chocolate & Red Berries shows about 2.01g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Nature's Path Premium Organic Granola, Dark Chocolate & Red Berries: 6g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include Cane sugar. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Rolled oats and flax seeds as whole-food base; Freeze-dried berries add fruit content; Modest sodium per serving.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Cane sugar plus chocolate chunks add notable added sugar; Soy oil is a prominent seed oil; Calorie-dense per quarter-cup serving.

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.

Other published analyses in Breakfast & Cereal, 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.

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