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Powerbar Performance Energy Bar, Cookie Dough: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-17 · Powerbar

Quick answer

Special Occasion Choice

Powerbar performance energy bar, cookie dough received a Longevity Score of 48 out of 100 (special occasion choice). Sports-style bar built on refined syrups and sugars with some soy protein and oat bran; sugar load is high for a snack. Strengths include provides 8g protein per serving, some fiber from oat bran and brown rice flour, and no saturated fat per label, while main considerations include 29g sugar per bar, largely from syrups and sugar sources, multiple refined sugars and syrups in the ingredient list, and highly processed with glycerin, maltodextrin, and natural flavor.

Longevity Score 48/100

What helped the score?

  • Provides 8g protein per serving
  • Contains some fiber from oat bran and brown rice flour
  • No saturated fat per label

What held the score back?

  • 29g sugar per bar, largely from syrups and sugar sources
  • Multiple refined sugars and syrups in the ingredient list
  • Highly processed with glycerin, maltodextrin, and natural flavor

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Powerbar Performance Energy Bar, Cookie Dough
Category
Snacks (source: Snack, Energy & Granola Bars)
GTIN / UPC
00097421020069
Serving size
65 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

Powerbar

Performance Energy Bar, Cookie Dough

Special Occasion Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Special Occasion Choice

Sports-style bar built on refined syrups and sugars with some soy protein and oat bran; sugar load is high for a snack.

What Stands Out

Very High Sugar

29g added sugar

58% DV

Low Fiber

2g fiber

7% DV

Added Sweetener

cane invert syrup

Contains Seed Oils

sunflower oil

Good Protein

8g protein

16% DV

Whole Foods

oat bran, brown rice flour

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

Key Positives

  • Provides 8g protein per serving
  • Contains some fiber from oat bran and brown rice flour
  • No saturated fat per label

Key Concerns

  • 29g sugar per bar, largely from syrups and sugar sources
  • Multiple refined sugars and syrups in the ingredient list
  • Highly processed with glycerin, maltodextrin, and natural flavor

Ingredient Signals

Primary protein

soy protein isolate

Whole-food ingredients

oat branbrown rice flour

Processing signals

cane invert syrupmaltodextringlycerinsoy protein isolatenatural flavor

Additives

soy lecithinnatural flavorglycerin

Seed oils

sunflower oilhigh oleic sunflower oil

Added sweeteners

fructosedextrosecane sugar

Other sweeteners

cane invert syrup

Ingredients

Ingredient list

CANE INVERT SYRUP, OAT BRAN, MALTODEXTRIN, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, DARK CHOCOLATE COOKIE BIT (CANE SUGAR, RICE FLOUR, COCOA, SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT), FRUCTOSE, BROWN RICE FLOUR, DEXTROSE, HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, NATURAL FLAVOR, GLYCERIN, SALT, SOY LECITHIN.

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

Macronutrients

Calories

230

12% DV

Total Carbs

46g

17% DV

Protein

8g

16% DV

Saturated Fat

0g

0% DV

Fiber

2g

7% DV

Net Carbs

44g

16% DV

Sugar

29g

Added Sugar

29g

58% DV

Total Fat

3g

4% DV

Sodium

220mg

10% DV

Cholesterol

0mg

0% DV

Unsaturated Fat

3g

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

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories23012% DV
Total Carbs46g17% DV
Protein8g16% DV
Saturated Fat0g0% DV
Fiber2g7% DV
Net Carbs44g16% DV
Sugar29g—
Added Sugar29g58% DV
Total Fat3g4% DV
Sodium220mg10% DV
Cholesterol0mg0% DV
Unsaturated Fat3g—

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: Higher net carbs (44g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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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 (0g)

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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 (29g)

    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: Higher sugar (29g)

    This product has 2 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 (29g)

    This product has 1 additional signal 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 (29g of 46g carbs)

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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 Powerbar Performance Energy Bar, Cookie Dough 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?

Powerbar Performance Energy Bar, Cookie Dough shows about 2.02g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Powerbar Performance Energy Bar, Cookie Dough: 29g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include cane invert syrup, fructose. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Provides 8g protein per serving; Contains some fiber from oat bran and brown rice flour; No saturated fat per label.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: 29g sugar per bar, largely from syrups and sugar sources; Multiple refined sugars and syrups in the ingredient list; Highly processed with glycerin, maltodextrin, and natural flavor.

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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