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Simple Truth Curry Cashews: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-17 · Simple Truth

Quick answer

Occasional Choice

Simple Truth curry cashews received a Longevity Score of 74 out of 100 (occasional choice). Cashew-based snack with protein and healthy fats, but canola/sunflower oil, maltodextrin, and moderate sodium lower its alignment. Strengths include cashews provide protein and unsaturated fats, short, recognizable core ingredient list, and low added sugar (about 2g per serving), while main considerations include seed oils (sunflower/canola) used in coating and seasoning, maltodextrin and natural flavor indicate some processing, and low fiber (about 1g per serving).

Longevity Score 74/100

What helped the score?

  • Cashews provide protein and unsaturated fats
  • Short, recognizable core ingredient list
  • Low added sugar (about 2g per serving)

What held the score back?

  • Seed oils (sunflower/canola) used in coating and seasoning
  • Maltodextrin and natural flavor indicate some processing
  • Low fiber (about 1g per serving)

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Simple Truth Curry Cashews
Category
Snacks (source: Popcorn, Peanuts, Seeds & Related Snacks)
GTIN / UPC
00011110912466
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

Simple Truth

Curry Cashews

Occasional Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Occasional Choice

Cashew-based snack with protein and healthy fats, but canola/sunflower oil, maltodextrin, and moderate sodium lower its alignment.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

1g fiber

4% DV

Contains Seed Oils

sunflower oil

Good Protein

5g protein

10% DV

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

Key Positives

  • Cashews provide protein and unsaturated fats
  • Short, recognizable core ingredient list
  • Low added sugar (about 2g per serving)

Key Concerns

  • Seed oils (sunflower/canola) used in coating and seasoning
  • Maltodextrin and natural flavor indicate some processing
  • Low fiber (about 1g per serving)

Ingredient Signals

Primary protein

cashews

Whole-food ingredients

cashews

Processing signals

seasoned and oil-coated nut snackmaltodextrinnatural flavor

Additives

maltodextrinnatural flavortorula yeastextractive of spice

Seed oils

sunflower oilcanola oil

Ingredients

Ingredient list

CASHEWS (CASHEWS, SUNFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA OIL), CURRY SEASONING (SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, SPICES, TORULA YEAST, ONION, GARLIC, TURMERIC, NATURAL FLAVOR, CANOLA OIL, EXTRACTIVE OF SPICE).

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

Macronutrients

Calories

170

9% DV

Total Carbs

9g

3% DV

Protein

5g

10% DV

Saturated Fat

2g

10% DV

Fiber

1g

4% DV

Net Carbs

8g

3% DV

Sugar

2g

Total Fat

13g

17% DV

Sodium

120mg

5% 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
Calories1709% DV
Total Carbs9g3% DV
Protein5g10% DV
Saturated Fat2g10% DV
Fiber1g4% DV
Net Carbs8g3% DV
Sugar2g—
Total Fat13g17% DV
Sodium120mg5% 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

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Lower net carbs (8g)

    This product has 1 additional signal 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: Moderate-low sodium (120mg)

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  • Low Sugar Lifestyle

    Supportive

    Metabolic Health

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

    A supportive signal: Low sugar (2g)

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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: Lower carbs for fueling (9g)

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  • Strength & Protein Focus

    Watch-outs

    Athletic 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)

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  • Low-Carb Lifestyle

    Supportive

    Dietary Patterns

    For someone prioritizing Low-Carb Lifestyle, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Lower net carbs (8g)

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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 Simple Truth Curry Cashews 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?

Simple Truth Curry Cashews shows about 0.99g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Simple Truth Curry Cashews: 2g total sugar per serving. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Cashews provide protein and unsaturated fats; Short, recognizable core ingredient list; Low added sugar (about 2g per serving).

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Seed oils (sunflower/canola) used in coating and seasoning; Maltodextrin and natural flavor indicate some processing; Low fiber (about 1g per 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 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.

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