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Trader Joe's Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-21 · Trader Joe's

Quick answer

Limit Frequency

Trader Joe's protein dark chocolate muffin received a Longevity Score of 62 out of 100 (limit frequency). Protein and fiber are decent, but added sugar, refined-style flours, and chocolate-and-butter-heavy build keep it a dessert-style treat. Strengths include moderate protein (about 7g per serving), fiber from cassava and coconut flour, and simple recognizable base ingredients, while main considerations include added sugar around 13g per serving, saturated fat about 4.7g per serving, and multiple sugars and sweeteners in ingredient list.

Longevity Score 62/100

What helped the score?

  • Moderate protein (about 7g per serving)
  • Fiber from cassava and coconut flour
  • Simple recognizable base ingredients

What held the score back?

  • Added sugar around 13g per serving
  • Saturated fat about 4.7g per serving
  • Multiple sugars and sweeteners in ingredient list

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Trader Joe's Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin
Category
Snacks
GTIN / UPC
00000000684217
Serving size
59 g (1 container)
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

Trader Joe's

Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin

Limit Frequency

KarbCoach Recommendation

Limit Frequency

Protein and fiber are decent, but added sugar, refined-style flours, and chocolate-and-butter-heavy build keep it a dessert-style treat.

What Stands Out

High Sat. Fat

4.7g saturated fat

24% DV

High Added Sugar

13g added sugar

26% DV

Real Egg

Primary protein source

Sweeteners

cane sugar

Good Fiber

3g fiber

11% DV

Good Protein

7.1g protein

14% DV

Whole Foods

cassava flour, coconut flour

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

Key Positives

  • Moderate protein (about 7g per serving)
  • Fiber from cassava and coconut flour
  • Simple recognizable base ingredients

Key Concerns

  • Added sugar around 13g per serving
  • Saturated fat about 4.7g per serving
  • Multiple sugars and sweeteners in ingredient list
  • Sweet baked-good build with chocolate chips

Ingredient Signals

Primary protein

egg

Whole-food ingredients

cassava flourcoconut flourcocoa powderegg

Processing signals

muffin mixchocolate chipsnatural flavorsleavening agents

Additives

sunflower lecithinnatural flavorscalcium carbonatemonk fruit extractpomegranate extract

Added sweeteners

cane sugardextrose

Other sweeteners

monk fruit extract

Ingredients

Ingredient list

A Nutrition Facts Amount/serving Total Fat 11g Saturated Fat 8g 40% % Daily Value* Amount/serving 14% Total Carbohydrate 319 1 Dietary Fiber 5g 189 sening per container Trans Fat 0g Total Sugars 15g Serving size Cholesterol 55mg 18% Includes 13g Added Sugas 18% Protein 12g container (59g) Sodium 410mg . Calories 270 in per serving Vitamin D 0.1mcg 0% Calcium 380mg 30% Iron 3mg 15% Potassium • NGREDIENTS: MUFFIN MIX (CASSAVA FLOUR, CHOCOLATE CHIPS (SEMISWEET CHOCOLATE GA RETIRED CHOCOLATE, COCOA BUTTER, TAPIOCA DEXTROSE), SUNFLOWER LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER), M RUTEN SOLATE, CANE SUGAR, COCONUT OIL, COCOA POWDER PROCESSED WITH ALKALI, COCONUT FLOUR, EGG FINDER NATURAL FLAVORS, BUTTER POWDER [CREAM, SALT, NONFAT MILK, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS AND ASCOR PALITATE TO PRESERVE, TAPIOCA STARCH, LEAVENING [CALCIUM WERE SODIUM BICARBONATE, EGG WHITE POWDER, CALCIUM CATE SEA SALT, MONK FRUIT EXTRACT, POMEGRANATE EXTRACT). CONTAINS MILK, EGG, COCONUT. WASID EXCLUSIVELY BY: TRADER JOE'S, MONROVIA, CA 91016 TENACOOL DRY PLACE

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Macronutrients

Calories

270

14% DV

Total Carbs

18.3g

7% DV

Protein

7.1g

14% DV

Saturated Fat

4.7g

24% DV

Fiber

3g

11% DV

Net Carbs

15.4g

6% DV

Sugar

8.9g

Added Sugar

13g

26% DV

Total Fat

6.5g

8% DV

Sodium

242mg

11% DV

Cholesterol

55mg

18% DV

Unsaturated Fat

1.8g

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

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories27014% DV
Total Carbs18.3g7% DV
Protein7.1g14% DV
Saturated Fat4.7g24% DV
Fiber3g11% DV
Net Carbs15.4g6% DV
Sugar8.9g—
Added Sugar13g26% DV
Total Fat6.5g8% DV
Sodium242mg11% DV
Cholesterol55mg18% DV
Unsaturated Fat1.8g—

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 sugar (8.9g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic 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 (4.7g)

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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: Higher sugar (8.9g)

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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 (8.9g)

    This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.

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  • Appetite & Portion Awareness

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

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

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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: Useful energy (270 kcal)

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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 Trader Joe's Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin 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.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Trader Joe's Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin shows about 2.95g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Trader Joe's Protein Dark Chocolate Muffin: 13g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include cane sugar, dextrose. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Moderate protein (about 7g per serving); Fiber from cassava and coconut flour; Simple recognizable base ingredients.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Added sugar around 13g per serving; Saturated fat about 4.7g per serving; Multiple sugars and sweeteners in ingredient list.

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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