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Valu Time Fig Bars: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-21 · Valu Time

Quick answer

Special Occasion Choice

Valu Time fig bars received a Longevity Score of 30 out of 100 (special occasion choice). Refined-flour fig bar with added sugars, palm oil, preservatives, and colors; low in fiber and protein for its calories. Strengths include real figs as a fruit component, modest calories per serving (110 kcal), and low sodium relative to many packaged snacks, while main considerations include multiple added sugars: hfcs, dextrose, sugar, corn syrup, refined enriched flour as the primary ingredient, and palm oil and multiple additives, colors, and preservatives.

Longevity Score 30/100

What helped the score?

  • Contains real figs as a fruit component
  • Modest calories per serving (110 kcal)
  • Low sodium relative to many packaged snacks

What held the score back?

  • Multiple added sugars: HFCS, dextrose, sugar, corn syrup
  • Refined enriched flour as the primary ingredient
  • Palm oil and multiple additives, colors, and preservatives

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Valu Time Fig Bars
Category
Snacks (source: Snack, Energy & Granola Bars)
GTIN / UPC
00011225549441
Serving size
33 g (2 cookies)
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

Valu Time

Fig Bars

Special Occasion Choice

KarbCoach Recommendation

Special Occasion Choice

Refined-flour fig bar with added sugars, palm oil, preservatives, and colors; low in fiber and protein for its calories.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

1g fiber

4% DV

High Added Sugar

10g added sugar

20% DV

Refined Grains

Bleached enriched flour

Artificial Colors

Caramel color

Added Sweetener

High fructose corn syrup

Contains Seed Oils

Palm oil

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

Key Positives

  • Contains real figs as a fruit component
  • Modest calories per serving (110 kcal)
  • Low sodium relative to many packaged snacks

Key Concerns

  • Multiple added sugars: HFCS, dextrose, sugar, corn syrup
  • Refined enriched flour as the primary ingredient
  • Palm oil and multiple additives, colors, and preservatives

Ingredient Signals

Whole-food ingredients

Figs

Processing signals

Bleached enriched flourPregelatinized corn flourFlaked cornMultiple sweeteners and flavorings

Additives

Potassium sorbateSodium benzoateArtificial flavorCitric acidSoy lecithinSulfur dioxide-preserved figs

Seed oils

Palm oil

Artificial colors

Caramel colorAnnatto color

Added sweeteners

High fructose corn syrupDextroseSugarCorn syrup

Ingredients

Ingredient list

BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, DEXTROSE, SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, FIGS (PRESERVED WITH SULFUR DIOXIDE), CORN FLOUR, PALM OIL, PREGELATINIZED CORN FLOUR, FLAKED CORN, SALT, PRESERVATIVES (POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BENZOATE), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN, BAKING SODA, CARAMEL COLOR, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO (COLOR).

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

Macronutrients

Calories

110

6% DV

Total Carbs

22g

8% DV

Protein

1g

2% DV

Saturated Fat

1g

5% DV

Fiber

1g

4% DV

Net Carbs

21g

8% DV

Sugar

10g

Added Sugar

10g

20% DV

Total Fat

2g

3% DV

Sodium

135mg

6% DV

Cholesterol

0mg

0% DV

Unsaturated Fat

1g

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

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories1106% DV
Total Carbs22g8% DV
Protein1g2% DV
Saturated Fat1g5% DV
Fiber1g4% DV
Net Carbs21g8% DV
Sugar10g—
Added Sugar10g20% DV
Total Fat2g3% DV
Sodium135mg6% DV
Cholesterol0mg0% DV
Unsaturated Fat1g—

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 (10g)

    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 (1g)

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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 (1g)

    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 (10g)

    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 (10g)

    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 (10g of 22g 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 Valu Time Fig Bars highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Ultra-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?

Valu Time Fig Bars shows about 0.99g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Valu Time Fig Bars: 10g added sugar per serving; sweetener signals include High fructose corn syrup, Dextrose. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.

What helped the Longevity Score?

Key positives called out in the analysis include: Contains real figs as a fruit component; Modest calories per serving (110 kcal); Low sodium relative to many packaged snacks.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Multiple added sugars: HFCS, dextrose, sugar, corn syrup; Refined enriched flour as the primary ingredient; Palm oil and multiple additives, colors, and preservatives.

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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