Grain Free Granola Bars – sugar free too!

Do you still rely on muesli/granola bars for school lunches? Try these which are free of sugar, grains, wheat and naturally gluten free. They are packed with seeds and nuts and a hint of cinnamon and vanilla.

Store bought muesli bars appear to be healthy but contain an astounding amount of sugar, and then there are the oats and grains which your body will also convert into sugar. Avoid bars which contain dried fruit, they’re sugar dense and very little nutrition.

It is so easy to overdo dried fruit thinking it is the healthier option. Dried fruit is a concentrated source of sugar and often referred to as ‘natures candy’. Eating a handful of grapes is far better than eating a few raisins. Whole fruits will still have the fibre, nutrition and water.

Take a look at the nutrition label for oatmeal granola/muesli bars. Not only does each bar contain a whopping 19g sugar (that’s almost 5 teaspoons), it also contains over 30 ingredients. Sugars are listed as brown sugar, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, glycerin, and corn syrup.

19g of sugar is almost double that the World Health Organisation are recommending of 10g sugar per DAY. There are 43g carbs/60g bar = 72%. To make things even worse, they contain hydrogenated soybean oils, and cottonseed oils. Not one ingredient here makes me want to buy these, let alone feed them to my children.

WOW! Sugar Free & Grain Free Granola Bars. So simple to make. Just throw everything in the blender. Genius! Click To Tweet

Let me know in the comments if you find a cereal bar which is even worse.

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