ANNIE’S ORGANIC BERRY BERRY GRANOLA BARS VS SPECAIL K’S RED BERRIES GRANOLA BARS

FOOD NUTRITION LABELS

COMPARISON

Both have a serving size of one bar. However Annie’s has 120 calories per bar while Special K only has 90. The total fat in Annie’s is 3.5g but the Special K’s total fat is 2g less. The saturated fat in Annie’s is 1.5g and in Special K’s it’s 1g. The Sodium in Annie’s is 5mg while in Special K’s it is 85mg. The total Carbohydrates in Annie’s are 20g with 1g of dietary fiber and 7g of sugars. While in Special K’s there are18g of total carbohydrates with 3g of dietary fiber and 8g of sugars. Special K’s has less than 1g of protein while Annie’s has 2g of protein. Both have 0% of Vitamin A and Vitamin C. Annie’s has 2% of Calcium and Iron while Special K’s has 0%.

ANNIE’S INGREDIENTS

ORGANIC TOASTED WHOLE OATSORGANIC WHOLE OATSORGANIC CANE SYRUP ORGANIC EXPELLER-PRESSED SUNFLOWER OIL ORGANIC TAPIOCA SYRUPORGANIC RICE CRISPORGANIC PALM OILORGANIC DRIED BERRIESORGANIC BLUEBERRIESORGANIC CRANBERRIESORGANIC CANE SUGARORGANIC EXPELLER-PRESSED SUNFLOWER OIL ORGANIC TAPIOCA SYRUP SOLIDSORGANIC CANE SYRUPNATURAL FLAVORORGANIC SOY LECITHIN (EMULSIFIER)SEA SALTORGANIC ANNATTO EXTRACT (COLOR)

SPECIAL K INGREDIENTS CEREAL RICEWHOLE GRAIN WHEATSUGARWHEAT BRANSOLUBLE WHEAT FIBERSALTMALT FLAVORINGMALTODEXTRINTHIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1]RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2]) CORN SYRUPSOLUBLE CORN FIBERFRUCTOSESTRAWBERRY FLAVORED FRUIT PIECES SUGARCRANBERRIESCITRIC ACIDNATURAL STRAWBERRY FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORSELDERBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE FOR COLORSUNFLOWER OILSUGAR

VEGETABLE OIL SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESSPARTIALLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OILMALTODEXTRINCONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF DEXTROSESORBITOLGLYCERINNONFAT DRY MILKNATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL STRAWBERRY FLAVORSOY LECITHINSALTNATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORNIACINAMIDECOLOR ADDEDPYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), BHT (PRESERVATIVE). 

TASTE  Annie’s bars are very chewy. They taste like oats and the fruit pieces taste like dried pieces of frit. Special K’s bars are crunchier and have pieces if fruit that taste like candy. I could not taste the oats and thought it was much sweeter than Annie’s. Annie’s tasted much more natural and I could taste the ingredients it said it had. I thought Special K’s tasted like a strawberry pop tart, so I liked it more.

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increased allergic reactions, antibiotic resistant bacteria and other toxic hazards (Safe Food).

• Lab animals tested with GM foods had stunted growth, impaired immune systems, bleeding stomachs, abnormal and potentially cancerous cell growth in the intestines, impaired blood cell development, misshapen cell structures in the liver, pancreas, and testicles, altered gene expression and cell metabolism, liver and kidney lesions, partially atrophied livers, inflamed kidneys, less developed brains and testicles, enlarged livers, pancreases, and intestines reduced digestive enzymes, higher blood sugar, inflamed lung tissue, increased death rates and higher offspring mortality.