The fruit bar carries more sugar than the fudge bar
One of these has a health halo it did not earn.
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I lined up three freezer bars. A chocolate fudge bar, a real fruit bar, and a plain ice pop. Then I turned them all around and read the backs.
The bar with fruit on the front carries the most sugar of the three, as it comes out of the box. It is also the biggest bar, and that is most of the reason. Gram for gram the fudge bar is the sweeter one, at 20.9 grams of sugar per 100 against 18.8. You are not buying a sweeter bar. You are buying more bar.
The ice pop is mostly frozen water. It is the least interesting thing in the freezer and the gentlest thing in the box.
Neither has enough fat to slow anything down. With these bars the only levers you have are how much sugar is in the one you pick up, how big it is, and when you eat it. Label figures, not medical advice. Brands vary, so check the packet in your own freezer.
None of these is off limits. The one to know about is the one wearing a halo.
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Jackie
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