Body Smarts Crunch Bars
A vitamin-fortified, candy-coated granola bar, these individually wrapped Crunch Bars are sold at the check-out counter, which means they are supposed to be "impulse items." You can choose from the Chocolate Peanut or Yogurt Berry. The "yogurt coating" is mostly sugar and partially hydrogenated palm kernel oil, with some nonfat dry milk and yogurt culture thrown in.
Other than the sugar and oil coating, the bar is mostly crisp (that is, sweetened) rice and even more sugar.
"Sustained Energy," says the label. Yet there's no reason to believe the 200 calories in each bar last any longer than the 200 calories you'd get from any other food.
As for the "Half the Fat of the Average of Leading Candy Bars" claim: It may be true, but you are still talking five grams of saturated fat (a quarter of a day's worth).
