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Black sesame bars - Wholesome

Black sesame bars - Wholesome

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Barcode: 0083737246040 (EAN / EAN-13) 083737246040 (UPC / UPC-A)

Packaging: Plastic

Brands: Wholesome

Categories: Plant-based foods and beverages, Plant-based foods, Cereals and potatoes, Seeds, Cereals and their products, Cereal grains, Sesame

Labels, certifications, awards: No gluten, Vegetarian, No artificial flavors, No preservatives, Vegan, No artificial colors, No artificial colours or flavours, No Trans Fat

Origin of the product and/or its ingredients: Made in Thailand

Origin of ingredients: Thailand

Manufacturing or processing places: Thailand

Stores: MD Oriental Supermarket

Countries where sold: United States

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Ingredients

8 ingredients

Black sesame seeds, cane sugar, peanut, glucose syrup, vegetable oil (rice bran oil), natural vanilla flavour, sea salt

Allergens: Peanuts, Sesame seeds

Traces: Eggs, Fish, Gluten, Milk, Nuts, Soybeans, Cashew-nut

Food processing

Ultra processed foods
Elements that indicate the product is in the 4 - Ultra processed food and drink products group:

Ingredient: Flavouring

Ingredient: Glucose

Ingredient: Glucose syrup
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:

Unprocessed or minimally processed foods

Processed culinary ingredients

Processed foods

Ultra processed foods

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Ingredients analysis

Palm oil free
No ingredients containing palm oil detected

Unrecognized ingredients: Black-sesame-seeds
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Vegan
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Vegetarian
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: Black sesame seeds, cane sugar, peanut, glucose syrup, vegetable oil (rice bran oil), natural vanilla flavour, sea salt
Black sesame seeds -> en:black-sesame-seeds - percent_min: 14.2857142857143 - percent_max: 100

cane sugar -> en:cane-sugar - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 50

peanut -> en:peanut - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 15001 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 33.3333333333333

glucose syrup -> en:glucose-syrup - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_proxy_food_code: 31016 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 25

vegetable oil -> en:vegetable-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: maybe - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 20

rice bran oil -> en:rice-bran-oil - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - from_palm_oil: no - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 20

natural vanilla flavour -> en:natural-vanilla-flavouring - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 5

sea salt -> en:sea-salt - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 11082 - percent_min: 0 - percent_max: 0.25

Nutrition

Bad nutritional quality
⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 10
This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.

Positive points: 5

Proteins: 5 / 5 (value: 15, rounded value: 15)

Fiber: 5 / 5 (value: 45, rounded value: 45)

Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 10.7142857142857, rounded value: 10.7)

Negative points: 27

Energy: 6 / 10 (value: 2300, rounded value: 2300)

Sugars: 10 / 10 (value: 55, rounded value: 55)

Saturated fat: 10 / 10 (value: 15.6, rounded value: 15.6)

Sodium: 1 / 10 (value: 100, rounded value: 100)

The points for proteins are not counted because the negative points are greater or equal to 11.

Nutritional score: (27 - 5)

Nutri-Score:
→ Learn more about the Nutri-Score

Nutrient levels
- Fat in high quantity (35%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Saturated fat in high quantity (15.6%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Sugars in high quantity (55%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks
  
  Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
  
  Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Sugar: the facts
- Salt in low quantity (0.25%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
  
  Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
  
  Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food
  
  Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
  
  Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
  
  Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Fact sheet - Salt reduction
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Salt: the facts

Nutrition facts

Nutrition facts	As sold for 100 g / 100 ml	As sold per serving (40 g)	Compared to: Sesame
Energy	2,300 kj (550 kcal)	920 kj (220 kcal)	-7%
Fat	35 g	14 g	-13%
Saturated fat	15.6 g	6.25 g	+288%
Salt	0.25 g	0.1 g	+138%
Carbohydrates	45 g	18 g	+202%
Fiber	45 g	18 g	+538%
Sugars	55 g	22 g	+2,136%
Proteins	15 g	6 g	+25%
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis)	10.714 %	10.714 %

Serving size: 40 g

Environment

Eco-Score E - Very high environmental impact

The Eco-Score is an experimental score that summarizes the environmental impacts of food products.

→ The Eco-Score was initially developped for France and it is being extended to other European countries. The Eco-Score formula is subject to change as it is regularly improved to make it more precise and better suited to each country.

Life cycle analysis

Average impact of products of the same category: D (Score: 31/100)

Category: Sesame seed

PEF environmental score: 1.02 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
including impact on climate change: 5.21 kg CO2 eq/kg of product

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	88.0 %
Processing	0.0 %
Packaging	4.3 %
Transportation	5.2 %
Distribution	1.3 %
Consumption	1.3 %

Bonuses and maluses

Origins of ingredients with a high impact

Malus: -5

Environmental policy: -5
Transportation: 0

Origin of the product and/or its ingredients	% of ingredients	Impact
Thailand	100 %	High

No ingredients that threaten species

Packaging with a high impact

Malus: -15

Shape	Material	Recycling	Impact
Bag	Plastic		High
Bag	Plastic		High

Eco-Score for this product

Impact for this product: E (Score: 11/100)
Product: Black sesame bars - Wholesome

Life cycle analysis score: 31
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -20

Final score: 11/100

→ Learn more about the Eco-Score

Carbon footprint

Equal to driving 2.7 km in a petrol car

521 g CO² per 100g of product

The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Sesame seed (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	73.0 %
Processing	0.0 %
Packaging	10.2 %
Transportation	9.8 %
Distribution	0.9 %
Consumption	6.2 %

Packaging

Packaging with a high impact

Packaging parts

Bag 4.2 Oz (120 g) (Plastic)
Bag 120 g (Plastic)

Packaging materials

Material	%	Packaging weight
Plastic

Transportation

Origins of ingredients

Origins of ingredients with a high impact

Origin of the product and/or its ingredients	% of ingredients	Impact
Thailand	100 %	High

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Product added on September 25, 2022, 8:51:56 PM CEST by kiliweb
Last edit of product page on January 10, 2023, 12:14:30 AM CET by f00dfactspanda.
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