How To Read Nutritional Labels

As you read an ingredient list, take note of how many recognizable words you encounter, how long is the list? Noor's philosophy revolves around the idea that simplicity is key, emphasizing that eating healthily isn't about imposing restrictions but about embracing a high-quality diet comprised of whole, nutritious food, Allowing the body to process what it was meant to process. If this approach to eating became the norm, the traditional notions of healthy versus unhealthy would dissolve, replaced by a focus on choosing natural over unnatural options. It's essential to understand that sugar, often feared, is not inherently evil; in fact, it's an essential ingredient that has evolved in nature and, when paired with other whole fibrous foods, serves the body significantly. What you should be cautious about, a lesson often overlooked, is processed foods. Processed foods tend to lack essential nutrients and may contain refined oils, flours, starches, and artificial sweeteners and flavors

Here Is An Example

Organic Snack Bar 1 (190 calories, 9g sugar): Protein Blend (Milk Protein Isolate, WheyProtein Concentrate, Whey Protein Isolate)Yogurt Flavored Coating Maltitol, Palm KernelOil, Calcium Caseinate, Milk Protein Concentrate, Yogurt Powder, Soy Lecithin) Natural Sweetener (Maltitol Syrup), Hydrolyzed, Gelatin, Humectant (Glycerine), Soy Protein, Crisps (Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch), Cane Sugar, Sugar, Cornstarch, Canola Oil, Natural Flavors, Fractionated Palm and Palm Kernel Oil, Salt, Emulsifier (Soy Lecithin), Artificial Sweetener (Sucralose)
Organic Snack Bar 2(200 cal, 8g sugar): Natural Sweetener (Glycerin), Sweetener (Maltitol), Chocolate Coating (Maltitol, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Milk Fat, Soy Lecithin), Soy Crisps, (Soy Protein Isolate, Tapioca Starch), Sunflower Oil, Ground Peanuts, Natural Flavor, Emulsifier, (Sunflower Lecithin), Almonds, Sea Salt, Acidifier (Citric Acid)
Organic Snack Bar 3 (220 calories, 15g sugar): Raw Organic Dates, Cocoa Powder, Cocoa Butter, Organic Roasted Peanuts, Organic Almond Flour, Sea Salt.

CONCLUSION

When you look at the ingredients alone, organic snack bar #3 emerges as the top choice. It's loaded with wholesome, real foods and doesn't contain any strange additives, processed oils, or artificial ingredients. This ingredient list closely resembles what you'd find in Noor Bars, which are all about keeping things natural and nutritious. A key distinction of Noor Bars is that all the sugar in our bars comes naturally from dates, but dates are not just a sweetener; they are powerful due to the fact that they are high in fiber, with each Noura Bar containing around 5g of fiber per serving. Pairing sugar with fiber not only allows for a blunted effect on insulin spikes, making you feel full longer, but it is also not associated with the regular downsides of a sugar spike.
Do not allow nutrition labels to fool you; a product may be low calorie and low sugar, but be filled with artificial junk that will be detrimental to overall health, and can interrupt your insulin levels causing you to retain more weight in the long run, and even worse, causing unnecessary health defects and inflammation in the brain, gut, and body.

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  • Almond Butter

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So why do most companies use these harmful components in their products?

It is cheap and easy, it is as simple of an answer as that. But let us provide further context as well. This way of manufacturing is not only cheap, but can easily be sold from a marketing stand point by creating a frame of a healthy product using the unfortunate narrative that low calorie, low sugar is what is healthy. Think of it as unethical loop holes around a narrative, a narrative that hopefully will and can die out.

Why your Noor Bar stays fresh

Noor snack bars are lab-verified for shelf life and safety, with low water activity to keep them naturally fresh. Our simple, organic ingredients, coupled with secure packaging, mean you can enjoy a healthy, delicious snack anytime without worry. Trust in Noor's quality — it's snack time made better.

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