Berry Snack Bar

Berry snack bars are portable, shelf-stable bars that combine dried or processed berries with cereals, sugars, and binding agents to create a convenient grab-and-go snack. They typically feature a mix of berry types such as strawberry, blueberry, and raspberry.

These bars sit within the broader category of fruit and cereal snack bars and are popular for lunchboxes, hiking, and on-the-go eating. Formulations vary widely — some are closer to a muesli bar with berry pieces, while others are more like a compressed fruit leather.

As with most processed snack foods, the actual berry content and added sugar levels vary significantly between products.

Produced

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How it's made

Dried or freeze-dried mixed berries are combined with cereals, syrups, sugars, and binding ingredients such as rice starch or fruit pastes. The mixture is pressed or extruded into bar shapes, cut to size, and wrapped in packaging. Some versions are baked; others are cold-pressed to retain more fruit flavour and texture.

Nutrition (per 100g)

Energy 382kcal

Protein 13.2g

Carbs 50.9g

Fat 10.5g

Fibre 7.9g Sugar 26.3g

Mass Distribution

1 bar is about 38 g — roughly 150 kcal of this.

What it costs the planet (per kilo)

Carbon ≈1.13kg

Freshwater ≈200.35L

Land ≈1.24m²

≈ Estimated — worked out from a category-typical value further up its supply chain. Where this comes from →

Where it comes from

Made from

Mixed Berries, product

In the kitchen

Used as

packaged snack bar

Where this data comes from

Nutrition data from

USDA

How it was calculated

SR Legacy

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