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Motts Soft Baked Choc Chip Bar
Cereal & Breakfast
📊 NOVA 4

Motts Soft Baked Choc Chip Bar

Mott's
5.76 oz
Available at Foodtown
110
Calories
1g
Protein
6g
Sugars
125mg
Sodium
3g
Fiber
64
Ingredients

What You Should Know

Mott's Soft Baked Choc Chip Bar is a shelf-stable, single-serve snack bar you would typically find on the snack aisle near granola bars, fruit snacks, and packaged cookies — often placed close to other kid-friendly lunchbox items and breakfast-on-the-go options. It reads like a hybrid between a soft cookie and a snack cake: tender, cake-like crumb from whole wheat flour, moistness from applesauce and vegetable glycerin, and pockets of semisweet chocolate chips for sweetness. Shoppers pull it for quick pantry replenishment during back-to-school runs, road-trip packing, or as an afternoon pick-me-up alongside coffee or milk. As a brand, Mott's leans into family-friendly, heritage fruit-product recognition; the marketing angle emphasizes convenience and familiar flavors, targeting busy parents seeking portable snacks for children. On-pack callouts may highlight ingredients like applesauce or 'made with real fruit' and present a clean, colorful design aimed at kids, but you will not typically see organic certification or strong whole-food claims. The label also conceals a mix of culinary and industrial ingredients — refined oils (canola, palm), corn syrup, vegetable glycerin, emulsifiers, and fibre extracts — which reflect substantial manufacturing steps. Sensory details: soft and slightly chewy, sweet but not overwhelmingly so, with small chocolate chip bursts and a lightly oily mouthfeel; the bar is usually individually wrapped for convenience and eaten straight from the wrapper as a quick snack, lunchbox treat, or post-play reward. Per-serve nutrition is modest in calories (about 110 kcal) with roughly 6 g sugars and 125 mg sodium, reinforcing its role as an occasional packaged treat in American grocery culture.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1
Servings per Container: 6
Calories110
% Daily Value*
Total Fat5g6%
Saturated Fat1.5g8%
Sodium125mg5%
Total Carbohydrate17g6%
Dietary Fiber3g11%
Total Sugars6g
Added Sugars6g12%
Protein1g
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Ingredients

Whole, Wheat, Flour,, Canola, and, Palm, Oil,, Corn, Syrup,, Applesauce, (Apple, Puree,, Ascorbic, Acid, [to, Protect, Color]),, Semisweet, Chocolate, Chips, (Sugar,, Unsweetened, Chocolate,, Cocoa, Butter,, Dextrose,, Soy, Lecithin,, Natural, Flavor),, Vegetable, Glycerin,, Sugar,, Sugarcane, Fiber,, Chicory, Root, Extract,, Fructose,, Honey,, Nonfat, Milk,, Contains, 2%, or, Less, of:, Egg, Whites,, Baking, Powder, (Sodium, Acid, Pyrophosphate,, Baking, Soda,, Monocalcium, Phosphate),, Soy, Lecithin,, Salt,, Pectin,, Natural, Flavor..

Flagged Ingredients:

  • canola - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
  • soy lecithin - Processed emulsifier
No Seed OilNo Emulsifier

Dietary Labels

This product is not vegan, is not gluten-free, and is not organic.

Ultra-Processing Assessment

NOVA Score:4 / 4

Ultra-Processed

Why this score?

Contains multiple industrial ingredients and additives (refined oils, corn syrup, vegetable glycerin, emulsifiers, flavorings) and is manufactured into a ready-to-eat packaged bar, consistent with ultraprocessed (NOVA 4) foods.

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Common Questions about Motts Soft Baked Choc Chip Bar

That depends on your definition of healthy! At 110 calories per bar, it's a sweet treat that can be part of a balanced diet, especially if you're looking for a quick snack. However, it does contain added sugars and corn syrup, so if you're trying to cut back on those, you might want to enjoy it in moderation.

Perfect For

back-to-school
road-trip
movie-night

Vibe:

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