Nakd Cocoa Orange Big Bar is a fruit and nut bar, made mostly from pressed dates, dried fruit and nuts with little or nothing else added, so it sits close to NOVA group 1 and is one of the least processed bars. The catch is not additives but concentrated natural sugar. It adds vitamins, minerals and fibre to your day. Work out what one bar delivers, for any age, below.
For a bar the numbers worth watching are protein, sugar and fat. The tables below set each against age-appropriate guidance.
One bar (45g) contains about 18.0g of sugar. In a fruit and nut bar this comes from the dried fruit rather than being added, but drying and blending concentrate it, so it still counts largely as free sugar toward the daily limit the NHS sets. The table shows that limit by age.
Nakd Cocoa Orange Big Bar is naturally high in fat, at about 7.2g per portion, though most of it is unsaturated. Only around 1.35g is saturated and there is 0g of added fat.
Fibre supports healthy digestion, and most people in the UK do not get enough. A portion provides about 3.56g. Because children need less fibre than adults, that same portion covers a bigger share of a younger child's target.
There is about 23.4g of carbohydrate per portion. There is no single daily target, but roughly half of daily energy should come from carbohydrate; the reference values below are based on that.
Starchy foods also add protein to the day, about 3.5g per portion. Wholegrain versions and wheat pasta give a little more than white rice. The table shows how that compares with the daily amount by age.
Percentages are share of the daily Nutrient Reference Value (NRV). Under UK and EU rules a food is a source of a nutrient at 15% NRV per 100g and high in it at 30%.
These tables show how the nutrients compare to daily needs across different ages, using UK Reference Nutrient Intakes (RNIs). This differs from the source of and high in labels above, which use the single adult figure (NRV) set for food packaging. Children's needs are lower, so a portion goes further.
Barely. Nakd Cocoa Orange Big Bar is mostly dates, dried fruit and nuts pressed together, so it sits close to NOVA group 1 and is among the least processed bars. The thing to watch is not additives but the concentrated natural sugar.
Nutrition data from McCance and Widdowson and UK FoodData Central, per 100g raw edible portion; values are reference figures and can vary by variety and ripeness. Reference intakes: EU NRVs for labelling and UK RNIs (SACN) for age-based needs. For guidance only.