Fiber One Chewy Bars, Oats & Caramel, Oats & Caramel
General Mills, Inc. · Snack, Energy & Granola Bars · barcode 00016000159334
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Blue No. 2 (indigotine), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of snack, energy & granola bars show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
- California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)
- EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
Blue No. 2 (indigotine) (E132)
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E132. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
Typical for snack, energy & granola bars
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 7.4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.3 kg (18 lb).One serving (1 bar, 40 g, from the label):2% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 20 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.47, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 28 ppb (2018-2020)
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
CHICORY ROOT EXTRACT, WHOLE GRAIN OATS, CARAMEL FLAVORED DROPS (SUGAR, FRACTIONATED PALM AND PALM OIL, REDUCED MINERALS WHEY, NONFAT DRY MILK, DEXTROSE, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, COLOR [YELLOW 5 & 6 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE] NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), RICE FLOUR, BARLEY FLAKES, HIGH MALTOSE CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA OIL, FRACTIONATED PALM KERNEL OIL), GLYCERIN, HONEY, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MALTODEXTRIN, SOY LECITHIN, SALT, FRUCTOSE, MALT EXTRACT, COLOR (YELLOW 5 & 6 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE AND OTHER COLOR ADDED), NONFAT MILK, BAKING SODA, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, OIL OF ROSEMARY, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS ADDED TO RETAIN FRESHNESS.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.