Golden Days Apricot Coconut Slice | Chewsday Review

Another self-proclaimed “great lunchbox snack!” Golden Days Apricot Coconut Slice says it’s made with real fruit and provides a great energy boost, but let’s see what it’s really packed with.

Ingredients

Fruit 50% [Apricot (42%), Coconut (8%)], Sugar, Glucose Syrup (from Corn), Vegetable Oil, Food Acid: (330), Emulsifier: (332) (Soy), Thickener: (406), Corn Starch, Natural Colour: (160b), Natural Flavour, Preservative: (220).
Sure it’s ‘made with real fruit’ but only half of this product is fruit, which is less than what I was expecting.
Glucose syrup is another sneaky word for sugar, which makes the second and third ingredients added sugar. I’m suspicious already.
Allergens: Soy
May contain: Egg, peanut, tree nuts

Positives

Negatives

The sugar content is quite high (45.3g per 100g). Some of the sugar is naturally occurring in the fruit, however it’s likely a lot of that sugar is coming from the added sugar.
The fibre is 1.8g per serve, which is lower than other similar lunchbox items like Sun Valley True Fruit Bars 100% Tropical Fruit bars (2.6g per serve) and Carman’s Vanilla Birthday Cake Aussie Oat Bars Bars (4.2g per serve).
The saturated fat content is high at 5.9g per 100g (we’re aiming for less than 3g per 100g). Coconut naturally contains saturated fat but with only 8% of this product being coconut, I suspect the vegetable oil is also contributing to the saturated fat content. Additionally, vegetable oils high in saturated fat are usually low quality oils.

Marketing

“No artificial colours, no artificial flavours” – true.
This product is dairy free and gluten free (and endorsed by Coeliac Australia meaning the product must have no detectable gluten or any cross contamination with gluten or gluten containing grains). So it’s an option for kiddos with cow’s milk and wheat allergies, or coeliacs. To be fair though, I wouldn’t expect any dried fruit or coconut to be an issue for any of these kiddos.
“They provide a great energy boost” – that’s one way to word “this product has a lot of added sugar in it.”

Alternatives

This product doesn’t have a lot going for it as it’s high in sugar and saturated fat and low in fibre. A better fruit-based lunchbox snack would be Sun Valley True Fruit Bars 100% Tropical as they’re made from 100% dried fruit. They are a bit more pricey though at $37.3 per kg. If you’re looking for something closer to a muesli bar, Carman’s Vanilla Birthday Cake Aussie Oat Bars Bars are a great option.
Otherwise, dried fruit or whole fruit! These are always great options as they’re easy to pack in lunchboxes and affordable when bought in-season.

The composition of food products changes regularly. The nutritional values of the products in this Chewsday Review were correct at the time of publishing.

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