Heinz Little Kids Fruit Salad Yoghurt Muesli Fingers | Chewsday Review
Yoghurt, muesli and fruit salad, sounds pretty good, right? Read my Chewsday Review to see whether these Heinz Little Kids Fruit Salad Yoghurt Muesli Fingers get the thumbs up.
- Fruit (31%) (apple paste, mango paste), muesli (30%) (oats, oat bran, wheat flakes), fruit juice concentrates (20%) (apple, pineapple, orange), skim milk powder, rice flour, yoghurt coating (4.4%), rice bran oil, thickener (guar gum).
- Although yoghurt is the first part of the bars’ name, these contain less than 5% yoghurt.
- It’s not clear from the labelling, but fruit pastes often are made with sugar and can be lower in fibre than whole fruit. Fruit juice concentrates are another way of adding sugar.
- Allergens: milk, soy, wheat, gluten.
- May contain: peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, lupin.
- Fat (4.3g per 100g) and saturated fat (1.9g per 100g) are both with guidelines.
- Although fibre isn’t listed in their nutrition information panel, I’d expect these bars to have a reasonable amount of fibre as they contain 30% oats and bran.
- At 45mg per 100g, these meet the guidelines for sodium, as I’d expect for a sweet snack.
- At 42.3g per 100g, the sugar content of these bars exceeds guidelines (15g per 100g). It’s difficult to determine how much is naturally occurring sugar from the fruit in the bars, and how much is from the fruit juice concentrate and sugar added to the fruit paste.
- These Yoghurt Muesli Fingers don’t come cheap, at $0.67 per 15g bar (or $33 per kilo). They’re a little less than Little Bellies Organic Apricot Date and Oat Bars ($0.93 each or $54 per kg), but more expensive than Coles Cub Bars ($0.46 each or $30 per kg).
- “Yummy as an occasional treat”: I can’t personally comment on the taste, but if you’re a Toddler Mealtimes member, you know what I think about calling foods “junk” or “treat” foods.
- “No preservatives”: Sure.
- “No artificial flavour or colour”: Sure.
- Snack bars can be a convenient option for on-the-go, but these Yoghurt Muesli Fingers wouldn’t be my pick of the bunch due to their price tag and low fruit content. Coles Cub Bars are a cheaper option with a lower overall sugar content, or Little Bellies Apricot, Date & Oat Bars are an option made with whole fruit.
- A cheaper alternative would be a piece of fresh fruit, a handful of dried fruit or some yoghurt. You could also try one of my muesli bar, fruit slice or bliss ball recipes from the Toddler and Family Mealtimes recipe collections.
The composition of food products changes regularly. The nutritional values of the products in this Chewsday Review were correct at the time of publishing.
