Cleanest Protein Bars: 10 Labels Ranked From 100 to 47
Chapters
- The Short Answer
- The Top of the Shelf
- The Middle: Sugar Swapped Out
- Where Bars Lose Points
- The Bottom of the Shelf
- The Full Ranking
- Your Turn
Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.
See every protein bar label we scored
The cleanest protein bars on our shelf start with dates, nuts or egg whites. We rank ten protein bars by their exact ingredient labels, from Skout Organic at 100 to Pure Protein at 47, and show which sweeteners, oils and dyes cost points (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:48 The Top of the Shelf
2:02 The Middle: Sugar Swapped Out
3:08 Where Bars Lose Points
4:11 The Bottom of the Shelf
4:47 The Full Ranking
5:25 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Friday Morning" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Almost Bliss" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl), CC0.
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