Kashi Peanutty Dark Chocolate

Kashi Peanutty Dark Chocolate ($3.43 for 6, Publix)
1.1 oz / 32g

Ingredients: rolled whole grain blend, dates, roasted peanuts, chicory root fiber, brown rice syrup, vegetable glycerin, evaporated cane juice, soy protein isolate, chocolate liquor, expeller pressed canola oil, natural peanut butter, soy grits, semisweet chocolate chips, evaporated cane juice crystals, unmodified cornstarch, evaporated cane juice invert syrup, honey, yellow corn flour, rice starch, cocoa, soy lecithin, natural flavors, evaporated salt, oat fiber, kashi seven whole grains and sesame flour, almond flour, nonfat milk. 

Calories: 130
Calories from fat: 40
Fat: 4.5g (7%)
Sat. Fat: 1g (5%)
Sodium: 80mg (3%)
Total Carb: 20g (7%)
Fiber: 4g (16%)
Sugars: 7g
Protein: 4g (5%)

I'm struck by the idea that "natural" foods may now be firmly ensconced in the mainstream - 6 small granola bars for under $3.50, with a lot of what a few years ago would have been considered fancy ingredients. Of course, I'm not sure anything with three different types of evaporated cane (sugar! just call it sugar!) is allowed to be considered "natural." Anyway, let's get on to more practical matters. This is sort of two bars in one - a granola bar laying with a pressed date "chocolate" bar on top - thick icing really. It is certainly decent - the granola is good, the chocolate stuff is good, but there's a faint smell and taste of something fake - what is it? Hard to say. This is good bar for the price but woe to the natural food movement; get yourself a handful of peanuts from the ground and gnaw on them in memoriam.