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Clif Bar Mini - Chocolate Brownie

Rank: 5 out of 285 Energy Bars · Company: Clif Bar & Company

	9.4	Health This product has a high nutrition score.
10 Product Management This component of GoodGuide’s rating system evaluates whether a company or its products are managed for sustainability. Third-party certifications that verify the health or environmental performance of a company or product increase scores. Rating: 10 out of 10 10 Certifications Rated Certifications True Food Network's non-GMO Shopping Guide Indicates whether a company has stated that its food products do not contain genetically-modified organisms (GMO). Compiled from survey results by The True Food Network, a project of the Center for Food Safety (www.truefoodnow.org). Note that U.S. food manufacturers are not required to label products as GMO-free. Other Certifications Green America Seal of Approval - Gold Level Green America, formerly Co-op America, is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to harnessing the economic power of consumers, investors and businesses to promote social justice and environmental sustainability. Green America's Seal of Approval assures you that the business behind this product operates in ways that solve, rather than cause, both environmental and social problems. The certification program recognizes businesses as they make greater progress by awarding Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels of the Seal of Approval. These businesses adopt principles, policies, and practices that improve the quality of life for their customers, their employees, communities, and the environment. Pioneering businesses who show leadership in their industry and embed social responsibility into the DNA of their company earn Gold level certification. For more information, visit www.greenamerica.org Climate Counts: Striding According to Climate Counts, this company is striding* in the race to address climate change.* Climate Counts is a non-profit campaign that scores companies annually on the basis of their voluntary action to reverse climate change. The Climate Counts Company Scorecard helps people vote with their dollars by making climate-conscious purchasing and investing choices that put pressure on the world’s most well-known companies to take the issue of climate change seriously. Launched by organics pioneer Stonyfield Farm, Climate Counts believes everyday consumers can be the most important activists in the fight against global warming. Climate Counts has currently evaluated 106 companies—representing over 3000 different brands—in thirteen major consumer sectors with plans to expand the number of companies and sectors soon. Climate Counts use a 0-to-100 point scale and 22 criteria to determine if companies have: Measured their climate “footprint” Reduced their impact on global warming Supported (or suggest intent to block) progressive climate legislation Publicly disclosed their climate actions clearly and comprehensively Learn more at www.climatecounts.org. 9.1 Human Health Impacts This component of GoodGuide’s rating system evaluates the potential impacts of a product on human health. It incorporates a screening-level hazard assessment or nutritional evaluation, as well as other relevant indicators, like the regulatory status of ingredients. If ingredients pose potential health risks or have limited nutritional value, a product's score is lowered. If a product lacks the data needed to conduct a health evaluation, its score is also lowered to provide an incentive for manufacturers to disclose better information. Rating: 9.1 out of 10 9.1 Score for Food based on Ratio of Recommended to Restricted Nutrients Nutritional value based on the RRR nutritional system (ratio of recommended to restricted food components). Rating: 9.1 out of 10
	7.6	Environment This company's environmental policies, practices and performance place it among the best 5% of companies rated by GoodGuide.
7.6 Core Company Environmental Performance Summary evaluation of a company's overall environmental performance, considering its management policies and practices; resource use; environmental impacts; and degree of environmental transparency. Rating: 7.6 out of 10 8.4 Environmental Management Evaluation of a company's environmental management, considering how it is governed and whether it exhibits any leading edge practices or is involved in any controversies or compliance issues. Rating: 8.4 out of 10 9.0 Leading Edge Practices Indicates a company's leading environmental efforts; based on awards and certifications, external initiatives, and exemplary policies. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 9.0 out of 10 7.7 Governance Summary evaluation of a company's governance capabilities, considering its policies and practices, environmental reporting activities, and management of its supply chain. Rating: 7.7 out of 10 8.0 Supply Chain Indicates the strength of a company's policies and practices relating to the environmental impacts of its supply chain. Rating: 8.0 out of 10 8.0 Policies and Practices 8.0 Supply Chain Awards and Certifications Indicates if the company has received any awards or certifications that encompass their environmental supply chain. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 8.0 out of 10 6.0 Supply Chain Policy This indicates how a company incorporates environmental considerations and policy into its supply chain GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 6.0 out of 10 8.0 Policies Indicates the strength of a company's environmental policies. Rating: 8.0 out of 10 8.0 Environmental Policies 8.0 Awards and Certifications Indicates if the company has received any awards or certifications that encompass environmental policy. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 8.0 out of 10 6.0 Policies Indicates the strength of a company's environmental management policies. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 6.0 out of 10 7.0 Reporting Indicates the strength of a company's policies and practices relating to environmental reporting. Rating: 7.0 out of 10 7.0 Policies and Practices, Reporting Policy Indicates whether a company reports on environmental initiatives using accepted global standards GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 7.0 out of 10 8.2 Transparency Summary evaluation of the amount of data a company makes public for assessing its environmental practices and performance. GoodGuide, Transparency Rating: 8.2 out of 10 7.2 Environmental Impacts Summary evaluation of a company's environmental impacts, considering its policies and practices relating to air and water emissions, waste management and biodiversity. Rating: 7.2 out of 10 8.0 Biodiversity Summary evaluation of a company's policies and practices relating to biodiversity and ecosystem impacts. Rating: 8.0 out of 10 8.0 Policies and Practices 8.0 Biodiversity Awards and Certifications Indicates if the company has received any awards or certifications that encompass biodiversity. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 8.0 out of 10 6.0 Biodiversity Policy Indicates the strength of a company's biodiversity policies. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 6.0 out of 10 7.0 Emissions Summary evaluation of a company's policies and practices relating to air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and waste management. Rating: 7.0 out of 10 10 Greenhouse Gases, Policies and Practices 10 Greenhouse Gas Awards and Certifications Indicates if the company has received any awards or certifications that encompass greenhouse gasses. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 10 out of 10 6.0 Greenhouse Gas Policies Indicates the strength of a company's greenhouse gas policies. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 6.0 out of 10 8.0 Waste, Policies and Practices 8.0 Waste Management Awards and Certifications Indicates if the company has received any awards or certifications that encompass waste. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 8.0 out of 10 7.0 Waste Policies Indicates the strength of a company's solid waste policies. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 7.0 out of 10 6.0 Water Pollution, Policies and Practices 6.0 Water Pollution Policies Indicates the strength of a company's wastewater policies. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 6.0 out of 10 6.0 Water Pollution Awards and Certifications Indicates if the company has received any awards or certifications that encompass wastewater. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 6.0 out of 10 4.0 Criteria and Hazardous Air Pollutants, Air Pollution Policies Indicates the strength of a company's toxic air pollutant (e.g. NOx, SOx, PM) policies. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 4.0 out of 10 7.0 Resource Use Summary evaluation of a company's policies and practices related to resouce use, considering energy, water and materials. Rating: 7.0 out of 10 10 Energy Summary evaluation of a company's policies and practices related to energy use. Rating: 10 out of 10 10 Policies and Practices 10 Energy Awards and Certifications Indicates if the company has received any awards or certifications that encompass energy policy or management. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 10 out of 10 7.0 Energy Policies Indicates the strength of a company's energy policies. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 7.0 out of 10 7.0 Materials Summary evaluation of a company's policies and practices related to materials use. Rating: 7.0 out of 10 7.0 Policies and Practices, Materials Policy Indicates whether a company has a comprehensive policy relating to materials management and reduction GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 7.0 out of 10 4.0 Water Summary evaluation of a company's policies and practices related to water use. Rating: 4.0 out of 10 4.0 Policies and Practices, Water Policies Indicates the strength of a company's water policies. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 4.0 out of 10
	6.0	Society This company's social policies, practices and performance place it among the best 25% of companies rated by GoodGuide.
6.0 Core Company Social Performance Summary evaluation of a company's overall social performance, considering its management policies and practices; impacts on workers, consumers and communities; and degree of social transparency. Rating: 6.0 out of 10 7.0 Community Summary evaluation of a company's performance relating to communities, considering its management policies and practices; community relationships; stakeholder engagement activities; and public policy positions. Rating: 7.0 out of 10 9.0 Community Relationships, Policies and Practices 9.0 Community Relations Awards and Certifications Indicates if the company has received any awards or certifications that encompass community relations GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 9.0 out of 10 6.0 Community Relations Policy Indicates the strength of the company's community relations policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 6.0 out of 10 5.0 Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Engagement Policy Indicates the strength of a company's stakeholder engagement policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 5.0 out of 10 6.8 Management Evaluation of a company's social management, considering how it is governed and whether it exhibits any leading edge practices or is involved in any controversies or compliance issues. Rating: 6.8 out of 10 8.0 Leading Edge Practices Indicates a company's leading social efforts; based on awards and certifications, external initiatives, and exemplary policies. GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 8.0 out of 10 5.6 Governance 7.0 Reporting, Social Issue Reporting Policy Indicates the strength of a company's social reporting policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 7.0 out of 10 5.0 Policies, Social Governance Policies Indicates the strength of a company's social governance policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 5.0 out of 10 5.0 Supply Chain, Supply Chain Policy Indicates the strength of a company's social supply chain policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 5.0 out of 10 6.0 Consumers Summary evaluation of a company's performance relating to consumers, considering its management policies and practices; health & safety record; and product marketing and labeling practices. Rating: 6.0 out of 10 8.0 Customer Health and Safety, Policies and Practices 8.0 Customer Health & Safety Awards and Certifications Indicates if the company has received any awards or certifications that encompass customer health and safety GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 8.0 out of 10 6.0 Customer Health & Safety Policy Indicates the strength of a company's customer health and safety policy GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 6.0 out of 10 4.0 Marketing Communications, Marketing Policy Indicates the strength of a company's marketing policy GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 4.0 out of 10 5.3 Transparency Summary evaluation of the amount of data a company makes public for assessing its social practices and performance. GoodGuide, Transparency Rating: 5.3 out of 10 5.0 Workers Summary evaluation of a company's performance relating to workers, considering its management policies and practices; diversity & equal opportunity record; and human rights issues. Rating: 5.0 out of 10 6.0 Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Diversity and Equal Opportunity Policies Indicates the strength of a company's policy on diversity, equal opportunity and non-discrimination GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 6.0 out of 10 6.0 General, Policies Indicates the strength of a company's general worker policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 6.0 out of 10 4.0 Human Rights 4.0 General Human Rights, Human Rights Policy Indicates the strength of a company's human rights policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 4.0 out of 10 4.0 Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining, Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Policies Indicates the strength of a company's freedom of association and collective bargaining policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 4.0 out of 10 4.0 Child Labor, Child Labor Policies Indicates the strength of a company's child labor policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 4.0 out of 10 4.0 Forced and Compulsory Labor, Forced and Compulsory Labor Policies Indicates the strength of a company's forced and compulsory labor policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 4.0 out of 10 4.0 Indigenous Rights, Indigenous Rights Policy Indicates the strength of a company's indigenous rights policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 4.0 out of 10 4.0 Occupational Health and Safety, Occupational Health & Safety Policy Indicates the strength of a company's occupational health and safety policies GoodGuide, Environmental and Social Company Assessments Rating: 4.0 out of 10

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 Bar (28g)

Amount Per Serving

Calories 100

Calories From Fat 15

% Daily Value

Fat 2g

Saturated Fat 0.5g

Low Fat

Trans Fat 0g

Low Fat

Cholesterol 0mg

Low Cholesterol

Sodium 65mg

Low Sodium

Potassium 110mg

Carbohydrate 18g

Dietary Fiber 2g

Sugars 9g

Low Sugar

Other Carbohydrate 7g

Protein 4g

Vitamin A 4%	●	Vitamin C 20%
Vitamin D 4%	●	Vitamin E 20%
Vitamin K 10%	●	Thiamin 4%
Riboflavin 6%	●	Vitamin B6 8%
Vitamin B12 6%	●	Niacin 6%
Folic Acid 8%	●	Pantothenic Acid 8%
Calcium 10%	●	Iron 10%
Phosphorus 4%	●	Iodine 4%
Magnesium 4%	●	Zinc 4%
Selenium 4%	●	Copper 6%
Manganese 4%	●	Chromium 2%
Molybdenum 6%	●

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

About the Brand

Parent Company:

Clif Bar & Company

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Packaged Foods, Energy Bars, Snacks, and Food. 41 Clif Bar products have GoodGuide ratings. See the list »

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Ingredients

Soy Protein Isolate
Rice Flour
Malted Barley Extract
Roasted Soybeans
Soy Flour
Rolled Oats
Toasted Oats
Oat Kernel Extract
Evaporated Sugar Cane Juice
Cocoa Butter
Lecithin
Natural Flavors
Date Paste
Cocoa
Apple Fiber
Oat Fiber
Milled Flaxseed
Inulin
Psyllium
Sunflower Oil
Sea Salt
Brown Rice Syrup
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These are the ingredients listed on the product package label, as reported by the manufacturer. While GoodGuide strives to provide the most complete ingredient information possible, always check the package for the most up-to-date information.

Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Clifpro(soy Rice Crisps [soy Protein Isolate, Rice Flour, Barley Malt Extract], Organic Roasted Soybeans, Organic Soy Flour), Organic Rolled Oats, Organic Toasted Oats (organic Oats, Organic Evaporated Cane Juice), Chocolate Chips (evaporated Cane Juice, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Soy Lecithin, Natural Flavors), Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Date Paste, Cocoa, Alkalized Cocoa, Clifcrunch(apple Fiber, Organic Oat Fiber, Organic Milled Flaxseed, Inulin [chicory Extract], Psyllium), Organic Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavors, Sea Salt.

Certifications and Listings

True Food Network's non-GMO Shopping Guide
Indicates whether a company has stated that its food products do not contain genetically-modified organisms (GMO). Compiled from survey results by The True Food Network, a project of the Center for Food Safety (www.truefoodnow.org). Note that U.S. food manufacturers are not required to label products as GMO-free.
Green America Seal of Approval - Gold Level
Green America, formerly Co-op America, is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to harnessing the economic power of consumers, investors and businesses to promote social justice and environmental sustainability. Green America's Seal of Approval assures you that the business behind this product operates in ways that solve, rather than cause, both environmental and social problems. The certification program recognizes businesses as they make greater progress by awarding Bronze, Silver, and Gold levels of the Seal of Approval. These businesses adopt principles, policies, and practices that improve the quality of life for their customers, their employees, communities, and the environment. Pioneering businesses who show leadership in their industry and embed social responsibility into the DNA of their company earn Gold level certification. For more information, visit www.greenamerica.org
Climate Counts: Striding
According to Climate Counts, this company is striding in the race to address climate change.

Climate Counts is a non-profit campaign that scores companies annually on the basis of their voluntary action to reverse climate change. The Climate Counts Company Scorecard helps people vote with their dollars by making climate-conscious purchasing and investing choices that put pressure on the world’s most well-known companies to take the issue of climate change seriously.

Launched by organics pioneer Stonyfield Farm, Climate Counts believes everyday consumers can be the most important activists in the fight against global warming. Climate Counts has currently evaluated 106 companies—representing over 3000 different brands—in thirteen major consumer sectors with plans to expand the number of companies and sectors soon.

Climate Counts use a 0-to-100 point scale and 22 criteria to determine if companies have:
- Measured their climate “footprint”
- Reduced their impact on global warming
- Supported (or suggest intent to block) progressive climate legislation
- Publicly disclosed their climate actions clearly and comprehensively
Learn more at www.climatecounts.org.

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ISO 14001
Company rating on whether its facilities have been certified under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 14001. Certification means the company meets ISO environmental management standards, which require a commitment to minimizing environmental impact and improving environmental performance. To learn more visit www.iso.org. Rating is relative to other companies in the same industry.
Member of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Indicates the manufacturer of this product is a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Planting of plantations of palm oil, which may be in as many as 1 in 10 cosmetics products, can result in significant deforestation of tropical rainforests and threatens the survival of endangered species such as the orangutan and Sumatran tiger. The RSPO, which was established in 2001, is committed to promoting the growth and use of sustainable palm oil through co-operation within the supply chain and open dialogue with its stakeholders. To learn more, visit www.rspo.org.
Certified USDA Organic
Indicates that this product is produced using organic methods or made with organic ingredients. Organic farming systems rely on ecologically based practices such as cultural and biological pest management, exclusion of all synthetic chemicals, antibiotics, and hormones in crop and livestock production. Certification is conducted by entities that have been approved by the US Department of Agriculture, using national standards that define organic production.

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41 people recommended because

tastes good (2)
environmentally friendly (2)
good on health (1)
good social record (1)

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