Is PROTEIN BAR, PEANUT BUTTER CUP GERD Friendly?
Why it's not GERD friendly
- unsweetened chocolate
- cocoa filling
- cocoa
- cocoa crisps
- milk protein isolate
unsweetened chocolate
Dietitian noteChocolate, especially dark chocolate, can be a trigger for GERD symptoms. Caffeine and Theobromine, both found in chocolate, can relax the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). This muscle acts as a barrier between the esophagus and stomach. When relaxed, it allows stomach acid to flow back up into the esophagus, causing heartburn. The high fat content in chocolate can also contribute to GERD symptoms by slowing down digestion and relaxing the LES.
Note by Team Spoonful, Clinical nutrition experts
+1 more in the app
Keep checking with Spoonful
Explore available ingredient explanations and check other groceries against your dietary needs.

Ingredients
COCOA CRISPS (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, COCOA [PROCESSED WITH ALKALI], TAPIOCA STARCH), MALTITOL SYRUP, METAMYOSYN VPP PROTEIN BLEND (WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CASEIN, HYDROLYZED WHEY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CALCIUM CASEINATE, EGG WHITE, L-GLUTAMINE), MALTITOL, FRACTIONATED PALM KERNEL OIL, PARTIALLY DEFATTED PEANUT FLOUR, GLYCERIN, SORBITOL, MILK PROTEIN ISOLATE, COCOA (PROCESSED WITH ALKALI), NATURAL FLAVORS, POLYDEXTROSE, HIGH OLEIC SUNFLOWER OIL, WATER, COCOA FILLING (FRUCTOSE, WATER, MALTODEXTRIN, COCOA [PROCESSED WITH ALKALI], SALT, CARRAGEENAN, NATURAL FLAVORS, TOCOPHEROL, ASCORBIC ACID), UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE, ENZYME MODIFIED SOY PROTEIN, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, VITAMIN AND MINERAL BLEND (CALCIUM CARBONATE, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, ASCORBIC ACID, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, DL-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE, COPPER GLUCONATE, D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN, POTASSIUM IODIDE, CYANOCOBALAMIN), FRUCTOSE, SODIUM CASEINATE, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, PECTIN, CALCIUM LACTATE, SUCRALOSE, SOY LECITHIN, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS (ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR), TARTARIC ACID, CARAMEL COLOR.
Check PROTEIN BAR, PEANUT BUTTER CUP against your own diets in the app.
Take it with you
Scan to open PROTEIN BAR, PEANUT BUTTER CUP in Spoonful
Point your phone camera at the code, the app opens right on this product with its results against 26 diets, allergies and intolerances.
Explore other diets
Often paired with GERD Friendly
No. This product is not low FODMAP as it lists 4 ingredients that are likely high FODMAP at 1 serving and 1 ingredient that could be moderate or high FODMAP depending on source or serving size.
Details →No. This product is not dairy free as it lists 6 ingredients that contain dairy.
Details →Similar Products
About this product
Protein Bar · Bar


