The U.S. Food and Drug Administration told Kind in a warning letter this week to stop calling at least four of its bars “healthy.” Some contain anywhere from 2.5 to 3.5g of saturated fat per 40g. The government's standard is less than 1g for a product to be able to slap “healthy” on the label. In response to the FDA's letter, the company said that it was the nuts inside the bars that “contain nutritious fats” that made them fall outside the government's guidelines. However, NYU nutritionist Marion Nestle said the problem is not the nuts, which she says the FDA does not question are a "fine food," but that some of the things that bind those nuts together in the bars make them less healthy than their packaging purports.
