Decoding Granola: Refined vs Natural Sweeteners and Ingredients

The next time you add granola to your yogurt like this, just know that you’re essentially adding whole grain oats, sugar, canola and or sunflower oil, rice flour, honey, brown sugar, syrup, salt, baking soda, soy, lecithin and natural flavor. And there’s 14 grams of added sugar in just half a cup. That’s like putting four teaspoons into your yogurt instead. Seven Sundays makes their granola without any refined sugars because it’s sweetened with dates, no grains, and just with 12 simple ingredients like almonds, coconut, sunflower seeds, dates, pecans, pumpkin seeds, coconut oil, flax seeds, chia seeds, real fruit like strawberry, bananas and vanilla extract. If you’re gonna eat granola, this is what you should be aiming for, no added refined sugars, 12 simple ingredients and real food.