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granola bar en · NOUN

Etymology

From granola + bar. Attested since the late twentieth century.

Meanings

1. A confection consisting of granola and sweeteners pressed and baked into a bar shape.
   • Granola bars, breakfast bars and cereal bars, which are referred to collectively as "snack bars," are part of a food category that's grown 5 per cent a year since 2005 and is worth an estimated $720-million in Canada 2010 December 12, Carly Weeks, “Granola bars: A healthy snack or dressed-up junk food?”, in The Globe and Mail:
   • Let's compare a candy bar and a granola bar. A chocolate bar with almonds (1 1/2-ounce size) has 18 grams of sugar, and a granola bar has 6 grams of sugar. 2004, Naomi Neufeld, KidShape: A Practical Prescription for Raising Healthy, Fit Children, page 94:
   • If your mental image of a granola bar is a dry, crunchy, relatively tasteless blend of rolled oats and a few raisins, you haven't stopped by the ever-expanding snack bar section lately. 1985 July 1, Martin Friedman, “New Product Watch”, in Adweek, page 22:
   • John Herrick, chairman of the board of General Mills Canada Ltd. which makes Nature Valley Granola Bars, said you need a little sugar for energy. If you took the sugar out of everything, life would be very dull. 1978 July 29, “Nutritionists say granola bars too high in sugar to be snacks”, in The Globe and Mail, →ISSN, page 12:

Forms

Relateds

energy bar · protein bar · fiber bar

Translations (9)

fi myslipatukka (confection of granola and sweetener pressed into a bar shape — see also cereal bar) · hu granolaszelet (confection of granola and sweetener pressed into a bar shape — see also cereal bar) · ko 그래놀라바 (confection of granola and sweetener pressed into a bar shape — see also cereal bar) · fr barre tendre (confection of granola and sweetener pressed into a bar shape — see also cereal bar) · de Müsliriegel (confection of granola and sweetener pressed into a bar shape — see also cereal bar) · ja グラノーラバー (confection of granola and sweetener pressed into a bar shape — see also cereal bar) · fr barre de céréales (confection of granola and sweetener pressed into a bar shape — see also cereal bar) · is múslístykki (confection of granola and sweetener pressed into a bar shape — see also cereal bar) · pl baton zbożowy z granoli (confection of granola and sweetener pressed into a bar shape — see also cereal bar)