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Seed Oil Free Protein Bars

Most protein bars bind with canola, sunflower, or soybean oil because it’s cheap. Genesee bars are built on grass-fed bison tallow instead — the fat humans cooked with for millennia — plus raw honey, whey isolate, collagen, and organic peanut butter. 21g protein. No seed oils, no soy, no sugar alcohols.

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The ten-second label test

Flip any protein bar over and scan the ingredient list for the word “oil.” Canola, sunflower, safflower, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, rice bran — if one appears, the bar contains refined seed oils. They’re cheap, shelf-stable, and high in omega-6 polyunsaturated fat that didn’t exist in the human diet at scale before the twentieth century. Whether you avoid them for the omega-6 load, the industrial processing, or just the principle of eating recognizable food, the fix is the same: read the label.

Run that test on a Genesee bar and you get: organic peanut butter, raw organic honey, whey protein isolate, collagen, grass-fed bison tallow, organic chocolate chips, and spices. No oils. That’s the whole pitch — we wrote up the longer version at what are seed oils and tallow vs seed oils.

Seed-oil-free FAQ

Which seed oils do most protein bars contain?+

Canola, sunflower, soybean, and safflower oil are the usual suspects — used as binder fat, coating fat, or carriers inside 'natural flavors.' Check the ingredient list for the word 'oil'; in the mainstream bar aisle you'll find one almost every time.

What fat do Genesee bars use instead of seed oils?+

Grass-fed bison tallow is the structural fat, with cocoa butter inside the chocolate chips and the naturally occurring fat in organic peanut butter. No canola, sunflower, soybean, safflower, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, or rice bran oil appears anywhere on the label.

Are Genesee bars allergen-free?+

No. The bars contain PEANUTS and MILK (peanut butter, whey protein isolate, and dairy in the chips). They are seed-oil-free, soy-free, and gluten-free — not allergen-free.

What are the full ingredients?+

Coffee Latte, for example: organic peanut butter, raw organic honey, whey protein isolate, collagen, grass-fed bison tallow, organic chocolate chips (cocoa liquor, coconut sugar, cocoa butter), coffee, natural flavors, vanilla extract, sea salt, cinnamon. 290 calories, 21g protein, 17g fat, 17g carbs.

How much do they cost?+

$48 per 12-bar box one-time, or $38.40 per box on subscription (20% off — $3.20 a bar), with free shipping on orders over $70. Subscriptions skip or cancel anytime.

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