Monday, March 17, 2008

Balance Bare Trail Mix Chocolate Chip

Balance Bare Trail Mix Chocolate Chip ($1.39, harris teeter)
1.76 oz / 50g

Ingredients: soy nuggets, casein, soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, evaporated cane juice invert syrup, almonds, roasted soy nuts, brown rice syrup, chocolate flavored chips, sugar, rolled oats, fractionated palm kernel oil, inulin, natural flavor, chocolate, high oleic sunflower oil, cocoa, nonfat milk, glycerin, sunflower oil, salt, fish gelatin, soy lecithin.

Calories: 210
Cals from Fat: 60
Total Fat: 7g (11%)
Sat. Fat: 3g (15%)
Sodium: 310mg (13%)
Potassium: 180mg (5%)
Total Carb: 22g (7%)
Fiber: 3g (12%)
Sugars: 14g
Protein: 14g (26%)

This had a super chemical flavor on the front end that was gone fairly quickly but was unmistakable. Its a granola bar that has the bottom covered in something that looks like chocolate but tastes like chemicals. The granola bar part is quite good but that "chocolate" substance on the bottom is pretty suspicious. I turned the bar upside down to see if I could get away from it, but it actually got worse. Whatever that stuff is, its not chocolate, but it is acrid and even a bit metallic in its taste. Extremely unnatural. As I eat more of it I really wish more and more that the coating wasn't there, as the granola part seems pretty good. Sadly, the coating just ruins it.

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