Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Balance Bare trail mix fruit and nut

Balance Bare trail mix fruit and nut ($1.39, harris teeter)
1.76 oz / 50g

Ingredients: soy nuggets, soy protein isolate, calcium caseinate, casein, whey, evaporated cane juice invert syrup, sugar, brown rice syrup, almonds, fractionated palm kernel oil, dried cranberries, roasted soy nuts, nonfat milk, rolled oats, inulin, natural flavor, blueberry puree concentrate, high oleic sunflower oil, rice syrup, glycerin, salt, pectin, sunflower oil, fish gelatin, soy lecithin.

Calories: 210
Cals from Fat: 60
Total Fat: 7g (11%)
Sat Fat: 2.5g (13%)
Sodium: 240mg (10%)
Potassium: 120mg (3%)
Total Carb: 23g (8%)
Fiber: 2g (8%)
Sugar: 16g
Protein: 15g (27%)

Ooh, this bar has something other than chocolate on the bottom. I'm supposing its yogurt or maybe just icing of some kind. It tastes better than most of the chocolate coatings, so that's a noticable improvement. You can smell the berry smell when you open the wrapper, which isn't bad but makes me think 'pop tart' just a little. Its a solid granola taste, with a berry zing! at the finish. Just a little tart moment on the back end, which I know will appeal to some of you. This is a nice bar, much better than the last one, and I attribute the improvement to the coating. Its pretty sweet for a granola bar, maybe too sweet for breakfast (I'm having it as an afternoon snack, which is nice). Overall, a solid choice but the berry taste is so noticable and unique that I bet I'd get tired of it after eating a few of these.

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