Thursday, March 20, 2008

Clif Bar chocolate chip peanut crunch

Clif Bar chocolate chip peanut crunch ($1.50, harris teeter)
2.4 oz / 68g

Ingredients: organic brown rice syrup, soy rice crisps, organic soy flour, organic roasted soybeans, organic rolled oats, organic evaporated cane juice, organic peanut butter, chocolate chips, peanuts, peanut flour, apple fiber, organic oat fiber, organic milled flaxseed, inulin, psyllium, organic date paste, natural flavors, sea salt.

Calories: 260
Cals from Fat: 60
Total Fat: 6g (10%)
Sat. Fat: 1.5g (7%)
Sodium: 200mg (8%)
Potassium: 260mg (7%)
Total Carb: 42g (15%)
Fiber: 5g (20%)
Sugar: 21g
Protein: 11g (22%)

A little too nutty or perhaps too soy-ish. Still miles ahead of the other bars. Now that I've been eating these for a couple of weeks I'm starting to identify a "nutrition bar" taste which I am assuming must be the taste of soy, since that's a key ingredient of most of the granola-type bars but is not something I normally eat. My working theory today is that the peanuts compliment and intensify the soy flavor, which I don't want. I've voted the Clif bars "most likely to succeed" but I think I may try to shy away from the peanut varieties as I didn't like this one as much as the previous two.

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