Thursday, July 5, 2012

Kroger Sweet & Salty Almond


Kroger Sweet & Salty Almond ($2.19 for 6, Kroger) 
1.23 oz / 35g  

Ingredients: almonds, toasted oats, sugar, high maltose corn syrup, crisp rice, wheat flakes, fractionated palm kernel oil, high fructose corn syrup, nonfat dry milk, canola oil, glycerin, corn syrup solids, salt, water, soy lecithin, nonfat yogurt powder, honey, natural flavors, gelatin, vanilla extract, caramel color, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, mixed tocopherols, peanut flour. 

Calories: 170 
Cals from fat: 70
Total Fat: 8g (12%) 
Sat Fat: 2.5g (13%) 
Sodium: 140mg (6%) 
Total Carb: 20g (7%) 
Fiber: 1g (4%) 
Sugar: 10g 
Protein: 3g

This is a nice granola bar sitting in a bed of yogurt icing. The almonds are good, the icing surprisingly decent. The wrapper looks really familiar to me. I think Kroger is actually selling the same bars as the publix bars just in a different box. Seriously. For 50 cents less! Kroger FTW!

Kroger Sweet & Salty Peanut Chocolate Chunk


Kroger Sweet & Salty Peanut Chocolate Chunk ($2.19 for 6, Kroger) 
1.23 oz / 35g  

Ingredients: peanuts, sugar, palm kernel oil, fully hydrogenated palm oil, skim milk, cocoa, whole milk, sorbitan tristearate, soy lecithin, salt, vanilla, natural and artificial flavors, corn syrup, pretzel pieces, rice and wheat flakes, whole grain rolled oats, semisweet chocolate chunks, crisp rice, invert sugar, barley flakes, canola oil, glycerin, fructose, corn syrup solids, salt, peanut oil, honey, nonfat dry milk, gelatin, sodium bicarbonate, mixed tocopherols, almond flour. 

Calories: 170 
Cals from fat: 60
Total Fat: 7g (11%) 
Sat Fat: 3g (15%) 
Sodium: 135mg (6%) 
Total Carb: 22g (7%) 
Fiber: 2g (8%) 
Sugar: 9g 
Protein: 4g 


This is a standard granola bar sitting in a bed of chocolate icing. It is a surprisingly unoffensive bar - the chemicals don't shine through the way you'd expect. I wish the pretzel pieces were a little bigger, they get a bit lost among the granola. Not the best bar out there, but unbeatable for the price at about 37 cents each.