Wednesday, July 9, 2008

balance bar yogurt honey peanut

balance bar yogurt honey peanut ($1.39, harris teeter)
1.76 oz / 50 g

Calories: 200
Cals from Fat: 60
Total Fat: 6g (9%)
Sat. Fat: 3g (15%)
Cholesterol: <5mg (1%)
Sodium: 160mg (7%)
Potassium: 150mg (4%)
Total Carb: 21g (7%)
Fiber <1g (2%)
Sugar: 17g
Protein: 15g (29%)

Ingredients: soy protein isolate, calcium caseinate, whey protein concentrate, high fructose corn syrup, high maltose corn syrup, roasted soybeans, sugar, roasted ground peanuts, fractionated palm kernel oil, nonfat milk, honey, natural flavor, nonfat yogurt powder, soy lecithin, dextrose, maltodextrin, salt, caramel color, canola oil, sunflower oil, fish gelatin, oligofructose.

Why do I keep eating these bars with the scary ingredients? I do it all for you, internet, I do it all for you. Anyway, this is presumably the same bar as this one but with a yogurt coating instead of chocolate. I think that will be an improvement. I actually once mailed about a dozen of these to a friend living in Italy because it was her favorite and was totally unavailable there. I'm thinking they might be onto something. I think I'd prefer an espresso and biscotti too, but here I am with this and office coffee, so lets make the most of it, shall we? Its basically nougat covered in yogurt. It has a chemical taste like most other balance bars, but the yogurt is a lot better than the chocolate coating - it tastes less fake. I'm not a huge fan of the nougat texture, but that's probably a personal preference rather than an objective flaw. There are some nuts in the bar here and there, which again doesn't really do it for me with the soft nougat. Still, if I was hungry and alone in a foreign country and this arrived in the mail I'd probably go for it, if I was out of biscotti.

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