gnu foods flavor and fiber peanut butter bar

gnu foods flavor and fiber peanut butter bar ($1.69, trader joe's)
1.4 oz / 40g

Ingredients: organic whole wheat flour, oats, wheat bran, psyllium, flax, millet, soy flour, chicory root fiber, fruit juices, rice dextrins, peanuts, canola oil, plums, rice, apples, natural flavors, aluminum-free baking powder.

Calories: 150
Cals from fat: 30
Total Fat: 3g (5%)
Sat Fat: 1g (4%)
Sodium: 64mg (3%)
Total Carb: 32g (11%)
Fiber: 12g (48%)
Sugar: 9g
Protein: 5g

I'm sort of afraid to eat this. I've never seen a bar with so many high-fiber ingredients before. Its almost like someone said "ok, lets just take this fiber thing to its logical conclusion." Hold on a sec, I'm going to go drink a glass of water before I get started here.

This bar looks remarkably normal, but the smell is a strange, slightly unfamiliar sweet smell that might have originated in a health food store. I could feel my lower GI tightening up in expectation as I ate this bar. The texture is surprisingly loose, oh I mean light - I expected it to be more dense. Sadly the weird smell carried over to the taste - I think it might be one of the less common granola bar ingredients like the flax or plums coming through? Not a bad bar overall, though the flavor isn't really my favorite. Its not peanut butter at all; in fact, did you see that among the ingredient list? Yeah, me neither. You know, it sort of tastes fruity overall, which is strange.

I don't know if I'd buy this one again - its not bad and feels pretty healthy but I did sort of expect it to taste more like peanut butter and less like a fruit bar.