Clif Bar White Chocolate Macadamia Nut ($0.99, Publix)
2.4 oz / 68g
Ingredients: organic brown rice syrup, soy rice crisps, organic roasted soybeans, organic soy flour, organic rolled oats, organic evaporated cane juice, cocoa butter, soy flour, soy lecithin, organic toasted oats, organic oat fiber, inulin, organic milled flaxseed, organic oat bran, psyllium, macadamia nuts, organic soy butter, organic macadamia nuts, organic date paste, natural flavors, sea salt.
Calories: 250
Cals from fat: 60
Total Fat: 7g (11%)
Sat Fat: 2g (10%)
Sodium: 240mg (10%)
Potassium: 170mg (5%)
Total Carb: 42g (14%)
Fiber: 4g (16%)
Sugar: 21g
Protein: 9g (18%)
This bar is so crazy, it has macadamia nuts AND organic macadamia nuts. I don't want to tell these folks how to run things, but that seems like a logistical hassle - what if your organic nuts get all mixed in with your inorganic nuts? Then you have a problem on your hands, right? Then again, that's all the more reason to just list both, then you can buy your nuts from whomever is available without having to change your packaging. Maybe it is shrewdness. Perhaps genius. Anyway, what we have here is your standard Clif bar but with a little drizzle of icing on top (what the what?) and a rather pleasant, mildly sweet taste. It has the standard Clif texture, which is sort of a dense chewy thing you would imagine reading sci-fi as a kid. No chemical taste, which by itself makes the Clif bar far and away the best "nutritious" bar on the market and running neck and neck with the classic nature valley bar for best in show.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut, Roasted Mixed Nut
Nature Valley Sweet & Salty Nut, Roasted Mixed Nut ($3.19 for 6, Publix)
1.2 oz / 35g
Ingredients: roasted peanuts, high maltose corn syrup, rolled oats, high fructose corn syrup, crisp rice, palm kernel oil, cashews roasted in safflower oil and/or canola oil, almonds, wheat flakes, fructose, canola oil, yogurt powder, cashew butter, water, maltodextrin, salt, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, honey roasted almond butter, color, natural flavor, peanut butter, baking soda, macadamia nut flour, pecan flour, sunflower meal, sesame seed, mixed tocopherols.
Calories: 160
Cals from fat: 70
Total Fat: 8g (12%)
Sat Fat: 2.5g (13%)
Sodium: 150mg (6%)
Total Carb: 21g (7%)
Fiber: 1g (6%)
Sugar: 12g
Protein: 3g
This is similar to yesterday's bar but sadly it is not quite as good. It is pretty good, and is the same basic formula (granola sits on yogurt icing) but this one has slightly more icing which I actually don't like as well. In this case, the store brand from yesterday beats out the name brand.
1.2 oz / 35g
Ingredients: roasted peanuts, high maltose corn syrup, rolled oats, high fructose corn syrup, crisp rice, palm kernel oil, cashews roasted in safflower oil and/or canola oil, almonds, wheat flakes, fructose, canola oil, yogurt powder, cashew butter, water, maltodextrin, salt, nonfat milk, soy lecithin, honey roasted almond butter, color, natural flavor, peanut butter, baking soda, macadamia nut flour, pecan flour, sunflower meal, sesame seed, mixed tocopherols.
Calories: 160
Cals from fat: 70
Total Fat: 8g (12%)
Sat Fat: 2.5g (13%)
Sodium: 150mg (6%)
Total Carb: 21g (7%)
Fiber: 1g (6%)
Sugar: 12g
Protein: 3g
This is similar to yesterday's bar but sadly it is not quite as good. It is pretty good, and is the same basic formula (granola sits on yogurt icing) but this one has slightly more icing which I actually don't like as well. In this case, the store brand from yesterday beats out the name brand.
Publix Sweet & Salty Almond
Publix Sweet & Salty Almond ($2.69 for 6, Publix)
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, non-fat 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: 21g (7%)
Fiber: 1g (4%)
Sugar: 10g
Protein: 4g
Man, I'm already sorry I'm reviewing this bar. It is delicious, but now that I've had to write down what is in it I'm feeling a little bad about it. It's all sugar and glycerin and gelatin and hydrogenated craziness. Maybe that's why it tastes so damn good! This is a rather nutty granola bar that has rather fortuitously sat down on a bench or something that was covered in a yogurt/icing paint. So now the bottom of the bar is all icing. Not too much, either, and it is darned tasty. The nutty granola part is good too - nice nutty crunchiness with a sort of chewy granola. This is a great bar, I just wish it wasn't all scary ingredients - I didn't even write down the parenthetical ingredients for crisp rice and toasted oats, both of which have some additional sugar and such as you are probably already aware. I just can't believe this thing doesn't taste like a bunch of chemicals, but it really doesn't. It's great.
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, non-fat 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: 21g (7%)
Fiber: 1g (4%)
Sugar: 10g
Protein: 4g
Man, I'm already sorry I'm reviewing this bar. It is delicious, but now that I've had to write down what is in it I'm feeling a little bad about it. It's all sugar and glycerin and gelatin and hydrogenated craziness. Maybe that's why it tastes so damn good! This is a rather nutty granola bar that has rather fortuitously sat down on a bench or something that was covered in a yogurt/icing paint. So now the bottom of the bar is all icing. Not too much, either, and it is darned tasty. The nutty granola part is good too - nice nutty crunchiness with a sort of chewy granola. This is a great bar, I just wish it wasn't all scary ingredients - I didn't even write down the parenthetical ingredients for crisp rice and toasted oats, both of which have some additional sugar and such as you are probably already aware. I just can't believe this thing doesn't taste like a bunch of chemicals, but it really doesn't. It's great.
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