health bar taste test, part II

Micah Cohen

FOR REFERENCE:

Soy Dream Non-Dairy Frozen Desert
French Vanilla Flavor
Fat 7g
Sodium 0.07g
Carbs 17g
Protein 1g
(http://www.imaginefoods.com/)

How does it taste? Enough like ice cream to surprise and satisfy you, but not as silky smooth as, say, Ben & Jerry's. No cows are involved and that's a good thing.


Popeye's Spicy Breast of Chicken
Fat 15.9g
Sodium 590mg
Carbs 9.2g
Protein 23.1g
(http://www.kenkuhl.com/fastfood/db.cgi?db=fff&uid=default&view_records=View+Records&bool=or&Restaurant=Popeyes&Category=&sb=---&so=ascend&x=92&y=11)

How does it taste? Bland meager piece of chicken buried under a big jacket of crunchy, spicy batter that overwhelms and annoys. But it's fried chicken, and that's always good, mon!


THE POWER BAR TASTE TEST, Part 2:

Kashi GO LEAN High Protein/Fiber Bar
Malted Chocolate Crisp Flavor
Fat 5g
Sodium 85g
Carbs 51g
Protein 13g

How does it taste? Not bad at first, sort of like a funky Rice Krispy bar, but then the sour aftertaste of rotten milk becomes overwhelming, and the texture becomes gritty and powdery. And it started out so well...


All Goode Organic Real Food Bar
Chocolate Dream Flavor
Fat 7g
Sodium 35g
Carbs 29g
Protein 5g

How does it taste? Like a bar of soft, unsweetened cocoa soaked in formaldehyde. Truly uneatable.


PowerBar Protein Plus High Protein Bar
Vanilla Yogurt Flavor
Fat 5g
Sodium 150g
Carbs 37g
Protein 24g

How does it taste? The best health bar yet tried: smooth and sweet, dense and chewy with a decent vanilla flavor. I'd eat one of these again. And not at gunpoint, even.


ICE SERIES Cliff Bar ("with caffeine")
Chocolate Java Avalanche Flavor
Fat 5g
Sodium 130g
Carbs 43g
Protein 10g

How does it taste? Looks like a puck of deer **** and tastes like something burnt that's been scraped off the bottom of a pan that's been sitting on the stove since you left for vacation ten days ago.


Everyday Complete 40-40-20 Nutrition Bar
Chocolate Fudge Flavor
Fat 3.5g
Sodium 104g
Carbs 17g
Protein 17g

How does it taste? Fake, with a dry, waxy, stale non-taste. What's the point of being so nutritious if you taste like the worst possible thing?


Boulder Endurance Bar
Peanut Butter Flavor
Fat 5g
Sodium 0.025g
Carbs 40g
Protein 10g

How does it taste? Plaster of paris formed into a bar. I never want to put something like this in my mouth again.


Zone Perfect Nutritional Bar
Fudge Graham Flavor
Fat 7g
Sodium 0.28g
Carbs 21g
Protein 16g

How does it taste? Pretty good! Real graham flavor with a sweet candy-like chocolate covering; again, very Rice Krispy-like. (Rice Krispies seem to be the secret to a really tasty health bar.)

MORE TO COME!

TroyD

MORE TO COME!

Well, I don't know about anyone else but I'm glued to the edge of my seat for the next installment.

BDT

Micah Cohen

Hey, I'm performing a service!

Smarty.

Systems

i eat "energy bars" when I am going to run soon & haven't eaten in a while & have to stop the hunger pangs. they are more nutritious than candy bars, are easy to digest, give you a little less sugar rollercoaster. protein makes you feel "full" longer, so protein bars may be good snacks for people serious about losing wt. once I drove 1,000 miles straight thru starting at 9 pm to get to a deathbed, & power bars & coffee from the gas stations along the interstate kept me going w/out ever getting the sleepy feeling one gets after a meal sometimes. but I would never consider any of these bars a substitute for real food.

Micah Cohen

Sheesh, after that ride you must've shat a brick!

Actually, looking at the nutritional info I've included with these taste samples, these things are really not all that different from candy.

Hmmmm.

MC