LARABAR

There are so many quick nutritional bars out there. When your standing in the isle staring at the 100 different brands, and then once you narrow that down, you have to choose a flavor. Well, to name a few, a very few..there are Special K Bars, Zone Perfect Bars, and Luna Bars. 

Okay, now I am going to show you a list of what is in each of these bars…don’t waste your time reading them, unless you want to, but my main point is look how long the list is for the ingredients.

Special K’s ingredients for their Strawberry Protein Bar are here.

COATING (SUGAR, PALM KERNEL AND PALM OIL, MILK PROTEIN ISOLATE, YOGURT POWDER [CULTURED WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CULTURED SKIM MILK, YOGURT CULTURES; HEAT-TREATED AFTER CULTURING], COLOR ADDED, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR), SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, CORN SYRUP, STRAWBERRY FLAVORED FRUIT PIECES (SUGAR, CRANBERRIES, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL STRAWBERRY FLAVOR WITH OTHER NATURAL FLAVORS, ELDERBERRY JUICE CONCENTRATE FOR COLOR,SUNFLOWER OIL), INULIN, FRUCTOSE, POLYDEXTROSE, SUGAR, RICE STARCH, SOYBEAN AND PALM OIL WITH TBHQ FOR FRESHNESS, RICE CEREAL (RICE, WHEAT GLUTEN, SUGAR, DEFATTED WHEAT GERM, SALT, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, WHEY, MALT FLAVORING, REDUCED IRON, NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B6], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE [VITAMIN B1], FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN B12), CONTAINS TWO PERCENT OR LESS OF DEXTROSE, CALCIUM CARBONATE, GLYCERIN, SORBITOL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SALT, SOY LECITHIN, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), XANTHAN GUM, POLYSORBATE 80, D-ALPHA TOCOPHEROL (VITAMIN E), NIACINAMIDE, ZINC OXIDE, REDUCED IRON, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), VITAMIN A PALMITATE, RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), THIAMIN HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B1), BHT FOR FRESHNESS, ALMOND FLOUR, PARTIALLY DEFATTED PEANUT FLOUR, WHEAT STARCH, VITAMIN B12, FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D.

CONTAINS MILK, SOY, WHEAT, ALMOND AND PEANUT INGREDIENTS. MAY CONTAIN OTHER TREE NUTS.

Facts found here

And now, Zone Perfect Bars for example….here is a list of what is in their Chocolate Caramel Cluster.

Caramel (Corn Syrup, Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Glycerine, Milk Protein Isolate, Cream, Natural Flavor, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Disodium Phosphate), Soy Protein Nuggets (Isolated Soy Protein, Tapioca Starch, Salt), Milk Chocolate Flavored Coating (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk Solids, Cocoa Powder, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Natural Flavor), Corn Syrup, Guar Gum, Sodium Caseinate, Glycerine, Peanuts. 

Less than 2% of the Following: Soy Protein Isolate, Gum Arabic, Water, High Oleic Safflower Oil or High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavor, Calcium Phosphate, Salt, and Vitamin & Mineral Blend (Calcium Phosphate, Ascorbic Acid [Vit. C], d-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate [Vit. E], Magnesium Oxide, Niacinamide [Vit. B3], Zinc Oxide, Calcium Pantothenate [Vit. B5], Ferrous Fumarate [Iron], Pyridoxine Hydrochloride [Vit. B6], Vitamin A Palmitate, Riboflavin [Vit. B2], Thiamine Mononitrate [Vit. B1], Folic Acid [Vit. B9], Chromium Chloride, Biotin [Vit. B7], Sodium Selenite, Sodium Molybdate, Cyanocobalamin [Vit. B12]). 

Contains milk, peanut and soy ingredients. Manufactured in a facility that processes eggs, tree nuts and wheat.

Facts Taken from here

Luna Bars have a much shorter ingredients list, yes…here are their ingredients..

LunaPro ® (Soy Rice Crisps Soy Protein Isolate, Organic Rice Flour], Organic Toasted Oats[Organic Rolled Oats, Organic Dried Cane Syrup], Organic Soy Flour, Organic Flaxmeal), Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Coating (Organic Dried Cane Syrup, Organic Cocoa, Palm Kernel Oil, Organic Palm Kernel Oil, Organic Soy Lecithin, Organic Vanilla), Inulin (Chicory Extract), Organic Peanut Butter (Organic Peanuts, Salt), Organic Peanuts, Organic Peanut Flour,Natural Flavors, Organic Oat Syrup Solids, Vegetable Glycerine, Sea Salt.

Info found here

But just wait….

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LOOK AT THE INGREDIENTS IN A LARABAR

Ingredients:

Facts from here

Okay, NO ONE paid me or asked me to write this post about these bars. I did this 100% on my own. But, today…as I was in the car on the way home from Target, and STARVING, I grabbed one of my new flavors of LARABAR that I was trying..which tastes like dessert by the way…and..at the stop light I decided to look at the ingredients. Now, I knew these things were supposed to be better than other bars and healthier..I just had no idea how much more pure and healthy they were for you..it made me want to open the rest of the box and eat them all (I did not do that)…but I wanted to!

Now, tell me WHY would you pick up any of those other bars on that isle when you have NO IDEA what CRAP you are putting in your body??? 

That’s right, I didn’t think so! 

Okay, now for the excuse my grocery store doesn’t sell them… Right here is a product request form for LARABAR to take to your grocery store. Just print it off and write your name and check the ones you want!

If your grocery store is lame, and still wont order them..you can go here to order them and have the delivered right to your door step!

okay?!?!

So. Throw out your Special K’s or whatever other crap you have been unknowingly eating, and go get you your LARABAR for your on the go easy snack!






*LARABAR Header is from the larabar.com website