Guest guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 Greg: I have tried many bars including the ones you have listed. I have now become a fan of the Pure Protein bars by Worldwide Sport Nutrition. The full size bars (78g) have 280 calories of which 30-34 grams are protein (calcium caseinate, hydrolyzed protein, whey protein isolate), 14 grams of carbs with only 4 being sugar, and 5 grams of fat, 3.5 being saturated. They also contain quite a few vitamins and minerals at 50 % DV. Each flavor has a slightly different arrangement of nutrients but very small variation. What I list here is what you will get with the exception of 1 gram here or there. They are the best tasting bars I have tried and don't contain any of the artificial junk that you usually see in bars. They have about 8 different flavors with my favorites being blueberry cheesecake, chocolate chip cookie dough, and smores. I buy them online at vitaglo.com they are the cheapest I have found at $23.32 for a box of 12 which includes free shipping. I have had great success with them and they even give you a way to track your shipment by UPS. [That works out at about 10 times the cost of home-made bars, which contain 25-30% protein and similar amounts of other macronutrients, deopending on one's personal mix! Mel Siff] Hope this is helpful. Mike Prides Crossing, USA ------------------------ greg_corcoran@h... wrote: > It's somewhat difficult for me to eat right due to work and my > schedule, so I usually have a nutritional bar at break at my job as > one of my 6 or so meals of the day... I've tried to look for > comparisions to the bars on the market, but I haven't found anything > anywhere (unless it was put out by one of the companies). If anyone is > familiar with a few of these different products, I'd like to hear what > you guys know. I've tried a few different bars, and while I don't > remember most of the nutritional information, I'll say what I know > about a few of these bars... > > Promax Bars by SportPharma > > I've tried two flavors, the double fudge brownie and chocolate peanut. > The taste of these bars were better than any other I've tried, and I'm > guessing because there's a bunch of sugar in them. It's around the mid > 30's in carb grams, but I don't remember how much of that is sugar. 20 > grams of pretty decent protein, and for all the vitamins in the bar, > they were around 25% for rda. Nothing really looks outstanding, but > like I said, it tastes good, basically a candy bar with boosted > nutritional stats in my opinion. Also, there's about 5 grams of fat, > with over half of that being saturated fat. > > Protein Plus by PowerBar > > Again, I tried two flavors, chocolate fudge brownie and chocolate > peanut butter (I'm not a chocolate freak, it's all they had in the > store, honestly!). Decent taste, 24 grams of good protein, a few grams > higher in total carbs than the promax but less of that is from sugars. > 5 grams of fat, and half of that from saturated fat. The list of > vitamins and minerals is also better than the promax bars. > > Solid Protein by Nature's Best. > > I don't even remember what I've tried, but it was a few. The taste was > tolerable for the first few bites, then it started to get difficult to > finish the bar. Nutritionally, it beats out the previous two, 30-34 > grams of good protein, around 10 carbs with only a couple or so from > sugar, and a better vitamin count than cheap multi-vitamins. > > Designer Protein Bars by Next Proteins > > Pretty much just a protein bar. I only tried one flavor, I haven't had the courage to try any others after having one lemon crunches. Around 30 grams of designer protein, less carbs than solid protein, 5 grams of fat, and nothing much in the vitamin department in comparison to the other bars. Maybe I'll try another flavor when my current stash of protein plus bars run out, but I won't touch those lemon crunches with a 10 foot pole. I think I'd rather injest the designer protein powder without water than have one of those again. The cheesy names they made for the flavors don't win much of my respect either. > > Hopefully I was somewhat informative. While I know having one of these > bars isn't always the best option to take, it is quick and easy for > those who don't have much time. If someone wants to expand on this > subject of offer alternatives, I'd love to hear it. > > Greg Corcoran > Waukesha, Wisconsin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2001 Report Share Posted July 20, 2001 Greg-- I'm with Dr Siff on this, all of them are fairly high on the " gagh " scale; I also agree the ProMax are perhaps the lowest (maybe even reaching a 5).... The Designer bars are very high gagh, but you picked the worst of the worst with the Lemon Crunchies. If you're going to try again, try the chocolate/malt one... and don't expect it to taste like food, still, but you may find yourself not so traumatized at least. Strangely, I find the ProteinPlus by Powerbar barely any better, unlike you... Dr. Siff's recipe might serve much better; find some rice paper and have at it: save some money, save your taste buds, avoid hydrogenated oils.... really, the 'inconvenince' of making bars is minor compared to those benefits. They're very easy to make. I don't have anything to add in terms of other bars that are superior to the ones you listed. I've tried a few (I think " PureProtein " was one, but the names all escape me, becuase I haven't been interested in trying to remember....) Also, on real food.... Tupperware has some very small sized containers. A plastic container, a for wrapped in a small napkin.... well, you get the idea. Best of luck, Los Angeles, CA --- greg_corcoran@... wrote: > It's somewhat difficult for me to eat right due to > work and my > schedule, so I usually have a nutritional bar at > break at my job as > one of my 6 or so meals of the day... [snip] > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2001 Report Share Posted July 21, 2001 As a woman and a small one at that, I need fewer calories than those bars you mentioned provide so I eat Luna bars which taste pretty good (I know, I know, too many carbs and sugar). But for providing quick protein, I make six turkey burgers (made from ground breast meat) marinated in soy sauce each week, freeze them in individual plastic bags and then just pull out one and put it in my briefcase to take to work. They nuke in about 1 to 1 1/2 minutes depending on how frozen they are, taste great and I eat them between two mini whole wheat pitas with ketchup. Tastier than a bar and very easy. This is a concept that could easily be expanded to other types of things. Ikle, Pasadena, CA, USA ------------------ wrote: Greg-- <I'm with Dr Siff on this, all of them are fairly high on the " gagh " scale; I also agree the ProMax are perhaps the lowest (maybe even reaching a 5).... The Designer bars are very high gagh, but you picked the worst of the worst with the Lemon Crunchies. If you're going to try again, try the chocolate/malt one... and don't expect it to taste like food, still, but you may find yourself not so traumatized at least. Strangely, I find the ProteinPlus by Powerbar barely any better, unlike you... Dr. Siff's recipe might serve much better; find some rice paper and have at it: save some money, save your taste buds, avoid hydrogenated oils.... really, the 'inconvenince' of making bars is minor compared to those benefits. They're very easy to make. I don't have anything to add in terms of other bars that are superior to the ones you listed. I've tried a few (I think " PureProtein " was one, but the names all escape me, becuase I haven't been interested in trying to remember....) Also, on real food.... Tupperware has some very small sized containers. A plastic container, a for wrapped in a small napkin.... well, you get the idea. > ------- greg_corcoran@... wrote: << It's somewhat difficult for me to eat right due to work and my schedule, so I usually have a nutritional bar at break at my job as one of my 6 or so meals of the day....... >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 There's been some talk about nutrition bars. When I first started the program I wondered what bars would fit in the program because the EAS products aren't available everywhere. I basically shopped around looking at labels. I've tried a lot of different brands, but I've noticed that a lot of the more commercial ones you find in the drugstore or grocery don't have the equal amounts of carbs and protein we need for BFL. Often I will find 35 - 45 grams of carb and only 10 - 15 grams of proteing in one bar. However MetX protein bars have a large amount of protein and a close to equal amount of carbs. They can be close to $2. The high protein bars seem to be the ones that are more expensive. I tried a Myoplex bar the other day and didn't like the taste. If I recall correctly it didn't have the number of protein and carbs to make up a meal either. I've tried Zone, Balance, Pria, MetX and a couple others I don't remember. I think the best tasting I've tried so far are the Balance Bars, but they don't have the total gram ratio we're looking for either. The ones that taste better seem to be the ones with more sugar and more carbs, but not as much protein. Am I off base with these observations? I guess my best bet is the Carb Control EAS bars with an additional carb serving. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 I too, have been researching a lot of nutrition bars...the EAS Advantage Low Carb bars are around 25 g of protein with only 3 g of impact carbs, around 5 g of fat. They are very good. I do eat a carb with the bar (fruit). > There's been some talk about nutrition bars. When I first started the > program I wondered what bars would fit in the program because the EAS products > aren't available everywhere. I basically shopped around looking at labels. I've > tried a lot of different brands, but I've noticed that a lot of the more > commercial ones you find in the drugstore or grocery don't have the equal amounts of > carbs and protein we need for BFL. Often I will find 35 - 45 grams of carb > and only 10 - 15 grams of proteing in one bar. However MetX protein bars have > a large amount of protein and a close to equal amount of carbs. They can be > close to $2. The high protein bars seem to be the ones that are more > expensive. > I tried a Myoplex bar the other day and didn't like the taste. If I recall > correctly it didn't have the number of protein and carbs to make up a meal > either. > I've tried Zone, Balance, Pria, MetX and a couple others I don't remember. I > think the best tasting I've tried so far are the Balance Bars, but they don't > have the total gram ratio we're looking for either. The ones that taste > better seem to be the ones with more sugar and more carbs, but not as much > protein. > Am I off base with these observations? > I guess my best bet is the Carb Control EAS bars with an additional carb > serving. > > K > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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