Been traveling and slammed with work so much, that ive been forced to grab protein bars here and there. I wanted to put some words down on some ive tried and my thoughts. PLEASE UNDERSTAND, THESE REVIEWS DO NOT REPRESENT ANYTHING PN...THIS IS ALL ON ME AND NOT A REFLECTION OF ANYTHING ON THE COMPANY I WORK FOR.
Supreme Protein Bars - Taste great, loaded with fat and sugar alcohols. More of a snack with protein than a protein bar.
Muscle Milk Bars - Uhhhh, GARBAGE..Taste like bricks
2:1 and 6:1 Protein Bars by Metragenix - Taste good, sugar alcohols, real protein though, no so much soy based, acceptable calorie count
Come Ready - Supreme clones, snack food
Detour Lean Muscle - Good taste, like the fiber and protein crisps. Would def eat again.
Clif Builder Bar with Protein - Taste is great IMHO, good mix of calories, natural ingredients for the most part. Balanced though wish more protein. Def like these for a meal replacement type bar...
Snickers Marathon Protein - Had to try them. 20g Protein, 10g Fiber...Taste is good and they are soft, well the caramel nut crunch one was i had...Would make it my snack bar over supreme simply due to fiber content
Quest bars - taste is ok, simplicity in ingredients is nice, but not for me, and i'll elude to why below.
EAS and Met-rx - I refuse to purchase or support these companies in any aspect, so fug em
So i talked with the owner of the Metragenix bars at the Arnold and they are renaming them Ratio Bars. They have an all natural, NON-GMO, GLUTEN FREE bar coming out that i got to taste behind the seems. Peanut butter banana flavor and they were phenomenol. Soft, moist. Will definitely keep my eye out for those.
Quest bars, well a close associate of mine had them tested as he is trying to release his own line of bars and wanted to use them for a starting point. Tested 7 different ways from sunday, multiple flavors, etc, they all came back with half of the claimed fiber content. To some this not may be a big deal, to others it may. Im just putting it out there, and i saw the COAs with my own eyes. Yes it was 2 separate third-party testing companies too. So take it for whats its worth, just know the facts.
Guys give me some inputs on some bars or even if you use them at all. Being im traveling so much, powders get inconvenient for me and i usually looking for RTDs or something. No Im not drinking muslce milk or core power either. For RTDs, my only real winner is IsoPURE and that damn glass bottle doesnt work well for packing. So thats why all the bars.