On the way home from the office the other day my kids and I stopped at the local ACME supermarket. While in the cereal aisle a product caught my eye. Nature Valley Protein Chewy Bars. The box only caught my attention because the word “Protein” is written in large lettering and the word “new” is on the front of the box. Otherwise shopping with two kids is not a great time to be discovering new products! I passed by assuming that the bars were probably just junk, but something told me to go back and give the package a look. The bars looked like they might be tasty so I bought a box.
Each bar contains 190 calories (similar to other protein bars), 12 gm Fat (which is rather high, however most is from unsaturated fat), 3.5 gm Saturated Fat, 0 mg Cholesterol, 14 gm Carbohydrates, 6 gm Sugar, 10 gm Protein. The protein source is from nuts (peanuts and almonds), soy protein isolate, and whey protein concentrate. Sugar is low, however some gastric bypass patients may experience dumping at 6 gm of sugar, so proceed with caution! The types of sugar are as follows: sugar (5th ingredient), High Maltose Corn Syrup (11th ingredient), fructose (12th ingredient), and dextrose (21st ingredient).
As far as taste, I thought the chewy bar was rather good. There was a good balance of salty and sweet. The chocolate bottom is definitely a welcomed addition to the nuts and seeds. I would definitely purchase the Protein Chewy Bar again and recommend to others.
