Food Stuff
I’ve been trying out various brands of enery bars recently and never can remember which are good and which totally suck, so I’m making myself a list. Below are the ones that I can remember. I’ll try to update it with gels later on. Here is a partial listing.
Bars
The Good
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- GeniSoy protein bar (cookies & cream): texture reminds me of a powerbar, but the taste is much better and has 14gr of protein
- ProBar (original): good stuff! Like a great trail mix, but in a square brick. Real food, good texture, good tase, and almost 400 calories. The square packaging is a bit odd though.
- Luna Bars: Taste better than Clif bars in my opinion. Who cares if they’re supposed to be “for women”. I’m partial to the Caramel Nut Brownie and Chocolate Pecan Pie flavors, with Peanut Butter cookie and Lemon Zest being close seconds.
- Clif Nectar Bars: Organic and fruity…not your normal “energy” bar. Cinnamon Pecan rocks.
- Nature Valley Fruit & Nut Trail Mix bars: Technically not an energy bar, but serve the purpose at a cheaper cost. A little bit corn-syruppy-sweet, but decent taste & texture.
- Hammer Nutrition bars: very similar to the Clif nectar bars. Mostly raw ingredients, no added simple sugars, and great taste. Actually, I’m not big on the almond flavor (which is vegan, btw), but the chocolate kicks ass.
- Larabar (various flavors): good stuff; similar to the Hammer and Clif nectar bars with a greater variety of flavors.
The Withstandable
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- PowerBar (original or Harvest): Will occassionally eat them if they’re free
The Nasty
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- Be (Protein Bars): Exactly what you’d imagine from a protein/energy bar. Sure it’s all natural, but it also brought back memories of the gag reflex. No Thanks.
- Clif bars (any flavor, original series): First let me say that this is not Clif Bars fault. They’re actually pretty good and I used to eat them all the time. However, I used them almost exclusively during my first ever adventure race, which was 40 hours long. Yes, I was a moron. After eating nothing but Clif Bars for 40hrs, I was never able to get one near my mouth again without gagging. So this rating is probably biased and unfair and won’t apply to most folks. Sorry Clif!
Gels
- List coming later
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