I’ve been traveling a lot and as a result, have been eating more bars than usual. Each time I visit Whole Foods, it appears there is another new brand or flavor in the snack bar/protein bar/energy bar aisle. So you don’t have to, I read each nutrition label, taste tested and came up with a short list of my 7 favorite protein bars you can buy at a near by grocery store.
The Requirements:
Realistically, I do not buy bars online. I buy them at the grocery store before I travel to have on hand. There are other bars that I like but they were not for sale at my Whole Foods. I’ve been sent them by various PR people to try but I never remember to order them online. I only included ones you could buy conveniently because I assume you are like me and buy what’s on sale at your grocery store. I also only included bars that have less than 11g of sugar and more than 7g of protein. The ingredients needed to be short and simple. Lastly, they had to taste good! I liked a few bars on paper but when I tasted them, I thought I was eating grass. Gross. Alas, your taste may be different than mine. Some of you do not like ThinkThin, I do but I get that we aren’t going to agree 100% of the time on flavors.
Some of these are vegan, raw, gluten free, low carb or macrobiotic. I did not use any of these for my criteria but hope there is one that fits your diet preferences.
Did I miss your favorite? Some other bars that I really like and would fit my criteria but sadly are not available at Whole Foods include Square Bar and Simply Bar. Let me know down below.
Zing bars are amazing!
I love gomacro, Quest and KIND as well!
I was just thinking I need to go to the store to pick up some for a trip. I love quest bars but have been wanting to branch out. I am excited to give goMacro a try.
This is great, I am always looking for new healthy bars. I usually just reach for Think Thin bars. I love KIND bars but they don’t have a ton of protein, they are more just healthy with natural ingredients.
You have to try Picky bars…they may not be out on the east cost yet…very good, I get them by the month in a subscription service. http://pickybars.com/
I LOVE that you included Zing Bars -- they’re my new favorite! Awesome stats/ingredients and I love supporting local companies (they’re based in Seattle -- where I’m from). Great round-up!
Go macro is my favorite!
Although they are ALWAYS sold out in my Whole Foods in NYC 🙁
I agree Quest and KIND are perfection!
It’s really nice to see a fitness professional not fawning all over the Quest bars. Looking at the ingredient lists on most of them make me question the “natural” claim that they have. If something is too good to be true, it probably is.
Hi, if Im trying to loose belly fat, I normally run and I do strenght excercises; Will it be okay to consume protein bars or will it make me not loose that fat?