Low sugar/carb/glycemic, vegan protein bar that isn't expensive?

luntyp

Is this a unicorn? Does it exist?

jgnatca

No it does not exist. You will have to give up something.

If you want it vegan, allow for carbs.

If you want it low carb, give up the vegan because your only choice is high fat/protein. Animal sources are about all you can find for high protein low carb.

For inexpensive, you can make one yourself. What you are asking for sounds pretty close to a black bean brownie. It will have a decent glycemic index, can be made vegan, and has more protein than your average brownie. It will, however, have a sweetener of some kind.

http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2012/09/06/no-flour-black-bean-brownies/

Pick your poison; either sweeten with an artificial sweetener like Stevia, or a natural sugar like honey.

Another option is plain old block of tofu but that would be fairly bland. A tastier version would be a soft dessert tofu.

jgnatca

Check out the Simply Protein bars.

janejellyroll

I think you could go *lower* sugar or carbohydrate in a vegan protein bar, but I don't know of any truly low sugar/low carbohydrate vegan protein bars on the market. They could be there, I'm just not aware of them.

Have you considered making your own? You could use nuts, seeds, and vegan protein powder of your choice (they make some without sweeteners or with artificial ones). You'd need some sort of binder. Not sure what to suggest for that since I don't do low carbohydrate. Maybe nut butter? Either way, it would wind up being pretty high fat, I suspect.

RodaRose

Here are the directions for making your own protein bars out of vegan protein powder and peanut butter:
http://www.foodiefiasco.com/chocolate-peanut-butter-protein-bars-vegan-low-carb-high-protein/

¾ cup protein powder (Sun Warrior)
¼ cup peanut butter OR ¼ cup PB2 mixed with 2 tablespoons almond milk
¼ cup almond milk
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
2-4 tablespoons sugar, erythritol, or stevia (depending on how sweet your protein powder is)
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

KetoneKaren

jgnatca wrote: »

Pick your poison; either sweeten with an artificial sweetener like Stevia, or a natural sugar like honey.

Is Stevia considered an artificial sweetener? I don't understand.

jgnatca

KetoneKaren wrote: »

jgnatca wrote: »

Pick your poison; either sweeten with an artificial sweetener like Stevia, or a natural sugar like honey.

Is Stevia considered an artificial sweetener? I don't understand.

Of course. Stevia comes from the stevia plant so is often considered more natural than say, aspartame, but it is a non-calorie sweetener, therefore artificial.