Starbucks protein bistro box- "good fast food"?

thepiratemd

fast food is , of course, an uphill battle.

but if you HAD to choose, teh starbucks protein bistro box seems like a decent choice, am I right?

380 calories, lots of "whole" ingredients (apple, grapes, cheese, hard boiled egg). The only really processed looking stuff are the peanut butter and pita bread.

Bread: mini pita (unbleached wheat flour [wheat flour, ascorbic acid, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], filtered water, raisins [raisins, vegetable oil], organic evaporated cane syrup, flax seeds, multigrain mix [cracked wheat, cracked rye, crushed flax seeds, millet meal, cracked triticale, barley grits, sunflower seeds, rolled oats, durum semolina], sunflower seeds, wheat bran, rolled oats, natural apples, yeast, sunflower oil, sea salt, cultured wheat starch, citric acid, enzymes)

Peanut butter: (dry-roasted peanuts, honey powder [sugar, honey], organic palm fruit oil, sea salt), iodized salt, pepper.)

Total fat- 31% DV. Unfortunately most of it is saturated.
Protein- 13g
Fiber- 20%DV

So overall it looks solid, EXCEPT for the fat. You could really cut down on the fat by getting rid of peanut butter... but at that point, it's sort of a waste of money. (I mean you can probably buy all the ingredients for this box for a LOT less than the sticker price$5 per box)

thoughts

LolBroScience

I think it's food. One should eat it if they are hungry for it and it fits into their caloric number for the day.

There is nothing wrong with saturated fat.

Amitysk

I have one a few times a week. Usually toss out the pita because I don't care for it, but the rest of it is a pretty satisfying on the go breakfast for me. Yesterday was a sad day though as I accidentally dumped a whole container of salt on the egg and hit everything in the box... Breakfast ruined. So I got a breakfast burrito instead...