Question #1 for Protein Bar Snobs...

Carpaydeeum
Carpaydeeum Posts: 116
in Food and Nutrition
So in my semithorough search of protein bars I've been pleasantly surprised at the quality, taste and cost of Walmart's Life Choice Bars. They are a smidge small but for $3.88 for six bars the price can't be beat. Please tell me why I should pay more for Powerbar or Quest or Clif?

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Life-Choice-Peanut-Butter-Extreme-High-Protein-Bar-5-Pack/19526140

Life Choice Peanut Butter Extreme High Protein Bar:

21g protein
18 vitamins and minerals
Naturally flavored
5-pack Extreme High Protein Bar; 1.76 oz per bar

Ingredients
Protein Blend (Soy Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Whey Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Hydrolysate, Calcium Caseinate, Milk Protein Isolate), Coating (Sugar, Palm Kernel Oil, Partially Defatted Peanut Flour, Nonfat Dry Milk Solids, Peanut Oil, Salt, and Soy Lecithin [An Emulsifier], Glycerin, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Water, Peanut Flour, Peanut Butter (Roasted Ground Peanuts), Natural Flavor, Corn Syrup, Tapioca Starch, Palm Kernel Oil, Vitamin and Mineral Blend (Tricalcium Phosphate, Ascorbic Acid, Ferrous Fumarate, D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Niacinamide, Zinc Oxide, Copper Gluconate, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Biotin, Potassium Iodide, Cyanocobalamin), Salt, Soy Lecithin, Almond Meal, Wheat Germ.

Replies

  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    After looking at the website I'd say it's because of the fact that they have three times the ingredients of a Quest bar, half of which have names that cannot be pronounced by the average human being.

    I think I'll stick to my snobbish, Quest bar consuming ways.

    Rigger
  • Carpaydeeum
    Carpaydeeum Posts: 116
    (For the record my "snob" title is to provoke responses...not provoke protein bar snobs :) )
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I had to google it to see the ingredients, but meh... it still seems more like a candy bar than others, but there are worse out there I guess.
  • strivingfor130
    strivingfor130 Posts: 221 Member
    I get them every week but only the protein ones because the others have tons more sugar. My nutritionist said it was a good choice for a protein bar. It's a good snack to feel full but doesn't have a ridiculous amount of calories.
  • kathleennf
    kathleennf Posts: 606 Member
    Hmmm - good idea. I will have to try them. I usually buy Pure Protein- either at Walmart or Amazon. I go for the best protein/calorie ratio at a good price.
  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    After looking at the website I'd say it's because of the fact that they have three times the ingredients of a Quest bar, half of which have names that cannot be pronounced by the average human being.

    I think I'll stick to my snobbish, Quest bar consuming ways.

    Rigger

    ^^^^Yeah, this.

    That's okay..more Quest bars for me then!
  • navyrigger46
    navyrigger46 Posts: 1,301 Member
    (For the record my "snob" title is to provoke responses...not provoke protein bar snobs :) )

    Very well, what type of provocation shall I regard this as?

    They look fine to me, but I still prefer my 9 ingredients, all of which can be easily pronounced, to your forty+ ingredients. If that makes me a snob, so be it.

    Rigger
  • Achrya
    Achrya Posts: 16,913 Member
    I mean you can do what you want. For me though: Less protein, more calories, smaller bar, not carried in Honolulu...pretty much no upside.

    I'll stick with Quest. The price doesn't bother me any.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    I am not a protien bar snob but I would not eat the walmart brand one if I were to choose.

    I can see buying my tank tops at walmart, my cheap shorts to workout in even my socks but I am not eating something that comes from a store the only puts stuff on their shelf only from the "cheapest" supplier.

    I will make them myself if I have to.

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