Quest Bars? Overrated or?

I suppose it depends on your goals. 20 g of protein and 20 g of fiber for around $2 (US). Totally worth it to help me hold on to muscle. Also I bought 4 boxes for 75 dollars during their cyber monday deal so hell yes!

BTW I'm not doing low carb. Also they are not all 200 cal there is a range between 160-210 so find ones you like that are at the lower end.

I love the Quest Bars. Lots of protein. I only eat a half bar at a time. I find them really "heavy" and a half bar satisfies me. I think they are worth every penny spent.

Granted I've only tried 4 flavors of Quest Bars but all four I found to be positively VILE. I'd much rather an Oh Yeah or Supreme Protein bar, every day of the week - although I do try to stay away from bars in general.

I LOVE Quest bars! They are the cleanest protein bar i've come across and the fibre content is great.

My favourites are Cookie Dough and Chocolate Brownie - they really taste like a treat, but without the sugar! Yum.

It's about 30 cents worth of whey protein imbedded in fiber. So, take that fwiw.

My husband eats tons of them because he's bulking and it's very hard for him to take breaks from his job to sit down and futz around with something perishable and/or needing cooking. They also don't take up a lot of room in his stomach like a protein drink would.

I personally love the apple pie one, and the strawberry cheesecake and cookie dough ones are really good too. The chocolate brownie one is delicious, but it also equals instant and persistent GI distress for me (not sure why; same ingredients as the others!) so I don't get to enjoy that one.

If you're doing LCHF, I would not think of it as a good choice. If they don't give you GI distress, it's probably because your body is able to digest the "inactive" carbs in them, so the "net carbs", if you choose to do those, are much closer than the total carbs than will be comfortable for your limit.

But I don't care about that. As long as I get my protein and most of my fat for the day, and I'm near my calorie goal, I say "Party On, Wayne!"

I love them! They are so handy to have around and a flavorful way to get some protein and fiber. I find that for me they make a great afternoon snack because they are filling and I can make it through to dinner without snacking the afternoon away. I don't love the cost but they are worth it to me. My favorite flavors are Cinnamon Roll and Coconut Cashew and they both come in at 170 calories.

I don't really do low carb (intentionally, I just focus on protein as much as possible).

I've never found any other bar that's <210 with as much protein and fiber as a Quest bar. I love them for both macros. Usually 19-21g of protein, 15-18g of fiber.

That said, there are some I can't stand the taste of. Others taste great (Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, in particular).

I never eat them without microwaving them for 10-13 seconds. They're really hard to chew for my TMJ.

I've heard there was some controversy over the accuracy of the nutritional info.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a shill from a competitor who's suing them over whether or not the fiber counts are accurate, and thereby the calorie counts. It's pretty minor overall. If you consider the fiber/sweetener/thickener base (IMO, Isomalto-oligosaccharide) as a fiber, and you count that at 2 calories per gram instead of the usual 4, you get the numbers they publicize. Of course, they also deduct these all from their "net carbs" count too, but there's absolutely no official standard for "net carbs" anyway, so no gripe there. And if you don't count these as fiber, and/or count them at the full 4 calories per gram, the bars have something like 50-60 more calories than stated.

It's all a BS numbers game, and in the end, sort of irrelevant. If you're eating a lot of the bars and you stall, you probably need to consider them at the higher calorie count. Not sure what the BFD is.

I just got with cheapo Pure Protein brand bars. Costco seems to always have a triple pack of peanut butter, cookie dough, and chocolate on sale for around $15 for 18 bars (I think it's 6 per pack). 20g of protein and 180-200ish calories. Not sure of the carbs.

Also, I just read that they have a lawsuit filed against them because they falsely misrepresent the amount of protein and fiber in each bar. Not nearly as much as they state. Buyers always beware I guess.

As I stated above:

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a shill from a competitor who's suing them over whether or not the fiber counts are accurate, and thereby the calorie counts. It's pretty minor overall. If you consider the fiber/sweetener/thickener base (IMO, Isomalto-oligosaccharide) as a fiber, and you count that at 2 calories per gram instead of the usual 4, you get the numbers they publicize. Of course, they also deduct these all from their "net carbs" count too, but there's absolutely no official standard for "net carbs" anyway, so no gripe there. And if you don't count these as fiber, and/or count them at the full 4 calories per gram, the bars have something like 50-60 more calories than stated.

It's all a BS numbers game, and in the end, sort of irrelevant. If you're eating a lot of the bars and you stall, you probably need to consider them at the higher calorie count. Not sure what the BFD is.

I just got with cheapo Pure Protein brand bars. Costco seems to always have a triple pack of peanut butter, cookie dough, and chocolate on sale for around $15 for 18 bars (I think it's 6 per pack). 20g of protein and 180-200ish calories. Not sure of the carbs.

They are full of junk ingredients though, compared to Quest.

I like the double chocolate chunk. Need to try chocolate brownie. I really only eat them for emergency hunger and feel like that's a great use for them.

I eat them as dessert. Yum~ Really good warmed up

I personally didn't like the taste at all of Quest bars. I like Nugo Slim bars much better. They have around 19g carb with 7g fiber = 12g net carbs. I really like the raspberry truffle a lot. They are dipped in real dark chocolate and don't have any sugar alcohols or any artificial sugars.