Good Protein Bar for Vegetarians

syedsaad
syedsaad Posts: 156 Member
edited December 4 in Food and Nutrition
Hi,
I have never had protein bars before but planning on starting to use them as I always have a hard time getting enough protein. Could you guys please recommend good and economical protein bars for vegetarians (NOT VEGAN)? Thanks in advance.

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  • kathrynjean_
    kathrynjean_ Posts: 428 Member
    If you're fine with dairy (whey), then I think really most (if not all?) of them are vegetarian. Others, please correct me if I'm wrong.

    People seem to like Quest and the Combat Crunch ones a lot.
  • folgers86
    folgers86 Posts: 84 Member
    I just looked at the label of my FitJoy bar and it has milk with possible exposure to eggs at the manufacturing plant. Not sure if either of those things is a turn off for you. I personally love FitJoy for the flavor, consistency, and low sugar/fat. High in total carbs, though. You also might want to look at protein shakes (not the store bought slim fast kind but the powders). I just get the generic gnc chocolate version and it tastes fine with some almond milk.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Very few protein bars contain meat. If you're looking for a protein bar suitable for lacto-ovo vegetarians, that would be just about any protein bar on the market (except for a handful of the newer bars, targeted for primal/Paleo eaters, that are jerky-based).
  • Samantha44145
    Samantha44145 Posts: 66 Member
    Whey is commonly made with rennet - stomach acid. Unless the bar says otherwise, there's no way to know if it's actually vegetarian.

    My fav is a bar local to the Cleveland area called Good Greens. In a pinch I go with Clif Bars or Elevation Bars from Aldi's.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Samantha44145 wrote: »
    Whey is commonly made with rennet - stomach acid. Unless the bar says otherwise, there's no way to know if it's actually vegetarian.

    My fav is a bar local to the Cleveland area called Good Greens. In a pinch I go with Clif Bars or Elevation Bars from Aldi's.

    This may be just a cultural thing or the circles that I run in, but the majority of lacto-ovo vegetarians I know do not avoid rennet of unknown origin. This doesn't mean OP eats whey, of course.
  • esjones12
    esjones12 Posts: 1,363 Member
    Vega and Boku are great companies with great products.
  • chunky_pinup
    chunky_pinup Posts: 758 Member
    D's Naturals No Cow bars are amazing. I keep them stashed EVERYWHERE.
  • littlechiaseed
    littlechiaseed Posts: 489 Member
    edited October 2016
    I like the probar ones but they are vegan....do you have to have egg or dairy in it for some reason? I don't use them as a supplement but just if I caught without food or traveling (which did happen on my last trip). Quest used to be good but they changed the reciepe 100 times so I'm not sure if they are still good. Maybe?
  • syedsaad
    syedsaad Posts: 156 Member
    Thank you all for the suggestions .... I don't mind milk or egg as long as it doesn't have any products derived from Pigs.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    The one and only Quest bar I had tasted nasty to me. I assume it was the sucralose.
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