I received my three bags of Better Protein Bars today and cooked up a batch earlier. Are these bars supposed to be this gooey? I thought they would harden up after a few hours but they kinda fall apart if you hold them out straight. Is this normal? I haven't tried one yet either. Also I was wondering if eating one of these bars was sufficient enough for a pre-workout snack? One bar contains the following...
Calories - 414
Fat - 21g
Carbs - 36g
Sugar - 24g
Protein - 26g
I will send you a pm my friend. LIke anything some times it takes time getting used to working with something like the bars.
So long as you follow the directions to the letter the bars will come out perfect. Just like buying pre mad cake mix, browny mix, or any pre made pastry mix at the store the end results can vary a bit depending on how closely you followed the directions and other factors.
However Because the bars are completely no bake/no cooking involved . Making sure they come out perfect is very very easy and simple to do Because you don't have to recook them. No bake so if there is anything wrong you can fix them right there on the spot..
OK so its simple my friend. If the bars are "gooey" , loose, wet or anything like this when you are done making them and have set in the fridge for a wile. Then all you have to do is add anykind of dry ingredient and remix them. then set back in the fridge.
Any dry ingredient would work. Oatmeal, wheatgerm, any kind of protein powder and or any dry powder/additive of any kind. If the bars are loose,gooey, wet and this is the problem that add a little something dry to the mix and remix them. Set back in the fridge and boom bars are perfect.
If when you are done making them and you find the bars are to dry, crumbly, not holding but falling apart because they are not most enough. Then the fix is simple just add more of a wet ingredient of any kind.
Peanut butter, Honey, water, sugar free maple syrup or anything wet at all will work perfect. Add the wet ingredient , remix, set it and forget it boom bars are perfect .
The Pre made better protein bar kits make making a home made protein bars as simple as it can get. Every thing you need is right there in the bag and on the label. Start out by making a few batches following the directions to the letter.
This will give you a feel for how to work with the mix. Then after you are familiar with the original recipes on the bags you can then start to get creative.
Although the bars are high in fat ( when using the original recipes on the bags) 98% of these fats come from natural sources and they are EFA's (essential fatty acids)otherwise known as omega 3,6, and 9 fatty acids.
They are essential because your body cannot produce them on its own so they must come from your diet. The two primary EFAs are known as linoleic acid (omega-6) and alpha-linolenic acid (omega-3).
And the better protein bar orginal recipes have a good healthy amount of them in the bars.
These EFAs are necessary for the following processes:
1.Formation of healthy cell membranes
2.Proper development and functioning of the brain and nervous system
3.Proper thyroid and adrenal activity
4.Hormone production
5.Regulation of blood pressure, liver function, immune and inflammatory responses
6.Crucial for the transport and breakdown of cholesterol!!!!!!!!!!
7.Support healthy skin and hair
So I would beg to differ with anyone claiming the nutritional Brake down of these bars are AAAAH "crap" as some one called it lmao. Then that same person followed that up with " I like" a protein bar that I my self would say is "crap" by every definition of the word. No that bar is closer so a candy bar then the better protein bars my friend. I think it was "Chef Jays TrioPlex bars.
So Lets explain how and why. As stated above the better protein bars are 100% all natural and 98% all organic ingredents are used as well. Even the flavors used like the apple and banana bars are made with 100% all natural all organic freeze dried fruit powders!!!! The bars Are high in good fats and with the original they also have a good amount of ( healthy natural carbohydrates). which btw is also not taboo or a bad thing ether.
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There is nothing what so ever that is "unhealthy" in the better protein bars. All natural all organic no addatives or worthless cant read ingredients like every other protein bar out there right now.
To put the cherry on the cake after you buy the bars, the honey, and the peanut butter the price is still 1/3rd what it cost to buy the avg protein bar and the better protein bars have twice the amount of protein as the standard!!!! Use our "power butter" to make the better protein bars and the bars end up having 5 times the industry standard of protein in them.
Now what about them OOOO so healthy "i like this kind" of bars that have been mentioned?? HMMM
Earlier some one said that the better protein bars were crap, same as a candy bar? Well we have of course disproved that load of crap!! But then they followed this up with saying how great other bars were.
If you want to call a better protein bars crap and like a candy bar and then toss out some other protein bar as "healthy and great" well then you ought to know what they hell you are even talking about before you do so.
First we have proven Better protein bars when made by the orginal recipes on the packs are 100% all natural, organic, healthy, filled with healthy EFA's , natural good fats, and healthy carbohydrates. They are "healthy" and "good for you" in every single way thinkable . But Later I will even go into detail and show everyone that the bars can also be modified to also make them low fat, low carb, and yet still 100% narual healthy and packed with twice the industry standard of protein or even 5 times that.
So now that we have proven for a fact that the better protein bars or in fact not crap. Let us move onto helping the other people in this thread who are misguided and feel the protein bars they posted up or "healthy" and or good for you in any way at all.
What sets a protein bar apart from the rest. Is it price? is it quality of ingredients? Is it convenience alone? Maybe its taste or maybe its how shinny the label is and how they "tick you" into thinking its low carb and healthy?
Since Die$eL~Man brought up the subject of crap and comparing protein bars to candy
let us do just that!!!
First lets start with the ingredients of popular candy bar on the market.
Ingredients of the number one selling candy bar in the USA today!
Milk Chocolate (Sugar, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate, Skim Milk, Lactose, Milkfat, Soy Lecithin, Artificial Flavor)Peanuts, Corn Syrup, Milkfat, Skim Milk, Vegetable Oil (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil)Salt, Lactose, Egg Whites, Chocolate, Artificial Flavor
Now let us go ahead and list the ingredients of the bar that our good friend Die$eL gave us as the healther alternative to better protein bars. The one that is his standard of good for you and healthy and not crap lmao.
ingredients:
blah blah's Protein Blend (Soy Protein Isolate, Whey Protein Isolate, Milk Protein Isolate), Fruit Blend (Fruit Juice, Natural Grain Dextrin), Whole Grain Rolled Oats, Water Canola Oil, Marshmallow Filling (Sugar, Rice Flour, Wheat Starch, Corn Starch, Titanium Dioxide and Lecithin), Almonds, Graham Crumbs, Honey, Chocolate Chips, Vegetable Glycerine, Coco Processed with Alkali, Natural and artificial flavors. Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Plum Puree, Lecithin, Monoglycerides, Organic Soy Butter, Citric Acid, Caclum Propionate, Potassium Sorbate, Salt, And Sucralose.
WOW!!!!!!!!! You positive this is the bar you are choosing to go head to head with better protein bars? You have choisen this ^^ as your standard of healthy, not crap and " not like a candy bar? And will put this bar up against Better protein bars?
Ok well before we move forward lets list the ingredients in a original better protein bar first.
Ingredients list is as follows.
Whey protein,oatmeal,unsweetened raisins,wheat germ,Almonds,unsweetened dry cranberries,.
If its a flavored bar then its got all natural all organic freeze dried fruits IE banana, apple or others.
When prepared with original recipe they also contain All natural organic honey, and all natural EFA fortified smart balance peanut butter.
I could just stop right here and my point would be completely proven but for the fun of it lets keep going.
In my next post I will explain label laws , different ingredents and exactly what they are and why they are harmful to you. I will do all of this using Die$eL~Man's standard of a healthy good for you protein bar. The one " he likes" ..
This is not to be disrespectful in anyway but rather just using what was posted as the so called " better alternative" and only other standard put forth in this thread.
Better Protein Bars - No Bake Protein Bars