Remember when I reviewed Slimfast shakes a while ago, because they showed up at my house? Well, it happened again, this time from South Beach Diet. I did not seek these out, but, I might as well try them, right?
I've heard of the South Beach diet, but didn't realize that they made branded products too. I thought it was just a diet to follow. However, a guess diet itself can only sell a few books, so to really be profitable, the empire needs products, so it makes sense. Thus, along with books and DVDs, they sell branded bottled smoothies, "sweet delights" (aka, chocolate covered nuts and seeds), and a vast array of bars. They make full meal replacement bars (featuring everyone's favorite soy nuggets for protein), cereal bars (available with extra fiber, or gluten-free if you prefer), and snack bars (several varieties depending on what "phase" of the program you are on). For those who really want to invest, they also do ready-to-eat meal delivery, bringing you all 21 meals you'll need for the week.
Only a snack bar showed up in the mail for me, and I wasn't about to seek more more of their products, just for the sake of this review. Sorry, folks!
I was sent one of the standard snack bars. All are only 100 calories, with 6 grams protein and fiber, available in 4 fairly tasty sounding varieties: Whipped Chocolate Almond, Whipped Peanut Butter, Fudgy Chocolate Mint, and Chocolate Caramel Nut.
I received the Chocolate Caramel Nut bar, "with real chewy caramel and crunchy peanuts covered in a delicious, chocolaty layer".
I laughed when I opened the package. One way to keep calories in check is through portion size. And ... portion controlled this was. So tiny!
The chocolate coating was actually pretty decent, although, a very thin layer. The top 1/3 of the bar was the caramel, also pretty decent, and really gooey, as you can see here. But ... the other 2/3 of the bar. Sigh. Soy protein isolate. Meh. I can't stand the stuff. It had a chewy texture that I also didn't enjoy. I never found the promised peanuts, I think they were ground up inside the bar.
Clearly, not something I'd ever want, and, I didn't actually finish the bar, I just took all the caramel and chocolate off of it and used it over ice cream :)
I've heard of the South Beach diet, but didn't realize that they made branded products too. I thought it was just a diet to follow. However, a guess diet itself can only sell a few books, so to really be profitable, the empire needs products, so it makes sense. Thus, along with books and DVDs, they sell branded bottled smoothies, "sweet delights" (aka, chocolate covered nuts and seeds), and a vast array of bars. They make full meal replacement bars (featuring everyone's favorite soy nuggets for protein), cereal bars (available with extra fiber, or gluten-free if you prefer), and snack bars (several varieties depending on what "phase" of the program you are on). For those who really want to invest, they also do ready-to-eat meal delivery, bringing you all 21 meals you'll need for the week.
Only a snack bar showed up in the mail for me, and I wasn't about to seek more more of their products, just for the sake of this review. Sorry, folks!
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| Chocolate Caramel Nut Snack Bar. |
I received the Chocolate Caramel Nut bar, "with real chewy caramel and crunchy peanuts covered in a delicious, chocolaty layer".
I laughed when I opened the package. One way to keep calories in check is through portion size. And ... portion controlled this was. So tiny!
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| Inside the bar. |
Clearly, not something I'd ever want, and, I didn't actually finish the bar, I just took all the caramel and chocolate off of it and used it over ice cream :)
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