Organic Food Bar

When I'm afraid I'm going to be stuck without food to eat, whether that means at an event without food my stomach can handle or a day away from my house, I usually carry around something that will help me get by JUST in case. A few months ago, I came across this organic food bar at Whole Foods that is both lactose-free and gluten-free and full of ingredients that are extremely good for you. It is also cold-processed which I'm reading is very important in maintaining the product's nutrients and avoiding oil rancidity (which leads to free radicals in the body, therefore, an aging body).

My immediate reaction to the nutrition info was "Whoa, that's a lot of fat!" 12 grams....but after closer inspection, I saw that only 2 of those grams were saturated. The fat is coming from almond butter...which has a lot of good things to offer as far as nutrition goes.

So I was at the Saints baseball game last week and I was in one of those situations where I couldn't find something to eat, so I took this food bar out of my purse and had it for dinner. Hey, there may be 12 grams of fat, but I was FULL afterward...so full I didn't have dessert that night! (and I never skip dessert...) so in the end, I probably ended up eating less calories than normal.

For a food bar, this wasn't bad. It was sweet and having something for dinner that was sweet wasn't exactly ideal, but it was tasty enough with the strongest flavors being almond butter and raisins. There are several other flavors: original, vegan, chocolate chip, omega-3 flax, active greens, wild blueberry, cranberry, protein and several "raw vegan" versions. I've seen these at Whole Foods, most co-ops and Trader Joes. I have pasted the ingredients and nutritional information below. If you would like to visit the website, click here.

Ingredients: Organic Almond Butter, organic date paste, organic agave nectar, organic brown rice protein, organic bio sprouts - flax, organic raisins, organic bio sprouts - quinoa, organic sesame seeds

Nutritional Information:
Calories - 300
Total Fat - 12g (2g saturated)
Total Carbohydrates - 34g (20g sugars, 6g dietary fiber)
Protein - 14g
Sodium - 25mg (1% daily value)
Cholesterol - 0mg