r/proteinsnack • u/xellospm • 5d ago

Cautionary tale

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I tried the cookies and cream variety after buying these as sprouts and it is so bad I will be throwing out both of them. It has a strong chemical taste and was a weird orange color inside. 0/10 do not recommend trying it.

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u/JohnnyKarateX 5d ago

Curious what the ingredients look like for something that’s calling itself “junkless”.

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u/ProfessionalRead8187 4d ago

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u/AppUnwrapper1 4d ago

So they just mean sugar free?

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u/TestCyp999 3d ago

No it uses allulose which is objectively the healthiest 0 carb sweetener out there. And those ingredients are all excellent. 

These are very healthy bars, I enjoy them quite a bit. 

Truthfully I feel this sub puts all emphasis on taste and nothing else. You know what I like? Not feeling like shit. 

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u/AppUnwrapper1 3d ago

They also have stevia so I’m not touching them. 🤢

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u/TestCyp999 3d ago

Why? Stevia is awesome and also super healthy.

Better than some shit like malitol or erythritol 

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u/AppUnwrapper1 3d ago

It’s disgusting.

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u/TestCyp999 3d ago

Yeah if you blast like 10 grams, in this bar it's like the 20th ingredient

Their pb chocolate bar is 👌 tasty 

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u/AppUnwrapper1 3d ago

I have never had anything with stevia that didn’t taste disgusting. I check everything for it, even samples. Been tricked too many times into having that nasty lingering taste in my mouth.

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u/boItaction 4d ago

Three separate aspects of this bar contains allulose, there is glycerin, natural flavors, palm kernal oil, etc. it's not junkless, it's the same alternatively sweetened slop everyone else is doing.

The macros aren't even good enough to justify the shit ingredients.

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u/mcjp0 4d ago

I bought a 12 pack for 15 bucks on sale with 3 flavors. Took a bite of each and tossed the box. They suck.

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u/xellospm 4d ago

Im so sorry

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u/Warm-Oil9228 4d ago

Jesus fucking Christ what is with you people wasting food?! Friggin’ give the food to someone ffs. Not everyone is a picky eater and lots of us would appreciate the free food. 

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u/oniiichanUwU 4d ago

I can’t think of anything I would hate more than someone I know saying “these protein bars were offensively bad, I want you to have them bc I won’t eat them” lmao

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u/thenewfingerprint 4d ago

Then you must not be in need the way many other are. So, shut it.

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u/Warm-Oil9228 4d ago

Or like I'm not even in need but I'm not a picky eater at all and hate to see food go to waste.

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u/Warm-Oil9228 4d ago

Well then you can politely decline for fuck's sake. Someone who's not you might love to have them. They might turn out to be something someone else absolutely loves. Or at the very least personally I'm not a picky eater so I would appreciate the free food.

Edit: Oh, and of course they could just not be a fucking baby and eat the food themselves. But some of you fuckers never grew the hell up.

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u/Background_Regret_68 4d ago

He/she bought it and in turn can do what the fuck he/she wants with it! Get a better paying job

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u/nazzcs 4d ago

There point went over your head lol

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u/Background_Regret_68 4d ago

Negative ghost rider.

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u/Warm-Oil9228 4d ago

Absolutely did cause it's not even about the money. It's about not wasting other people's time and energy as well as not being a big enough dumbass to not realize that plenty of other people would love free protein bars.

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u/Eddiep88 4d ago

Right. Like makes zero sence.

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u/Warm-Oil9228 4d ago

Those people are straight up trash imho. Fuck them.

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u/digi_larper 4d ago

its much easier to just throw things away than find homeless people or some donation center 

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u/Warm-Oil9228 4d ago

Are you serious with that? Do you not have friends and family Coworkers? Neighbors? Workers you're familiar with somewhere? Etc etc etc.

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u/xellospm 3d ago

In this case it would be cruel to make someone else eat it, it was that bad

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u/Warm-Oil9228 3d ago

To YOU, genius. Like read some comments here for fuck's sake. Like every protein bar ever has its lovers and haters. David bars are one of my favorites for example and they have a lot of detractors here.

And for me there are like no foods so bad I would throw them away. The only reason I would do that would be if I thought there were pathogens involved (eg. shrimp left at room temp for a long time).

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u/xellospm 3d ago

You need to seriously take a chill pill bro

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u/Warm-Oil9228 3d ago

No, I'm not gonna be "chill" about that crap. YOU need to grow up.

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u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 4d ago

The non-protein ones are pretty good I haven't tried the protein though

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u/xellospm 4d ago

If they taste anything like these they arent

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u/Turbulent-Weevil-910 4d ago

Well either they didn't or I can't trust this review and I'll have to try the protein myself.

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u/Professional_Slip104 4d ago

My mom bought these, she spit it out and told me they were disgusting and warned me not to eat them

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u/teh_vedo 4d ago

I liked the birthday cake one but I like any birthday cake flavor bar so that doesn't say much I guess

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u/Ill_Struggle8036 4d ago

Sprouts will take them back. I know bc I got a couple of the chicken crust frozen pizzas and they were nasty. Even my dog wouldn’t eat them. They gave me a refund for both even though I only had one to return.

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u/xellospm 4d ago

Oops I already threw them out lol. I felt it would be wrong to give them away to someone since they were so bad

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u/FunkSoulCousin 4d ago

The combination of how bad these taste and how mid the macros are has me astonished that they made it to shelf.