1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:03,280 Speaker 1: Are you someone that loves a good protein ball or 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: a snack ball? Do you make your own? Maybe you 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: buy them from the supermarket. Now, snackballs can be a 4 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:11,799 Speaker 1: quick and convenient source of nutrition, but we probably need 5 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: to be weary as some are far better than others. 6 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: On today's episode of The Nutrition Couch, we take a 7 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: closer look at three popular snack balls in Aussie's supermarkets. Hi, 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: I'm Leanne Wood and I'm Sizzy Burrow and a still 9 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 1: of austrays leading dieticians who specialize in evidence based nutrition. 10 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: We bring you the Nutrition Couch product with you a 11 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,159 Speaker 1: weekly chat on new products and old favorites that you 12 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,640 Speaker 1: can find at the supermarket. So I would say Zuzie 13 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,920 Speaker 1: that I'm overall not a big snackball person. I don't 14 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: find them feeling, but on a car trip or if 15 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 1: I'm traveling on a plane, I will absolutely load up 16 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: on them. Is your family a snackball type of family? 17 00:00:48,080 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: Do you have them on the car trips on the 18 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:50,000 Speaker 1: plane trips? 19 00:00:50,159 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 2: I think what you said in the beginning really sums 20 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,400 Speaker 2: it up to me. Their energy balls, and that's a 21 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 2: great way to describe them. I am not a big 22 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,360 Speaker 2: fan of them, myself. I don't love dried fruit, and 23 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: often they do have a dried fruit base, and as such, 24 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: I've never really given them to my boys, but as 25 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 2: a sports dietician, I did use them frequently as a 26 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 2: quick energy food on the go. Certainly I use them 27 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 2: to make my lunchboxes on Instagram look pretty because they 28 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: can be quite nice and round. But no, and definitely 29 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: online when we post recipes for them, they do really well. 30 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 2: But no, do I buy them? No, And I'm not 31 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 2: a big fan and I but I've got some clientsy 32 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 2: like them and I as we know, there's been an 33 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: increasing number in supermarkets, which is why we thought we 34 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 2: would cover them today. But yeah, take what you will. 35 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:35,199 Speaker 2: If the dieticians aren't buying them, that's probably a little 36 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 2: bit of a reason to take notice of. Starting point. 37 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 1: Absolutely so the first one I've got I always loved 38 00:01:40,440 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 1: to include a little health halo for a sushi. And 39 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: the first one is the Tasty Brands. So it's available 40 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: at wools only, and it's the Tasty Fruit and Veggie 41 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: whole food balls with mango and carrot. So you would 42 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: take one look at the front of packaging and go great, 43 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 1: I'm going to grab that work it in the jolley 44 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: and the kids are set. So they're now added sugar, 45 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: they're gluten free, and they're vegan. But let's take a 46 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: closer look at the ingredient list. So the first ingredient 47 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: is apple pure concentrate at seventy seven percent, So already 48 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: we know that that's going to be a high proportion 49 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: of sugar because the concentrate has more sugar than if 50 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: it was like you munching into a whole apple. Second 51 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,119 Speaker 1: ingredient in some flower seed butter. So we've got some nice, 52 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: healthy fats, followed by coconut, two percent dried carrot. For 53 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: something that's marketed as a fruit and veggie ball, I'm 54 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,399 Speaker 1: very disappointed that there's only two percent dried carrot. There's 55 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 1: freeze dried manga one percent and a hint of natural flavor. So, 56 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: considering these are called mango and coconut fruit and veggie balls, 57 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: we have two percent carrot and one percent mango. If 58 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 1: that's not a health halo, Susie, I honestly don't know 59 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: what is. Absolutely, so I'm a little disappointed. Just based 60 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 1: on the ingredient list. These are three dollars fifty for 61 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,519 Speaker 1: sixty grams, so I think there's about six balls in there, 62 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 1: so they're sort of, you know, fifty cents of ball 63 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,520 Speaker 1: or something, So they're not relatively inexpensive, but they're not 64 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: something that's too high end either. So looking at the 65 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: nutrition information panel, so we've got perse serving five hundred 66 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: killer dules in terms of energy, one point two grams 67 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,760 Speaker 1: of protein, so you right, they're not protein balls. They 68 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 1: absolutely energy balls. Three point nine grams of fat predominantly 69 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: coming from our some flower seed butter in our coconut. 70 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:13,640 Speaker 1: We have nineteen point six grams of carbohydrate, with twelve 71 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:17,080 Speaker 1: point seven grams being sugars, one point two grams of fiber, 72 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:22,200 Speaker 1: and very minimal sodium six milligrams. So nutritionally they are 73 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: absolutely energy balls. The bulk of the calories is coming 74 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: from carbohydrates and sugar. Yes, the sugar is natural, it's 75 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: not quote unquote process white sugar, but it's heavily you know, 76 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: it's a lot of fruit sugar. So these are something 77 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 1: that you would use for a quick energy hit. These 78 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: for me wouldn't be a substantial afternoon snack to keep 79 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,800 Speaker 1: my clients going until, you know, until dinner time, because 80 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: you the body's going to absorb that energy so quickly 81 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: and it's going to be like what, now, give me more. 82 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 1: So pairing these with maybe something like a boiled egg 83 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 1: or a handful of nuts or something to sort of 84 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 1: slow down the digestion of the carbohydrate and the sugar 85 00:03:57,600 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: might be a good option. But I think for the 86 00:03:59,400 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 1: majority of peace, these aren't I don't know, Susie, maybe five 87 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 1: out of ten, six out of ten. That's what they 88 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: sort of get from me. They're not a standout and 89 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:09,120 Speaker 1: they absolutely don't you know, they don't contain what they 90 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:11,800 Speaker 1: promise on the front of package label. Really well. 91 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 2: First of all, I think that the numbers are wrong 92 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 2: because it says six serves per pack, but that it's 93 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: only sixty grams the entire bag. So I think that 94 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 2: they're a serve must be three balls. They must weigh 95 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:28,839 Speaker 2: ten grams each. So because it's only sixty gram that bag, 96 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 2: so there'd only be two balls and if they were 97 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:33,960 Speaker 2: thirty grams each, So that's an inaccuracy on. 98 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: Them, Like, oh, you're right, yeah, six servings per pack, Yeah, 99 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: you're right. 100 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 2: Yeah, So I think it must be three balls a serve. 101 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 2: Am I right, ten grams each of the ball. So 102 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 2: that's sort of just over one hundred calories, so you know, 103 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 2: a country calories snack's quite light. But I love a 104 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 2: snack to have protein. So if you know twelve grams 105 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 2: of concentrated sugars, you know some dried fruit, for me 106 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 2: to give that as a balanced snack, I would have 107 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:59,799 Speaker 2: to add them protein in. So it would be pretty 108 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:02,799 Speaker 2: tricky to get the protein in without adding more fash 109 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 2: just thinking how I would potentially do it, Like, it's 110 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:08,839 Speaker 2: a bit tricky to balance out as a snack. 111 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: Isn't it. I do it with a boiled egg maybe, 112 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 1: but it's a bit odd. 113 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 2: Two if you light round stuff, oval shapes, Yeah, that's 114 00:05:18,279 --> 00:05:20,360 Speaker 2: how I would do it. If you love them. I 115 00:05:20,360 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 2: would use two or three in a serve in a 116 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 2: mixed lunchbox. But you would as a snack for morning 117 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 2: or afternoon tea, you'd have to add the protein back in, which, yeah, 118 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:29,479 Speaker 2: your best option would be a boiled egg. 119 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:31,240 Speaker 1: You're right, yeah, yeah, they're just not going to tie 120 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:32,520 Speaker 1: you over. There's no substance there. 121 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:33,640 Speaker 2: I don't know if they taste good, but it is 122 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 2: misleading because they've got no veggies in. 123 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: Them, and even the mango like, there's one percent mango like, 124 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,880 Speaker 1: it's mostly apple pure. Their market is mango and coconut balls. 125 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,160 Speaker 1: It's seventy seven percent apple and one percent mango. I mean, 126 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:46,080 Speaker 1: I think that in itself, I wouldn't buy it on 127 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 1: principle because they're misleading their consumers. 128 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'm with you all the way. I think 129 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:53,679 Speaker 2: the only thing that I quite like on the label 130 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 2: is sun fout Sea buther like that's giving a nice 131 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 2: fat profile, but then you're teaming it with coconuts. So yeah, 132 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 2: I'm with you one hundred percent. It wouldn't be my 133 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:05,120 Speaker 2: go to, And I think they need to fix the 134 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:09,280 Speaker 2: label so tasty. If anyone's listening, your labeling's wrong, all right. 135 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 1: So the second product I have chosen is more of 136 00:06:11,560 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: what I would term a protein ball, So it is 137 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 1: the balance peanut energy protein ball. So this one's guten free, 138 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: which is great for all of our celiacs. And is 139 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 1: it vegan as well? No, it's not. It's got way 140 00:06:22,640 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: protein and it's not vegan apologies, it does contain dairy. 141 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 2: They do have vegan ones. So about Bounce, I've got 142 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,560 Speaker 2: a range of vegan balls, which is good to know. 143 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 1: So top ingredient is peanuts twenty nine percent, followed by 144 00:06:33,120 --> 00:06:36,600 Speaker 1: brown rice, starch, whey protein blend which adds the bulk 145 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: of our protein in there. It's got grape juice I 146 00:06:39,080 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 1: imagine as a bit of a sweetener. It's got sesame seeds, water, 147 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: tapiocre starch, natural flavors, sea salt, some mineral salt being 148 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: calcium carbonate, and some sunflower Ethosen contains sesame seeds, peanuts, 149 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: and milk as our allergens, and his process on the 150 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: same line as sweeping treenuts and eggs and made from 151 00:06:57,240 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: eleven percent of Straian ingredients. So definitely not a ossie 152 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:03,360 Speaker 1: home grown ingredient list that. Look at the serving size, 153 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 1: it's forty nine gram so one ball in one packet 154 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: is one serve. They are two dollars at Coals in 155 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: three point fifty at wal worse at the time of recording, 156 00:07:11,440 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: so I think Coals might have a bit of a 157 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 1: sale on at the moment, which is good. So definitely 158 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 1: for one ball, I would be trying to get these 159 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: on sale if I were to buy them. So per serve. 160 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:22,840 Speaker 1: Energy wise, they are eight hundred and eighty kilodules, so 161 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,480 Speaker 1: what's that roughly so over two hundred calories, so quite 162 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: a good energy you know, packs a punch in terms 163 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: of energy, So a good, well rounded snack, I would say. 164 00:07:30,520 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: But if you're not someone that's going to eat this 165 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 1: and find it filling, if you need to pair it 166 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 1: with something else, it is quite a high energy snack. 167 00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 1: Fourteen point three grams of protein, which I think is 168 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: wonderful in a snack. Eight point eight grams are fat, 169 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: with only one point five of that being saturated, so 170 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,160 Speaker 1: a good fat profile. There seventeen grams of carbohydrate twelve 171 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 1: point five coming from the sugars. That's weird. The dietary 172 00:07:52,160 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 1: fibers is one hundred and forty four milligrams, so that's 173 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 1: obviously incorrect. 174 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,560 Speaker 2: It's one point five. I've just looked it up online. 175 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: It's one point five grams of dietary fiber. It's just 176 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 2: a misprint, i'd say, on the Willies or coal site. 177 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, so one point five grams of five Yeah, 178 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 1: so that's probably a little bit too low with ideally 179 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,040 Speaker 1: like that a bit higher. And one hundred and forty 180 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 1: seven billigrams of sodium, so not know, nothing, not insignificant, 181 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:14,679 Speaker 1: but still you know, quite small in the grand scheme 182 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,840 Speaker 1: of things, So I like this for the higher protein 183 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: profile of it. SUSI. It's got to you serve carbohydrate, 184 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: and they're seventeen grams of carbohydrate. I think it's a 185 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 1: quick and easy thing. I'd probably i'd recommended this for 186 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: my clients. Sometimes I travel a lot that always need 187 00:08:27,840 --> 00:08:29,640 Speaker 1: just a little quick snack in their handbag to tie 188 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: them over between meals. But it's not what I would 189 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:35,199 Speaker 1: call volume dens. If you're somebody that genuinely feels quite 190 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: hungry during the day, it's probably not something that I 191 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 1: would recommend, but I don't mind it. I think the 192 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 1: ingredients list is pretty okay. I would turn this with 193 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:45,000 Speaker 1: maybe some Veggi sticks to add a bit of bulk 194 00:08:45,040 --> 00:08:46,880 Speaker 1: and fullness to it. I don't mind them. 195 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, I like them too. I like Bounce. They do 196 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,280 Speaker 2: some great products. But you do have to really take 197 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,559 Speaker 2: a close look at the labels. There's a great difference 198 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,559 Speaker 2: in protein levels. It is a quite small product. When 199 00:08:56,600 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 2: you open it at two hundred and twenty cow, they're 200 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,520 Speaker 2: only quite little, like I want to say, not a 201 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,520 Speaker 2: massive you know what I mean. For the calorie density, it's. 202 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 1: Not the size of a golf ball, probably smaller. 203 00:09:05,559 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 2: I do use them and quite like them one night 204 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 2: because they're gluten free, and so when you're looking for 205 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: gluten free products that can be really useful, and that 206 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:16,559 Speaker 2: load of protein at fourteen grams is really strong, I 207 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 2: should say that you're not going to get a peanut 208 00:09:18,520 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 2: based product with a lot of Austraian peanuts. We just 209 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 2: don't grow that many peanuts here in Australia, so that's 210 00:09:23,559 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 2: not unexpected. 211 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:24,960 Speaker 1: You know. 212 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 2: I use them the air, but I use them with 213 00:09:26,320 --> 00:09:29,080 Speaker 2: active people, you know, someone of the using with teenagers 214 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,679 Speaker 2: or athletes, you know, as a cycling snack on the bike. 215 00:09:33,040 --> 00:09:36,960 Speaker 2: They're getting carbohydrate. So do I recommend it for my 216 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,160 Speaker 2: average female No, because it's one hundred and twenty cow. 217 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,800 Speaker 2: They eat them really quickly. They're not overly filling in 218 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: that context of someone who needs a lot of volume, 219 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,920 Speaker 2: but they've got a place in dietary planning. And if 220 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 2: you've got high energy demands or really struggle with protein 221 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 2: and do need gluten free snacks, you know that the 222 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 2: overall profile for a relatively high calorie product is strong. 223 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 2: And it's one of those things if you're traveling and 224 00:09:58,720 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 2: needed a substantial routine hit on the run. It'd be 225 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: quite a smart product because you'd be sort of full 226 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:06,200 Speaker 2: from it. Have it with a coffee, you'd be full, 227 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 2: and great for gluten free people. So absolutely I do 228 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:14,719 Speaker 2: use bouts and this is one of my preferred varieties. 229 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: I think. 230 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 2: The other one I like is the coconut Maceademia. But 231 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 2: do check the protein amounts because some of them are 232 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 2: quite low and hence don't have that added bonus. 233 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: Definitely, yeah, yeah, So I think you know gold Stars. 234 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,120 Speaker 2: From us and I only buy them on sale two 235 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 2: dollars and the two dollars gold Stars from the Nutrition Couch. 236 00:10:31,360 --> 00:10:33,520 Speaker 1: For the right type of person, I think. And then 237 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: the last product we've got today, Susie, is one that 238 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: I've seen quite a lot just on sale at the 239 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:40,360 Speaker 1: end of the aisle. They've got them there quite a lot, 240 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 1: and I've picked them up a few times and I'm 241 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,840 Speaker 1: always disappointed every time. So I'll show you why. They're 242 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: the Uncle Toby's Peanut and Strawberry oat balls. They retail 243 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: it calls for two dollars fifteen and they're six balls 244 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 1: in there, so they're relatively you know, they're probably the 245 00:10:53,400 --> 00:10:55,559 Speaker 1: cheapest one out of the three that we've reviewed today, 246 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: and a serving size is forty two grams, so the 247 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 1: serving size is three, so it's half the packet. So 248 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 1: when we look at the ingredient list, we start with 249 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: date paste, followed by peanut butter, followed by apple juice concentrate. 250 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: Then we've got some oats, some pear pure concentrates, some 251 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: coconut peanuts, strawberry pure, elderberry juice concentrate, salt food acid, 252 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 1: and then we've got our allergens listed as gluten and 253 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:23,559 Speaker 1: peanuts and also may contain tree nuts and lupin. So 254 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: there's a lot of concentrated sugars going in there. Are 255 00:11:26,040 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 1: they natural? Are they from fruit? Yes, but there's still 256 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: a lot of concentrated sugars. The date paste, the apple 257 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,679 Speaker 1: juice concentrate, the pear pure concentrate, the strawberry pure, the 258 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:38,319 Speaker 1: elderberry juice concentrate. So looking at the nutrition label per 259 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 1: surface for three balls, we've got seven hundred and five kilojeels, 260 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,040 Speaker 1: three point five grams of protein, seven grams of total 261 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: fat with two point five grams being saturated, twenty one 262 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:52,440 Speaker 1: point two grams of carbs, with fifteen point six grams 263 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,880 Speaker 1: being sugar. That's a high sugar product. Like it's a 264 00:11:54,960 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: lot of sugar for three small balls, and these balls 265 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: are a lot smaller. Yeah, I think three of these 266 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 1: would probably be equivalent to the size of the balance ball. 267 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: Three point two grams of dietary fiber, So pretty good 268 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:07,520 Speaker 1: in terms of dietary fiber compared to the other ones, 269 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 1: because there's a lot of fruit going in there and 270 00:12:09,559 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 1: thirty seven milligrams of sodium, which is very, very low. 271 00:12:12,920 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: So I don't love these because I feel like that 272 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: is a high sugar product, and I just feel like 273 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: you're not going to get any sustenance from it, and 274 00:12:20,160 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: you're just going to have sort of a bigger blood 275 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:23,720 Speaker 1: sugar spike. It's going to come crashing back down again, 276 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:25,720 Speaker 1: and you're going to sort of want more sugar or 277 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:28,240 Speaker 1: more food within probably about a good hour. I just 278 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 1: don't feel like this is going to be feeling or sustaining. 279 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,840 Speaker 1: So I would probably only be using these for athletes 280 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: or somebody that needs really quick energy, you know, for 281 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:39,440 Speaker 1: some weight gain or something like that. This definitely would 282 00:12:39,480 --> 00:12:41,240 Speaker 1: be my product if the goal was fat loss or 283 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 1: honestly even health. I just don't think there's a lot 284 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 1: of quality, nutritious ingredients in here. 285 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 2: When they came out, I was so disappointed because I 286 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 2: was so excited they had a new product like this, 287 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 2: and when I looked at the nutritional I've been like, 288 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 2: you have picked them up several times and then put 289 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,440 Speaker 2: them back just because that load of sugar seems so high. 290 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:00,360 Speaker 2: And I think, you know, are they better than a 291 00:13:00,440 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 2: chocolate bar? Is a sweet hit? Yes, but they're not 292 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 2: really offering the protein that we like as a snack. 293 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:08,360 Speaker 2: There's a bit of fiber, but you know, nothing blowing out. 294 00:13:08,559 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 2: So yeah, I think that they're that middle ground. Like 295 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,800 Speaker 2: if I was rating them, say, i'd give the bout, 296 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:16,400 Speaker 2: say three and a half four out of five. I'd 297 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 2: give the tasties one or two, and i'd give these 298 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,560 Speaker 2: probably three. It's kind of middle ground. They're not the 299 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 2: worst thing in the supermarket. They're not the best. There's 300 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:27,320 Speaker 2: not any standard nutritional qualities in them. I don't you know. 301 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:29,679 Speaker 2: You can't send them to school because of the nutbase. 302 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 2: So that's the other issue, Like we're always looking for 303 00:13:31,840 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 2: lunch box friendly snacks that have protein, so you can't 304 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 2: send them to school, So where would they fit even 305 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 2: I'm not going to give my kids three balls in 306 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 2: the afternoon. I'm not going to give it to my 307 00:13:40,920 --> 00:13:43,560 Speaker 2: adult clients with fifteen grams sugar. So I just have 308 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:46,839 Speaker 2: difficulty placing them in a diet. Really, are they better, 309 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 2: as I said, than picking up a chocolate bar in 310 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 2: a store and having them in the car, Yeah, one 311 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 2: hundred percent, But certainly they're not on my routine shopping 312 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:57,720 Speaker 2: list and there's better snap products out there. And it's 313 00:13:57,800 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 2: a difficult one because they've got to be able to 314 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:02,320 Speaker 2: be used in context in a diet, and they don't 315 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,200 Speaker 2: fit in any of my modeling. You know, they're not 316 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 2: gluten free or they're not not free, so they're not 317 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 2: something that I go to regularly with my clients. And 318 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,800 Speaker 2: they're not bad, there's just nothing standout that would make 319 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:12,559 Speaker 2: me recommend them. 320 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm agree, all right, Souzie. Well, that brings us 321 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: to the end of the Nutrition Couch product with you 322 00:14:18,080 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: for another week. 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