WEBVTT - TNC Review: Protein/Energy Balls

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<v Speaker 1>Are you someone that loves a good protein ball or

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<v Speaker 1>a snack ball? Do you make your own? Maybe you

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<v Speaker 1>buy them from the supermarket. Now, snackballs can be a

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<v Speaker 1>quick and convenient source of nutrition, but we probably need

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<v Speaker 1>to be weary as some are far better than others.

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<v Speaker 1>On today's episode of The Nutrition Couch, we take a

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<v Speaker 1>closer look at three popular snack balls in Aussie's supermarkets. Hi,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Leanne Wood and I'm Sizzy Burrow and a still

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<v Speaker 1>of austrays leading dieticians who specialize in evidence based nutrition.

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<v Speaker 1>We bring you the Nutrition Couch product with you a

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<v Speaker 1>weekly chat on new products and old favorites that you

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<v Speaker 1>can find at the supermarket. So I would say Zuzie

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm overall not a big snackball person. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>find them feeling, but on a car trip or if

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<v Speaker 1>I'm traveling on a plane, I will absolutely load up

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<v Speaker 1>on them. Is your family a snackball type of family?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have them on the car trips on the

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<v Speaker 1>plane trips?

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<v Speaker 2>I think what you said in the beginning really sums

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<v Speaker 2>it up to me. Their energy balls, and that's a

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<v Speaker 2>great way to describe them. I am not a big

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<v Speaker 2>fan of them, myself. I don't love dried fruit, and

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<v Speaker 2>often they do have a dried fruit base, and as such,

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<v Speaker 2>I've never really given them to my boys, but as

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<v Speaker 2>a sports dietician, I did use them frequently as a

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<v Speaker 2>quick energy food on the go. Certainly I use them

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<v Speaker 2>to make my lunchboxes on Instagram look pretty because they

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<v Speaker 2>can be quite nice and round. But no, and definitely

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<v Speaker 2>online when we post recipes for them, they do really well.

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<v Speaker 2>But no, do I buy them? No, And I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>a big fan and I but I've got some clientsy

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<v Speaker 2>like them and I as we know, there's been an

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<v Speaker 2>increasing number in supermarkets, which is why we thought we

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<v Speaker 2>would cover them today. But yeah, take what you will.

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<v Speaker 2>If the dieticians aren't buying them, that's probably a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a reason to take notice of. Starting point.

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<v Speaker 1>Absolutely so the first one I've got I always loved

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<v Speaker 1>to include a little health halo for a sushi. And

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<v Speaker 1>the first one is the Tasty Brands. So it's available

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<v Speaker 1>at wools only, and it's the Tasty Fruit and Veggie

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<v Speaker 1>whole food balls with mango and carrot. So you would

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<v Speaker 1>take one look at the front of packaging and go great,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to grab that work it in the jolley

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<v Speaker 1>and the kids are set. So they're now added sugar,

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<v Speaker 1>they're gluten free, and they're vegan. But let's take a

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<v Speaker 1>closer look at the ingredient list. So the first ingredient

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<v Speaker 1>is apple pure concentrate at seventy seven percent, So already

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<v Speaker 1>we know that that's going to be a high proportion

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<v Speaker 1>of sugar because the concentrate has more sugar than if

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<v Speaker 1>it was like you munching into a whole apple. Second

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<v Speaker 1>ingredient in some flower seed butter. So we've got some nice,

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<v Speaker 1>healthy fats, followed by coconut, two percent dried carrot. For

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<v Speaker 1>something that's marketed as a fruit and veggie ball, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>very disappointed that there's only two percent dried carrot. There's

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<v Speaker 1>freeze dried manga one percent and a hint of natural flavor. So,

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<v Speaker 1>considering these are called mango and coconut fruit and veggie balls,

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<v Speaker 1>we have two percent carrot and one percent mango. If

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<v Speaker 1>that's not a health halo, Susie, I honestly don't know

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<v Speaker 1>what is. Absolutely, so I'm a little disappointed. Just based

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<v Speaker 1>on the ingredient list. These are three dollars fifty for

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<v Speaker 1>sixty grams, so I think there's about six balls in there,

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<v Speaker 1>so they're sort of, you know, fifty cents of ball

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<v Speaker 1>or something, So they're not relatively inexpensive, but they're not

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<v Speaker 1>something that's too high end either. So looking at the

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<v Speaker 1>nutrition information panel, so we've got perse serving five hundred

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<v Speaker 1>killer dules in terms of energy, one point two grams

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<v Speaker 1>of protein, so you right, they're not protein balls. They

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely energy balls. Three point nine grams of fat predominantly

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<v Speaker 1>coming from our some flower seed butter in our coconut.

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<v Speaker 1>We have nineteen point six grams of carbohydrate, with twelve

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<v Speaker 1>point seven grams being sugars, one point two grams of fiber,

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<v Speaker 1>and very minimal sodium six milligrams. So nutritionally they are

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely energy balls. The bulk of the calories is coming

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<v Speaker 1>from carbohydrates and sugar. Yes, the sugar is natural, it's

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<v Speaker 1>not quote unquote process white sugar, but it's heavily you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a lot of fruit sugar. So these are something

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<v Speaker 1>that you would use for a quick energy hit. These

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<v Speaker 1>for me wouldn't be a substantial afternoon snack to keep

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<v Speaker 1>my clients going until, you know, until dinner time, because

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<v Speaker 1>you the body's going to absorb that energy so quickly

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<v Speaker 1>and it's going to be like what, now, give me more.

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<v Speaker 1>So pairing these with maybe something like a boiled egg

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<v Speaker 1>or a handful of nuts or something to sort of

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<v Speaker 1>slow down the digestion of the carbohydrate and the sugar

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<v Speaker 1>might be a good option. But I think for the

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<v Speaker 1>majority of peace, these aren't I don't know, Susie, maybe five

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<v Speaker 1>out of ten, six out of ten. That's what they

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<v Speaker 1>sort of get from me. They're not a standout and

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<v Speaker 1>they absolutely don't you know, they don't contain what they

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<v Speaker 1>promise on the front of package label. Really well.

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<v Speaker 2>First of all, I think that the numbers are wrong

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<v Speaker 2>because it says six serves per pack, but that it's

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<v Speaker 2>only sixty grams the entire bag. So I think that

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<v Speaker 2>they're a serve must be three balls. They must weigh

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<v Speaker 2>ten grams each. So because it's only sixty gram that bag,

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<v Speaker 2>so there'd only be two balls and if they were

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<v Speaker 2>thirty grams each, So that's an inaccuracy on.

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<v Speaker 1>Them, Like, oh, you're right, yeah, six servings per pack, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you're right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So I think it must be three balls a serve.

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<v Speaker 2>Am I right, ten grams each of the ball. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's sort of just over one hundred calories, so you know,

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<v Speaker 2>a country calories snack's quite light. But I love a

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<v Speaker 2>snack to have protein. So if you know twelve grams

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<v Speaker 2>of concentrated sugars, you know some dried fruit, for me

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<v Speaker 2>to give that as a balanced snack, I would have

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<v Speaker 2>to add them protein in. So it would be pretty

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<v Speaker 2>tricky to get the protein in without adding more fash

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<v Speaker 2>just thinking how I would potentially do it, Like, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a bit tricky to balance out as a snack.

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<v Speaker 1>Isn't it. I do it with a boiled egg maybe,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's a bit odd.

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<v Speaker 2>Two if you light round stuff, oval shapes, Yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 2>how I would do it. If you love them. I

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<v Speaker 2>would use two or three in a serve in a

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<v Speaker 2>mixed lunchbox. But you would as a snack for morning

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<v Speaker 2>or afternoon tea, you'd have to add the protein back in, which, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>your best option would be a boiled egg.

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<v Speaker 1>You're right, yeah, yeah, they're just not going to tie

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<v Speaker 1>you over. There's no substance there.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if they taste good, but it is

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<v Speaker 2>misleading because they've got no veggies in.

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<v Speaker 1>Them, and even the mango like, there's one percent mango like,

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<v Speaker 1>it's mostly apple pure. Their market is mango and coconut balls.

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<v Speaker 1>It's seventy seven percent apple and one percent mango. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that in itself, I wouldn't buy it on

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<v Speaker 1>principle because they're misleading their consumers.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I'm with you all the way. I think

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<v Speaker 2>the only thing that I quite like on the label

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<v Speaker 2>is sun fout Sea buther like that's giving a nice

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<v Speaker 2>fat profile, but then you're teaming it with coconuts. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm with you one hundred percent. It wouldn't be my

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<v Speaker 2>go to, And I think they need to fix the

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<v Speaker 2>label so tasty. If anyone's listening, your labeling's wrong, all right.

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<v Speaker 1>So the second product I have chosen is more of

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<v Speaker 1>what I would term a protein ball, So it is

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<v Speaker 1>the balance peanut energy protein ball. So this one's guten free,

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<v Speaker 1>which is great for all of our celiacs. And is

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<v Speaker 1>it vegan as well? No, it's not. It's got way

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<v Speaker 1>protein and it's not vegan apologies, it does contain dairy.

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<v Speaker 2>They do have vegan ones. So about Bounce, I've got

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<v Speaker 2>a range of vegan balls, which is good to know.

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<v Speaker 1>So top ingredient is peanuts twenty nine percent, followed by

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<v Speaker 1>brown rice, starch, whey protein blend which adds the bulk

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<v Speaker 1>of our protein in there. It's got grape juice I

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<v Speaker 1>imagine as a bit of a sweetener. It's got sesame seeds, water,

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<v Speaker 1>tapiocre starch, natural flavors, sea salt, some mineral salt being

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<v Speaker 1>calcium carbonate, and some sunflower Ethosen contains sesame seeds, peanuts,

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<v Speaker 1>and milk as our allergens, and his process on the

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<v Speaker 1>same line as sweeping treenuts and eggs and made from

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<v Speaker 1>eleven percent of Straian ingredients. So definitely not a ossie

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<v Speaker 1>home grown ingredient list that. Look at the serving size,

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<v Speaker 1>it's forty nine gram so one ball in one packet

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<v Speaker 1>is one serve. They are two dollars at Coals in

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<v Speaker 1>three point fifty at wal worse at the time of recording,

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<v Speaker 1>so I think Coals might have a bit of a

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<v Speaker 1>sale on at the moment, which is good. So definitely

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<v Speaker 1>for one ball, I would be trying to get these

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<v Speaker 1>on sale if I were to buy them. So per serve.

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<v Speaker 1>Energy wise, they are eight hundred and eighty kilodules, so

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<v Speaker 1>what's that roughly so over two hundred calories, so quite

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<v Speaker 1>a good energy you know, packs a punch in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of energy, So a good, well rounded snack, I would say.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you're not someone that's going to eat this

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<v Speaker 1>and find it filling, if you need to pair it

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<v Speaker 1>with something else, it is quite a high energy snack.

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<v Speaker 1>Fourteen point three grams of protein, which I think is

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<v Speaker 1>wonderful in a snack. Eight point eight grams are fat,

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<v Speaker 1>with only one point five of that being saturated, so

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<v Speaker 1>a good fat profile. There seventeen grams of carbohydrate twelve

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<v Speaker 1>point five coming from the sugars. That's weird. The dietary

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<v Speaker 1>fibers is one hundred and forty four milligrams, so that's

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<v Speaker 1>obviously incorrect.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one point five. I've just looked it up online.

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<v Speaker 2>It's one point five grams of dietary fiber. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>a misprint, i'd say, on the Willies or coal site.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, okay, so one point five grams of five Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's probably a little bit too low with ideally

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<v Speaker 1>like that a bit higher. And one hundred and forty

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<v Speaker 1>seven billigrams of sodium, so not know, nothing, not insignificant,

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<v Speaker 1>but still you know, quite small in the grand scheme

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<v Speaker 1>of things, So I like this for the higher protein

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<v Speaker 1>profile of it. SUSI. It's got to you serve carbohydrate,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're seventeen grams of carbohydrate. I think it's a

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<v Speaker 1>quick and easy thing. I'd probably i'd recommended this for

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<v Speaker 1>my clients. Sometimes I travel a lot that always need

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<v Speaker 1>just a little quick snack in their handbag to tie

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<v Speaker 1>them over between meals. But it's not what I would

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<v Speaker 1>call volume dens. If you're somebody that genuinely feels quite

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<v Speaker 1>hungry during the day, it's probably not something that I

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<v Speaker 1>would recommend, but I don't mind it. I think the

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<v Speaker 1>ingredients list is pretty okay. I would turn this with

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<v Speaker 1>maybe some Veggi sticks to add a bit of bulk

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<v Speaker 1>and fullness to it. I don't mind them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I like them too. I like Bounce. They do

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<v Speaker 2>some great products. But you do have to really take

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<v Speaker 2>a close look at the labels. There's a great difference

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<v Speaker 2>in protein levels. It is a quite small product. When

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<v Speaker 2>you open it at two hundred and twenty cow, they're

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<v Speaker 2>only quite little, like I want to say, not a

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<v Speaker 2>massive you know what I mean. For the calorie density, it's.

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<v Speaker 1>Not the size of a golf ball, probably smaller.

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<v Speaker 2>I do use them and quite like them one night

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<v Speaker 2>because they're gluten free, and so when you're looking for

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<v Speaker 2>gluten free products that can be really useful, and that

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<v Speaker 2>load of protein at fourteen grams is really strong, I

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<v Speaker 2>should say that you're not going to get a peanut

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<v Speaker 2>based product with a lot of Austraian peanuts. We just

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<v Speaker 2>don't grow that many peanuts here in Australia, so that's

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<v Speaker 2>not unexpected.

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<v Speaker 1>You know.

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<v Speaker 2>I use them the air, but I use them with

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<v Speaker 2>active people, you know, someone of the using with teenagers

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<v Speaker 2>or athletes, you know, as a cycling snack on the bike.

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<v Speaker 2>They're getting carbohydrate. So do I recommend it for my

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<v Speaker 2>average female No, because it's one hundred and twenty cow.

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<v Speaker 2>They eat them really quickly. They're not overly filling in

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<v Speaker 2>that context of someone who needs a lot of volume,

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<v Speaker 2>but they've got a place in dietary planning. And if

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<v Speaker 2>you've got high energy demands or really struggle with protein

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<v Speaker 2>and do need gluten free snacks, you know that the

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<v Speaker 2>overall profile for a relatively high calorie product is strong.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's one of those things if you're traveling and

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<v Speaker 2>needed a substantial routine hit on the run. It'd be

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<v Speaker 2>quite a smart product because you'd be sort of full

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<v Speaker 2>from it. Have it with a coffee, you'd be full,

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<v Speaker 2>and great for gluten free people. So absolutely I do

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<v Speaker 2>use bouts and this is one of my preferred varieties.

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<v Speaker 1>I think.

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<v Speaker 2>The other one I like is the coconut Maceademia. But

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<v Speaker 2>do check the protein amounts because some of them are

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<v Speaker 2>quite low and hence don't have that added bonus.

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<v Speaker 1>Definitely, yeah, yeah, So I think you know gold Stars.

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<v Speaker 2>From us and I only buy them on sale two

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<v Speaker 2>dollars and the two dollars gold Stars from the Nutrition Couch.

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<v Speaker 1>For the right type of person, I think. And then

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<v Speaker 1>the last product we've got today, Susie, is one that

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen quite a lot just on sale at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the aisle. They've got them there quite a lot,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've picked them up a few times and I'm

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<v Speaker 1>always disappointed every time. So I'll show you why. They're

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<v Speaker 1>the Uncle Toby's Peanut and Strawberry oat balls. They retail

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<v Speaker 1>it calls for two dollars fifteen and they're six balls

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<v Speaker 1>in there, so they're relatively you know, they're probably the

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<v Speaker 1>cheapest one out of the three that we've reviewed today,

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<v Speaker 1>and a serving size is forty two grams, so the

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<v Speaker 1>serving size is three, so it's half the packet. So

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<v Speaker 1>when we look at the ingredient list, we start with

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<v Speaker 1>date paste, followed by peanut butter, followed by apple juice concentrate.

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<v Speaker 1>Then we've got some oats, some pear pure concentrates, some

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<v Speaker 1>coconut peanuts, strawberry pure, elderberry juice concentrate, salt food acid,

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<v Speaker 1>and then we've got our allergens listed as gluten and

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<v Speaker 1>peanuts and also may contain tree nuts and lupin. So

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of concentrated sugars going in there. Are

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<v Speaker 1>they natural? Are they from fruit? Yes, but there's still

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of concentrated sugars. The date paste, the apple

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<v Speaker 1>juice concentrate, the pear pure concentrate, the strawberry pure, the

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<v Speaker 1>elderberry juice concentrate. So looking at the nutrition label per

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<v Speaker 1>surface for three balls, we've got seven hundred and five kilojeels,

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<v Speaker 1>three point five grams of protein, seven grams of total

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<v Speaker 1>fat with two point five grams being saturated, twenty one

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<v Speaker 1>point two grams of carbs, with fifteen point six grams

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<v Speaker 1>being sugar. That's a high sugar product. Like it's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of sugar for three small balls, and these balls

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<v Speaker 1>are a lot smaller. Yeah, I think three of these

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<v Speaker 1>would probably be equivalent to the size of the balance ball.

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<v Speaker 1>Three point two grams of dietary fiber, So pretty good

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of dietary fiber compared to the other ones,

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<v Speaker 1>because there's a lot of fruit going in there and

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<v Speaker 1>thirty seven milligrams of sodium, which is very, very low.

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<v Speaker 1>So I don't love these because I feel like that

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<v Speaker 1>is a high sugar product, and I just feel like

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<v Speaker 1>you're not going to get any sustenance from it, and

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<v Speaker 1>you're just going to have sort of a bigger blood

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<v Speaker 1>sugar spike. It's going to come crashing back down again,

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<v Speaker 1>and you're going to sort of want more sugar or

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<v Speaker 1>more food within probably about a good hour. I just

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<v Speaker 1>don't feel like this is going to be feeling or sustaining.

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<v Speaker 1>So I would probably only be using these for athletes

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<v Speaker 1>or somebody that needs really quick energy, you know, for

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<v Speaker 1>some weight gain or something like that. This definitely would

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<v Speaker 1>be my product if the goal was fat loss or

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<v Speaker 1>honestly even health. I just don't think there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of quality, nutritious ingredients in here.

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<v Speaker 2>When they came out, I was so disappointed because I

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<v Speaker 2>was so excited they had a new product like this,

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<v Speaker 2>and when I looked at the nutritional I've been like,

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<v Speaker 2>you have picked them up several times and then put

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<v Speaker 2>them back just because that load of sugar seems so high.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think, you know, are they better than a

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<v Speaker 2>chocolate bar? Is a sweet hit? Yes, but they're not

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<v Speaker 2>really offering the protein that we like as a snack.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a bit of fiber, but you know, nothing blowing out.

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<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I think that they're that middle ground. Like

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<v Speaker 2>if I was rating them, say, i'd give the bout,

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<v Speaker 2>say three and a half four out of five. I'd

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<v Speaker 2>give the tasties one or two, and i'd give these

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<v Speaker 2>probably three. It's kind of middle ground. They're not the

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<v Speaker 2>worst thing in the supermarket. They're not the best. There's

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<v Speaker 2>not any standard nutritional qualities in them. I don't you know.

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<v Speaker 2>You can't send them to school because of the nutbase.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's the other issue, Like we're always looking for

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<v Speaker 2>lunch box friendly snacks that have protein, so you can't

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<v Speaker 2>send them to school, So where would they fit even

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not going to give my kids three balls in

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<v Speaker 2>the afternoon. I'm not going to give it to my

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<v Speaker 2>adult clients with fifteen grams sugar. So I just have

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<v Speaker 2>difficulty placing them in a diet. Really, are they better,

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<v Speaker 2>as I said, than picking up a chocolate bar in

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<v Speaker 2>a store and having them in the car, Yeah, one

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<v Speaker 2>hundred percent, But certainly they're not on my routine shopping

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<v Speaker 2>list and there's better snap products out there. And it's

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<v Speaker 2>a difficult one because they've got to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>be used in context in a diet, and they don't

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<v Speaker 2>fit in any of my modeling. You know, they're not

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<v Speaker 2>gluten free or they're not not free, so they're not

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<v Speaker 2>something that I go to regularly with my clients. And

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<v Speaker 2>they're not bad, there's just nothing standout that would make

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<v Speaker 2>me recommend them.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm agree, all right, Souzie. Well, that brings us

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