WEBVTT - TNC Review: Nut Bars 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:02.680 Are you a fan of snack bars for a quick 0:00:02.800 --> 0:00:05.480 energy hit on the go. In recent years, there has 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:08.320 been a growing number of nut based snack bars available, 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:10.800 which can be a cost effective and convenient way to 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:14.080 get your daily serve of nuts. But are all nutbars 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:17.040 healthy or are they just a source of added sugar. 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:20.799 On today's episode of The Nutrition Couch Product Review, we 0:00:20.880 --> 0:00:23.120 take a closer look at some of the popular nutbars 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:25.959 found in supermarkets and share our thoughts on the best 0:00:26.000 --> 0:00:29.440 options nutritionally. Hi, I'm Susie Burrell and I'm Leon Wood 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:31.560 and as two of us jay Is leading dieticians who 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:34.839 specialize in evidence based nutrition, we bring you the Nutrition 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:37.960 Couch Product Review, a weekly chat on everything that you 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:42.080 can find in supermarkets. Nellyanne, I know that you are 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:45.559 very tall, very active, You've got a small baby, and 0:00:45.640 --> 0:00:47.520 I know that you do snack. I think the first 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:49.720 time we met each other and I was visiting your 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:52.080 home to record, you are like, oh my god, I'm 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:53.760 so hungry. I need to eat, And I thought, oh 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:56.440 my god, I wish I had the metabolism of you're 0:00:56.480 --> 0:01:00.080 much younger person. But you know it is true than 0:01:00.520 --> 0:01:03.080 to find healthy snacks, there's a huge number of snack 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:06.560 bars in supermarket. I have been a fan of nut 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:08.600 bars a long time in my career because I find 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:10.600 that it is a really good way for people to 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:14.399 keep their portion of nuts control. Because of course we 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:16.200 love our clients to have a serve of nuts a day. 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:19.280 It's important for heart health and good evidence around that. 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:20.880 But of course nuts are one of those foods that 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:24.360 are really easy to overeat. Where do you sit on nutbars? 0:01:24.400 --> 0:01:26.840 Are you? Are there something that you are using with 0:01:26.880 --> 0:01:27.480 your clients. 0:01:27.680 --> 0:01:29.959 Yeah, I love them. I regularly myself eat nutbars and 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.000 I use them for my clients as well, obviously pending 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:33.000 things like allergies. 0:01:33.480 --> 0:01:34.560 And also it is. 0:01:34.720 --> 0:01:36.480 Hard because they're not a good snack for you know, 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:38.200 our kids as well, because a lot of schools are 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:40.279 nut free due to allergies. But I think for adults 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.240 they're actually a wonderful snack, and even for the kids 0:01:42.280 --> 0:01:44.240 on weekends. I'm a big fan of nut bars, but 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:47.720 you know, some are masking as like a healthier alternative, 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:50.280 or some just have the protein nutbar label slapped onto 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:52.640 the packet. So I do think obviously any sort of 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:54.360 form of packaged food is going to have a bit 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:56.280 of added sugars. That's absolutely okay. It's not something you 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:58.600 can get around. I think just for the convenience and 0:01:58.640 --> 0:02:00.880 the you know, it's already pre poor, it's a really 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:01.560 tasty snack. 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:02.520 I really do like them. 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:04.080 I'm a fan. I do recommend them for a lot 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:06.520 of my clients as well. But I think finding the 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:09.560 right brand with the right ingredients is really really big. 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.760 And I think for Susie I myself like, I don't 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:13.519 have the time to make them. I'm not, you know, 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:15.079 if I was going to cook something, I'd rather cook 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.320 up them, you know, really nourishing dinner than spend my 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:19.520 time making my own homemade nut bars. Of course, you 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:20.960 can do that if you've got the time and you 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:22.800 want to do that, that's great. But I think for 0:02:22.800 --> 0:02:24.440 a lot of us who are busy, were on the run, 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.119 finding a few good brands in the supermarket is absolutely 0:02:27.160 --> 0:02:29.240 probably a lifesaver for a lot of us. 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:32.200 It is, And there's quite a range of varieties and costs. 0:02:32.240 --> 0:02:35.440 So I've chosen three different types today to try and 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:37.520 sort of cover the most common ones out there. So 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:39.920 the first one I want to talk about, Leanne is 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:42.600 the tasty brand. Now, this is a New Zealand brand. 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:45.440 It's not Australian. They've got a really wide range. The 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:48.960 ones I've chosen is the Chop peanut nut bar. This 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.200 I've got a value pack here at fifteen, but normally 0:02:51.240 --> 0:02:53.560 they are five dollars for twelve, so they're pretty good 0:02:53.560 --> 0:02:56.560 from a cost perspective. If I look at the ingredients, 0:02:56.560 --> 0:03:00.520 it's forty seven percent peanuts. The next ingredient is more dextro, 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:02.720 which is a form of sugar, and then you've got 0:03:02.760 --> 0:03:05.920 twelve percent milk chocolate, which is sugar, vegetable oil, milk, 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:09.280 solid's cocoa powder, and then it runs down the list. 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:12.799 There's sort of eleven percent dried fruit in that as 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:16.320 well sultanas and dates glucose. So when I take a 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:20.400 glance at the ingredient list, there is several forms of 0:03:20.400 --> 0:03:23.600 added sugar here, like I'm counting molded dexter and sugar itself. 0:03:23.760 --> 0:03:27.560 I'd count dried fruit as a sugar blue coase, sultana's dates, 0:03:27.680 --> 0:03:31.400 brown sugar, So it's not looking amazing when we look 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:35.360 at that. It's a thirty five gram bar so per serve, 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:37.680 it's got less than two hundred calories, which is quite 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.600 low for a nut based snack. We should also say, 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:42.960 of course, peanuts are a legume actually not technically a 0:03:43.040 --> 0:03:47.440 nut for anyone before you DMUs seven forty five kilo jules, 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:50.640 so five grams of protein, which is a reasonably good amount. 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:52.600 You know, if I was giving a recommendation for a 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:54.720 snack bar, I would say to my clients a minimum 0:03:54.760 --> 0:03:57.240 of five grams of protein, and I'd probably push to ten. 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:00.800 Eleven point six grams are fat. It does have a 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:03.800 relatively high amount of saturated fat at six point eight percent, 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:06.440 and it is a high fat product. It should also 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:09.160 be noted that any nutbar will be high in fat 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:11.280 because nuts are a rich source of fat. It then 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:13.400 comes down to the type of fat, and we're aiming 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.320 for more good fat than bad fat. This is relatively 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:18.320 high and saturated fat, and that will be being bumped 0:04:18.360 --> 0:04:20.680 up by the chocolate coat. It is pretty high in 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.400 sugar this one. So it's twenty five percent sugars and 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.520 that's not really surprising when I've listed all the different types. 0:04:26.680 --> 0:04:29.160 It's eight point eight grams per serve, and probably if 0:04:29.200 --> 0:04:31.719 I was giving a recommendation, i'd aim for less than 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:35.080 five grams of sugar on a nutbar because you can 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.680 easily find that it hasn't got a huge amount of 0:04:37.720 --> 0:04:40.200 dietary fiber. You know, one point nine grams for one 0:04:40.240 --> 0:04:42.160 bar is relatively low. You know, you'd really try and 0:04:42.200 --> 0:04:44.240 get up to three for a stack bar. It's quite 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:48.440 low in sodium. Now, Leanne It's not my favorite number, 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:52.360 but it is one that I do use, particularly with teenagers. 0:04:52.480 --> 0:04:55.320 And the reason I use it is I find if 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:59.200 they're a little bit anti nuts and healthier snacks, the 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:01.560 chocolate does get them over the line. And these bars 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:04.400 do taste really good and not surprising with that much sugar. 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:08.799 So it's also pretty affordable for families because of course, 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.799 when it comes to snack bars, they can get really expensive, 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:14.840 particularly with nuts, and if you're feeding a teenage boy 0:05:14.880 --> 0:05:17.520 with high calorie requirements, I'd much rather they have this 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:21.200 than playing biscuits or potato chips or musley bars that 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:23.839 aren't giving them any protein. So I'm kind of in 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:25.680 the middle with it. It's not something that I recommend 0:05:25.760 --> 0:05:28.200 to families or help people wanting to lose weight or 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:31.120 my own clients generally, but I do use it sometimes 0:05:31.120 --> 0:05:34.240 with teenage boys because it's tasty, it's better than a 0:05:34.279 --> 0:05:36.320 lot of package snacks out there, and they'll eat it 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.080 because of the chocolate. So I kind of am in 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:40.800 the middle with it. But no, it's not something on 0:05:40.839 --> 0:05:43.240 my grocery list each ignor something that I'm giving to 0:05:43.279 --> 0:05:44.120 my own clients. 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:46.039 And I don't think it's just for teenage boys. I 0:05:46.040 --> 0:05:49.400 think teenage girls. I think growing active teenagers. Absolutely, this 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.919 is a really good, cost effective product for sedentary adults. No, 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:55.160 you need to be finding it a different Oppertiti. It's 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:56.839 probably too high in sugar and far too low on 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:59.400 dietary fiber. I'm really disappointed with this all about a 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:01.160 fiber in that I would really like to see that 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:01.760 up over. 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:02.280 I think a. 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.320 Minimum of three grams of fire before a snack would 0:06:04.360 --> 0:06:06.880 really be my idea. So I think for growing active 0:06:06.880 --> 0:06:09.400 teenais is absolutely a great snack choice. As you said, 0:06:09.400 --> 0:06:11.719 it's pretty tasty, which helps get them most of the line, 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:14.080 and that's a really wonderful source of nutrition. We've got 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:16.479 some really good quality of research saying that we should 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:18.640 all adults and teenagers should be having a serve of 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:19.440 nuts each day. 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:21.520 All right, now, the next one we're going to take 0:06:21.520 --> 0:06:23.280 a look at. And I should also say they're not 0:06:23.360 --> 0:06:27.279 gluten free that brand the best of my knowledge, so 0:06:27.760 --> 0:06:29.919 that's also relevant for a lot of our listeners. But 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:31.960 the next one that you've sent me through this morning, 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:34.599 because I was quite keen to or we are quite 0:06:34.680 --> 0:06:37.200 keen to look at AUDI products a little bit more. Now, 0:06:37.480 --> 0:06:39.360 the tricky thing with Audi is they don't list all 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.640 their nutrition oils online. So that's feedback for AUDI definitely. 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:44.200 If you want us to include more of your products, 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:45.919 you've got to put more of the nutrition information on 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:48.440 your website because it's quite tricky to find that. Liam 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:50.400 was like you to have this, which was great. So 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:53.960 this is the Hillcrest Gourmet protein Bars. Now I haven't 0:06:54.040 --> 0:06:56.120 checked who makes these, but I would think it's either 0:06:56.200 --> 0:06:59.680 nice and natural or tasty, probably making these for AUDI, 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:03.000 but I can check that. Now, this is their gourmet 0:07:03.040 --> 0:07:05.840 protein bars with dark chocolate and cranberry. It's got ten 0:07:05.960 --> 0:07:09.360 grams of protein per serve and it is also gluten free. 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:12.240 So straight away a couple of standout things there for 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.840 people looking for high protein snacks or particularly gluten free, 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.520 because there are a limited number of those products in 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.160 the supermarket. Now I might need to help a little 0:07:21.160 --> 0:07:23.120 bit here because I've got the nutritionals. It's very small 0:07:23.160 --> 0:07:25.280 and my eyes are not great. So this is a 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:27.080 forty gram bar. Do you want to read it? For 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:28.640 making dark? You can't see very well if you got 0:07:28.720 --> 0:07:29.160 in front of you. 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.280 So what we did was Jos actually picked these up 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:32.880 at Aldi. I was just having a wizz through. I 0:07:32.880 --> 0:07:34.600 was looking at some of the high protein yogas. Then 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:36.520 I didn't even read the back of the nutritional packet. 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:38.080 I just picked these up for David and he said, 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:40.240 from my taste perspective, He's like, yeah, they're super tasty, 0:07:40.280 --> 0:07:42.120 like get them again. And then when I looked at 0:07:42.160 --> 0:07:44.240 the nutritional I was I was like, I don't really know. 0:07:44.280 --> 0:07:45.960 It's got a two starhus rating on the front of 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:47.760 pack And the ones that I picked up Susie with 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:50.560 a dark chocolate and cranberry bars, so you know, obviously 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:53.240 pretty tasty. Dark chocolate and cranberry is a great combination. 0:07:53.960 --> 0:07:56.640 So there's five bars. I don't actually have the exact cost. 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:59.120 I think from memory they were there were three dollars 0:07:59.120 --> 0:08:01.520 something Susie still less than a dollar per bar. I think, 0:08:01.520 --> 0:08:04.720 you know, quite affordable for most families, so sort of 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:06.800 sitting in that middle price point. And then when you 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:09.120 look at one bar, which is forty grams, we've got 0:08:09.240 --> 0:08:12.000 around eight hundred kilodels, so about one hundred and ninety calories, 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.280 so very similar to it from an energy density perspective 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:16.480 to the last bar that we talked about, a bigger 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:19.320 amount of protein. We've got ten point five grams per bar, 0:08:19.920 --> 0:08:22.800 no detectable gluten, so suitable for ours CELIAX. We've got 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.320 nine point seven grams of fat, with three of that 0:08:25.440 --> 0:08:28.320 being saturated fat, so higher saturated fat than the bar 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.720 that we previously talked about. We've got fifteen grams of 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.560 carbohydrates per serving, so around one serve of carb per bar, 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.000 with eight point two grams of sugar, so there's still 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.280 a little bit higher in terms of added sugar, two 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:41.240 point two grams of dietary fiber honestly still susie a 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:43.040 little bit lower than what I would really like at 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:45.600 a snack bar. And eighty four milligrams of sodium, which 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.120 is very low. So the thing that really struck me 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:49.840 here once I did turn over the packet when I 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:52.040 got home, hence why I gave them to David and 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:57.080 didn't eat them myself. There's a very very large ingredient 0:08:57.160 --> 0:08:59.200 list like this is perhaps one of the largest ingredient 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:02.280 lists I've seen. So we've got roasted peanuts thirty percent. 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:04.640 We've got glucose syrup which is a form of sugar. 0:09:04.679 --> 0:09:08.680 We've got high protein compound dark chocolate which is twelve percent. 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:11.920 We've got soy protein nuggets fourteen percent. So that's how 0:09:11.920 --> 0:09:14.000 they get the added protein into that bar. So this 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:16.120 is why this vir is quite high in protein. It's 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:18.640 not just the nuts. They add this soy protein nuggets 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:22.000 in there as well. Then we've got sweetened dried cranberries, 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.480 not just standard dried cranberries. They've added the sugar free, 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:28.360 the sugar free sweetened ones, so four point five percent cranberries. 0:09:29.120 --> 0:09:32.640 Also got three percent soy protein isolate, currants, per peeters, 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:38.520 peanut paste, maltodextrin, inulin, vegetable oil, almonds, cashew, cinnamon, and 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:41.280 a few sort of emulsifiers. And on the very bottom 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:45.920 of the label Susy it does say contains sustainable palm oil. Now, 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:48.080 I couldn't care less if it's sustainable or not. We're 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.319 not big fans of palm oil on this podcast, are 0:09:50.360 --> 0:09:52.400 we Susy Regardless of it's sustainable. 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:54.680 No, we are not at all, And you know, I 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:57.559 tend to agree with you. It's at retailing it. I 0:09:57.559 --> 0:09:59.720 think they're about, like you said, three ninety eight four 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:03.240 dollars for this brand. It's really a cost affordable option. 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:08.800 But I certainly wouldn't be eating it myself, or it 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.360 wouldn't be my go to nutbar of choice. I think 0:10:11.360 --> 0:10:14.160 it has a place, you know, I think for people 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:17.640 looking for convenient, cost effective, protein rich options. Again for 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.760 active people on a budget. You know, someone who's done 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:22.960 a workout in the morning and wants a quick recovery 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:25.920 or afternoon at a good price point. Keep in mind 0:10:25.960 --> 0:10:28.440 that some protein bars, as we've talked about before, up 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:31.040 to five dollars a serve. You know, here you're looking 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.720 at you know, less than a dollar. So it's got 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:36.000 a place for me. But it's not my go to, No, 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:40.720 definitely not, but it's you know, it's still better, I 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:43.439 feel than a played music bar with no protein in it. 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:44.920 But it's sort of as I said, if I was 0:10:45.000 --> 0:10:46.679 racing it out of ten, i'd give it, you know, 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:50.199 a six out of ten as a reference point because 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:52.440 of that really flooded ingredient list and a lot of 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:56.840 added sugars. So yeah, they're interesting products, and I do 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.720 encourage manufacturers to clean them up because they can abs 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:03.920 still lighten those sugar loads. Definitely. They plug in as 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:07.280 many relatively cheap ingredients at those price points. But if 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:10.839 there's consumer push to cut it back, certainly, I think 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:13.000 over time we'll see more and more options than a 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:16.839 lower in sugar as we progress through. So yeah, it's 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:18.199 sort of a middle ground product. 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.000 Yeah, active people, it's not a bad option, is it 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:22.360 Around two hundred calories ten grams of protein. It's a 0:11:22.440 --> 0:11:25.600 convenient option for active people. But it's not something I'd 0:11:25.640 --> 0:11:28.760 be recommending as a daily standard for most people because 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:31.360 there is it's not exactly the cleanest ingredient lists that 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:33.920 we've seen. There are a lot better, I think products 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:35.320 on the market, but it is, you know, it's an 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:37.559 affordable option for a lot of family, so I think 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.640 it is good to include products like these. And David 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:42.120 did say they're super tasty, so I mean it's probably 0:11:42.160 --> 0:11:43.600 something that he want me to buy. He can have 0:11:43.640 --> 0:11:45.360 them a couple of times a week. I think it's fine. 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:48.320 But he does eat plain nuts as well, so you know, 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:49.560 getting the nutrients in that way. 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:51.800 Well, for example, it's going to be better if you 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:54.200 like something sweet after dinner, it's going to be one 0:11:54.240 --> 0:11:57.240 hundred times better than two rows of chocolate if you're 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:59.800 getting the hit of chocolate on a calorie control from 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:02.079 some like that, rather than going to the vending machine 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.920 and ordering a Snickers or a mass bar. You know, 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:08.400 if you're swapping it strategically, it's certainly a better option 0:12:08.520 --> 0:12:11.040 from that perspective too. So that's another way to think 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:11.480 about it. 0:12:11.520 --> 0:12:13.840 Sorry, I'll just add one further point. It's just peanuts, 0:12:13.880 --> 0:12:16.240 Like we really do want that variety of nuts. Oh yeah, 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:18.720 that's really looking for a nut bar with like peanuts 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:22.360 and almonds and cashews and pistachios versus just peanuts. Because 0:12:22.360 --> 0:12:23.880 if you just says susy, there are a legum and 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:26.240 the bulk of the research are and other types of nuts, 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:28.600 not peanuts. So I would really if you're looking for 0:12:28.640 --> 0:12:31.840 a health conscious choice, I'd be picking a product which 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:34.920 is a variety of nuts in they're not just peanuts 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:35.960 as the added nuts. 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:38.200 Actually, that is probably the main message of this conversation 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:41.679 in general that I haven't mentioned enough. Absolutely, when you're 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:45.080 looking for nut bars, you are less peanut more other nuts, 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.520 because when it comes to those health provading benefits, they're 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:50.240 much higher from things like your almonds, your walnuts, your 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.559 hazel nuts, but are also more expensive nuts, which is 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.439 why manufacturers, when they're trying to get a price point 0:12:56.520 --> 0:13:00.280 that's lower, will for peanut because it's cheaper make it, 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.240 but nutritionally one hundred percent, you're better to spend on 0:13:03.559 --> 0:13:05.880 the other mix of nuts and have a quick scan 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.920 and look for sort of you know, a higher proportion 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:11.800 of almond or peanut lowered down. That's a really, really 0:13:11.840 --> 0:13:13.560 good point. I should have made that in the beginning land, 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:16.200 which leads us to our final nut bar we wanted 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:18.080 to look at. Now. This is from the Carmen's range 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.440 we've chosen just around in one I just went Carmen's 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:23.600 Almond hazel nut Vanilla. There's a lot of different varieties 0:13:23.720 --> 0:13:27.000 out there. Straight away, I'm liking it simply because there's 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:29.800 sixty two percent nut, and that goes peanut, m and 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:32.480 hazel nuts, so you're getting over a quarter of the 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.439 nut bases from a nut other than a peanut. It 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:37.320 does have peanuts in it, though, because as I said, 0:13:37.440 --> 0:13:39.400 to keep the price point down, they will need to 0:13:39.440 --> 0:13:41.719 mix that, but also to get the flavor of the 0:13:41.800 --> 0:13:44.080 actual bar, because of course peanuts give you that creamy 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:47.280 taste which is important in the mouth when you're having 0:13:47.320 --> 0:13:51.000 a nut bar. So these retail for five a pack 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:53.000 of five for six dollars, so it does start to 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:55.880 go higher price point. They are gluten free, which is 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.040 a great bonus for many clients, and also they really 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:01.200 mark it on low. So these have got less than 0:14:01.240 --> 0:14:04.320 four grams of sugar per serve, which is incredibly low. 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:06.679 Less than five grams, oh sorry, less than for my 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.160 eyes are so bad, less than five grams per serve, 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:11.240 so they've really worked hard to get a formulation that 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:14.640 is lower. So it's just under that two hundred calories 0:14:14.760 --> 0:14:18.240 per serve, six point six grams of protein, twelve point 0:14:18.240 --> 0:14:21.720 eight grams of total fat, and just one point four saturated, 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:26.400 so slightly higher and saturated fat at a percentage point. 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.320 But nuts are hard to get down because they do 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.360 have all of the fat types in there. So overall, 0:14:31.440 --> 0:14:34.880 very positive fat ratios in this product. Nine point four 0:14:34.960 --> 0:14:37.760 grams of carb per serve, so relatively low in carbohydrate 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.360 for a snack bar, and less four point six grams 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:43.640 of sugars Perserve Dietary five is outstanding three point seven grams, 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:45.880 so that far higher than the other more processed bars 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:47.880 we've seen. And I take a closer look at the 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:50.240 ingredient list. They are getting some sugar from glucose, but 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:52.520 there's also eight percent per peters, which are a really 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:55.040 rich source of long chain fats, the Amiga three fat, 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:58.640 so that's a really strong addition nutritionally, six percent honey, 0:14:58.800 --> 0:15:01.920 brown rice syrup, puff cilium cinnamon. They're getting the fiber 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:05.760 from the cilium natural vanilla flavor. So a very clean list. 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.720 It does have some added sugar because you're going from 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:11.480 you've got to have the bar stick with something, you know. 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:13.360 I think people are like, it's got sugar, Well, of 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:14.760 course it does. It's a bar. What do you think 0:15:14.760 --> 0:15:16.840 it's going to stick with. You can't put egg in there, 0:15:16.880 --> 0:15:18.720 It's not going to taste very good. So when we 0:15:18.760 --> 0:15:21.000 get back to basic food, if you've got some chopped nuts, 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:23.400 you've got to stick it with something. So there is 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:25.640 going to always be some added sugar in a bar. 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.840 But compared to say an apple, not that I'm comparing 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:30.400 a processed food to an apple, but you're going to 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.440 get twenty grams of natural sugars in an apple, So 0:15:32.600 --> 0:15:35.760 four point six in the grand scheme of things, as 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.680 a snack food that's also offering protein and good fat, 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:41.400 is is no cause for concern. And you know, land 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:43.760 these would be one of my favorite types of nut 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:46.400 bars out there because they're pretty clean, they taste good, 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:48.480 they've got a high proportion of a range of nuts, 0:15:48.520 --> 0:15:51.440 they're high in fiber, they're pretty high in protein, and 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:52.520 everyone likes them. 0:15:52.680 --> 0:15:52.840 You know. 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:56.560 They really work hard at Commons to create flavor profiles 0:15:56.640 --> 0:15:59.920 that are appealing and they've got their formulations down pa. 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:01.600 And the other one that I'm a big fan of 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:05.920 is the chok the coffee nut nutbar, because if you 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:08.520 love caffeine and if you love a bit of dark chocolate, 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:11.440 there's a nutbar with a drizzle on it, which is delicious. 0:16:11.520 --> 0:16:13.520 It's like having a coffee in the afternoon. So there's 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:15.680 certainly some options you do pay a little bit more 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:18.800 for the quality, but these are, you know, the bars 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:20.720 that I will opt towards for clients who are looking 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:22.880 for a nutbar. But I'll also say to clients, look, 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:24.600 there's nothing wrong with having a handful of nuts. And 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:26.640 a piece of fruit as an afternoon snack. Either. They're 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:29.800 just options and if you are looking for a nup bar, 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:31.640 certainly these are one of the best on the market 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:34.640 in terms of ingredient lists and taste and profile. 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:36.480 These are actually the ones that I eat on a 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:39.640 very regular basis. SUSI the Commons the standard vanilla ut bar, 0:16:39.680 --> 0:16:41.400 because I've got a little bit IVS and my stomach 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:43.080 is a bit funny. The reason why David and I 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:45.880 eat different types of nutbars. He likes the high protein content. 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:48.000 He's a little bit more energy dense because he's, you know, 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:50.320 got more muscle mass, he's bigger than me. And also 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.000 he can tolerate things like added fibers really really well. 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:54.920 So I don't do well with a lot of brands 0:16:55.120 --> 0:16:57.160 to boost the fiber content up. We saw one of 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:59.880 the ones the brand before Susie added Inland Come and added. 0:17:00.520 --> 0:17:02.640 I find celium is a lot more gentle and better 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.720 tolerated on my gut and my ibs. I really can't 0:17:05.760 --> 0:17:08.400 tolerate chicory root at all, and Inland those two ones 0:17:08.440 --> 0:17:10.639 are big ones that companies add in to boost the 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.200 overall fiber content. So I really struggle and I find 0:17:13.240 --> 0:17:15.560 a lot of the protein based bars either add inulin 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:17.920 or chickery roots if you have a sensitive gut looking 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.720