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Quaker Weight Control Instant Oatmeal

Quaker Instant Oatmeal should be a pretty familar product to most people – even if they skip it (like I typically do) in favor of the plain, old fashioned variety. The “Weight Control” line has a similar look and feel to the company’s single-serving, flavored oatmeals, but have added soluble fiber and protein (from whey protein isolate), and contain less than 1 gram of sugar per serving. Manufacturer’s...

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Tri-O-Plex High Protein Food Bar

Tri-O-Plex High Protein Food Bars are also part of the “Chef Jay” line, as discussed in the Tri-O-Plex Cookie review. The bars are oatmeal-based, “natural,” uncoated cookie-type bars, that each deliver approx. 30 g of protein from soy, whey and milk protein isolates. There are 10 different bar flavors: Banana Walnut, Caramel Apple, Chocolate Coconut, Cinnamon Raisin, Cookie Dough Chocolate Chip, Crunch Peanut...

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ISS Oh Yeah! Bars

ISS Research’s line is focused on protein powders, meal replacements, gainers and other nutritional support products for the bodybuilding market. There are 3 additional varieties of their popular nutrition bars: Protein Wafer, “Good Grab” (portion-controlled), and Natural. The regular “Oh Yeah!” bars come in 5 different flavors: Chocolate & Caramel, Peanut & Caramel, Peanut Butter &...

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Zico Pure Coconut Water

Zico is the brainchild of founder Mark Rampolla, who was turned on to coconut water as a Peace Corps volunteer in Central America. In 2004, he left his corporate career to “pursue his dream of bringing the healthy, natural benefits of coconut water to consumers across the world.” Zico is being marketed as a “better sports drink” that can also “can become an important alternative agricultural product for...

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Labrada Lean Body Cookie Bars

Lean Body Cookie Bars are manufactured by Labrada Nutrition, a company well-known to the bodybuilding world. The company was founded by Lee Labrada, who holds 22 professional bodybuilding titles, including the IFBB “Mr. Universe.” The “Lean Body” line of products includes a range of meal replacement shakes and 4 different varieties of bars: Lean Body Gold, Rockin’ Roll, Lean Body Granola Bars and –...

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Chef Jay’s Tri-O-Plex Cookies

“Chef” Jay Littmann is the creator of the Tri-O-Plex line of protein-fortified bars, cookies, puffs and brownies.  Chef Jay products are sold through a wide variety of online retail outlets and health clubs, as well as specialty nutrition stores (like GNC) that cater to bodybuilding and fitness. There are eight cookie flavors: Caramel Apple, Chocolate Chip, Cranberry White Chocolate Chip, Double Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal...

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