Balance Bars are based on the macronutrient ratio popularized by Barry Sears in the Zone Diet: 40% carbohydrate, 30% protein, 30% fat.\u00a0 Now manufactured by Kraft Foods,\u00a0they\u00a0come in a range of 4 different types: Original, Balance Bare, Pure, Carb Well and Gold.\u00a0 There are 4 Gold bar\u00a0flavors: Caramel Nut Blast, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Chocolate Mint Cookie Crunch and Triple Chocolate Chaos.<\/p>\n
Manufacturer’s Description:<\/strong> Lasting energy combines with triple layer goodness.\u00a0 Complete with 23 vitamins and minerals perfect for on-the-go hunger satisfaction and maintaining your healthy lifestyle.<\/p>\n Product Label:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ingredients:<\/strong> Balance Pro 4 Protein Blend (Casein, Whey Protein Isolate, Partially Hydrolyzed Casein and Whey, Soy Protein Isolate), Evaporated Cane Juice, Invert Syrup, Corn Syrup, Sugar, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Glycerin, High Maltose Corn Syrup, Milk Protein Concentrate, Cocoa (Processed with Alkali), Canola Oil, Contains Less Than 2% of Natural Flavor, Nonfat Milk, Whey Protein Concentrate, Fructose, Soy Lecithin, Cocoa, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Heavy Cream, Butter (Cream, Salt, Annatto for Color), Carrageenan, Salt, Mixed Tocopherols (To Help Protect Flavor), Fish Gelatin.<\/p>\n Vitamins & Minerals:<\/strong> Calcium Phosphate, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Magnesium Oxide, Vitamin E Acetate, Beta Carotene, Copper Gluconate, Niacinamide, Ferric Orthophosphate (Iron), Zinc Oxide, Biotin, Phytonadione (Vitamin K1), Potassium Iodide, Calcium Pantothenate, Manganese Sulfate, Chromium Chloride, Vitamin B12, Vitamin B6, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenite, Riboflavin, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Folic Acid.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Comments:<\/strong>\u00a0 I was able to pick up a couple of Balance Bar samples from my local Fred Meyer for only $1.00 (US) each – a pretty good bargain, although Bodybuilding.com also sells them for $16.95\u00a0per box of 15…which is pretty close ($1.13 each).\u00a0<\/p>\n I sampled both the Triple Chocolate Chaos (shown above) and the Chocolate Peanut Butter.\u00a0 Both were pretty tasty: chocolatey, sweet and chewy, without being difficult to chew – if you know what I mean.\u00a0 The “Chaos” bar had a particularly deep, dark chocolate flavor, rather than the more typical milk chocolate, which I liked.<\/p>\n I liked the look of the protein blend, although was less than thrilled with the low fiber\u00a0and 14 grams of sugar.\u00a0 Admittedly, this amount of sugar is about half that of a candy bar of the same size, but if you’re trying to keep your intake of simple sugars reasonably low (like me), you might prefer the Balance Carb Well bars instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nonetheless, as “value-added candy” I thought the Gold bars\u00a0were pretty decent.\u00a0\u00a0They’d make a good, portable\u00a0on-the-go snack for an active person.<\/p>\n [usrlist “Taste:4.0” “Quality:3.0” “Efficacy:3.0” “Value:4.5″ avg=”true”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Balance Bars are based on the macronutrient ratio popularized by Barry Sears in the Zone Diet: 40% carbohydrate, 30% protein, 30% fat.\u00a0 Now manufactured by Kraft Foods,\u00a0they\u00a0come in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,5,9,1],"tags":[24,78,103,220],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":631,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/functional-foods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n
\n Serving Size 1 bar (50g)
\nCalories 210
\nCalories from Fat 60
\nTotal Fat 7g
\nSaturated Fat 4g
\nTrans Fat 0g
\nCholesterol <5mg
\nSodium 125mg
\nPotassium 140mg
\nTotal Carbohydrate 23g
\nDietary Fiber 1g
\nSugars 15g<\/td>\nProtein 14g
\nVitamin A 50%
\nVitamin C 100%
\nCalcium 10%
\nIron 25%
\nVitamin E 100%
\nVitamin K 25%
\nThiamin 25%
\nRiboflavin 25%
\nNiacin 25%
\nVitamin B6 25%
\nFolic Acid 25%<\/td>\nVitamin B12 25%
\nBiotin 25%
\nPantothenic Acid 25%
\nPhosphorus 15%
\nIodine 25%
\nMagnesium 10%
\nZinc 25%
\nSelenium 25%
\nCopper 25%
\nManganese 25%
\nChromium 25%
\nMolybdenum 25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n \n