Blueberry Acai Bars

Company: Balance Bar, Valhalla, N.Y.

Introduced: February

Distribution: National

Suggested Retail: $1.69 for a 1.76-oz. bar

Product Snapshot: New to the BARE line of bars is a Blueberry Acai option. Sweetened with all-natural organic agave and brown rice syrup, each bar delivers 15 g. of protein, 4 g. of fiber, 7 g. of whole grains, 200 calories and 19 vitamins and minerals. Like its fellow BARE counterparts, the Blueberry Acai kind adheres to the 40/30/30 nutritional model (40% carbohydrates, 30% protein and 30% dietary fat).

Ingredients: Protein blend (soy nuggets [soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt], whey protein concentrate, soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate), organic agave syrup, granola (rolled oats, sugar, canola oil, honey, molasses), brown rice syrup, inulin/oligofructose, palm kernel oil and palm oil, sunflower seeds, rolled oats, sugar, dried blueberries (wild blueberries, sugar, sunflower oil), natural flavors. Contains less than 2% of the following: sunflower oil, water, yogurt powder, acai juice powder (acai juice, manioc maltodextrin), salt, soy lecithin, caramel color, natural mixed tocopherols, butter oil.

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