Protein Bar Comparison Chart
As we all know, there is plenty of choice in the bar world. Finding the bar that fits your needs and desires can be difficult, to say the least!
We recommend looking for a bar that has more protein than sugar, is lightly and naturally sweetened, and one that does not contain a lot of strange unrecognizable ingredients. We also recommend avoiding things like Erythritol Vegetable Glycerin or other Sugar Alcohols, Stevia and Sucralose. These are the ingredients that tend to leave you with a bad taste in your mouth or an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach!
Think Natural, High Protein, Low Sugar!
Unfortunately, there are too many protein bars and other products on the shelves in our stores that contain sugar alcohols. Health conscious consumers are getting smart, reading labels and doing their best to avoid these types of unnecessary ingredients. Sugar alcohols have been known to lead to bloating, diarrhea, and can have a laxative effect! Probably not what you're looking for while in the gym!
There are a few bars on the market today that, thankfully, have steered away from sweetening with sugar alcohols or other "sugar substitutes". Unfortunately, these bars believe that American's crave a super, over-sweet, high sugar flavor, and in response produce protein bars that are loaded with sugar. Many of these "natural" bars have more sugar than protein! (Sounds like a candy bar to me!)
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Nutritional data obtained 02/10/21 as posted on manufacturer websites |
Muscle Up Bar Cacao & Vanilla 65g
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Quest Bar Cookies & Cream 60g
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Perfect Bar Almond Butter 65g
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RX Bar Blueberry 52g
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CLIF Builders Cookies ‘N Cream 68g
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Grass Fed or Farm Raised Protein |
Yes |
No |
No (Dried whole egg powder & rice protein) |
No (Egg whites) |
No (Soy Protein) |
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Protein |
16g |
21g |
13g |
12g |
20g |
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Sugar |
8g |
<1g |
18g |
15g |
17g |
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Fat |
9g |
8g |
19g |
7g |
10g |
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MCT Oil |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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Calories |
230 |
190 |
310 |
210 |
230 |
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Sugar Alcohols |
No |
Erythritol* |
No |
No |
No |
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Stevia |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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Sucralose |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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Additional Ingredients |
Sweet potato, and lots of organics
Naturally Sweetened
2x More Protein than sugar |
Palm oil, dextrin, calcium, carbonate, lecithin, sucralose, xantham gum, and baking soda |
Lots of organics
Very high in sugar and fat
More sugar and fat than protein |
Dates, figs, blueberry oil
More sugar than protein
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Soy Protein Isolate, Cane Syrup, Cane Sugar, Brown Rice Syrup
Very high in sugar |
*This product contains sugar alcohols, which may cause gastrointestinal discomfort, excessive consumption may have a laxative effect.