As always, the disclaimer: I'm not pimping these products, I'm just sharing things I genuinely like. And I'm not getting any compensation for this, although if anyone WANTS to send me free stuff, who am I to complain?
And now on to the good thing:
So far I've found NuGo Organic Nutrition bars in two flavors: Double Dark Chocolate, and Dark Chocolate Pomegranate. I picked up a Dark Chocolate Pomegranate one as an impulse buy at Foodie's, my neighborhood grocery store. Yes, I live in a neighborhood where nutrition bars have made their way to the impulse buy checkout racks.
Once I got home, I reconsidered my purchase. I love dark chocolate and pomegranate, but this bar was calling itself "organic" and "vegan". Now, I have had delicious vegan food, and delicious organic food (I was a semi-strict vegetarian for several years, so it was hard to avoid), but it's hard enough to make a nutrition bar taste good. My top contenders until now were:
- PowerBar PowerBuilders (EXTREME protein, moistened with FAT! FAT! FAT! Yum!)
- Luna Bars (lower protein than most other bars, but tasty fruity goodness with no sugar spike-and-crash)
- Zone Bars (fairly good protein/fat balance, though stigma of diet name attached to them)
But GoOrganic may send the competition packing, if it can get some market share (I've only seen it at the neighborhood grocery, which is decidedly yuppie in nature). Yes, it's not as full of protein as PowerBars or Zone Bars, and yes it has a bit of saturated fat, but if you're having a craving for a candy bar but you're trying to be healthy, these seem like the way to go!
On the downside, dark chocolate, while delicious, doesn't make a very good breakfast food, at least for me. Maybe it's because I was raised on the food pyramid, but I like my breakfast fruity or bacony or eggy (or all three!) but not chocolatey. But for the afternoon snack, it's NuGo Organic for the win!
