Anyone else tried any of these? I was lucky enough to be contacted about a month ago by a company representative asking if I wanted a free box of samples if in turn I would write up a review on one of the online sites they included. So, of course I took them up on it. And I'll be honest in my review, not just blowing smoke because I got a free box. Here goes:
I got a couple of different ones, one was Detour Runner, one was Detour Strength, and Detour Biker. I honestly didn't see much difference between them (besides flavor of course) but I may not have as diverse of a workout regime as needed to really see a difference, who knows. I like the flavors that they sent. A lot actually. They are different flavors than I typically see when I buy these types of protein bars in the store. One in particular was Lemon. I really liked that one. From a health standpoint, they probably contain a little more sugar than I'd really like to put in my diet by eating more than, say, one of these a day (1 bar = 10g).
Nutrition Facts:
Serving size 1 bar
Total fat - 6g
Cholesterol - 10mg
Sodium - 105mg
Potassium - 100mg
Total Carbs - 23g
Carbs from Sugar - 10g
Protein - 15g
That being said, I usually try to get in about 60g of protein a day, and to get that from these bars I would have to eat 4 bars a day, which would be a bit too much sugar and sodium for my personal taste. But, I can certainly see using these bars because of their taste when I need a quick bit of protein in place of say my normal first protein shake if I'm on the go and in a hurry and don't have time to blend up the shake, etc.
Overall review: Great taste to these bars, better than most any other protein bar I've tried - I like the selection of flavors and would definitely use these again. I probably wouldn't order them online but if I'm in a 7-11 or something and need a protein bar on the run, I'd go for these again in a second. |