LUNA™ Bar - We have a winner!!
Written: Nov 14 '01 (Updated Nov 14 '01)
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Pros: filling, tasty, healthy, wheat & dairy free, excellent cause
Cons: a bit pricey when not on sale
The Bottom Line: The LUNA™ Bar makes for a healthy, tasty, and highly enjoyable snack for active women.
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| bops_mom's Full Review: Luna Bars 1 Bar |
Being a busy mom, wife, woman, I'm always on the go. So, I'm always interested in finding healthy bars which could be used in place of - or until I have the time to make - a healthy meal. The biggest problem I've encountered is that so many of the nutrition bars on the market taste simply dreadful. So, when I read a review of the LUNA™ Bar, by Epinions member, Suzer; and then over the next couple of months, read several others by members who had tried the LUNA™ Bar on Suzer's recommendation and really loved it, I knew that the LUNA™ Bar was one I really needed to try for myself.
About the bar
The LUNA™ Bar is made by the Clif Bar company; the LUNA™ Bar is their bar that is geared towards the nutritional needs of women. Each bar is 1.69 oz (48 g), has just 170 calories to it and offers soy protein, vitamins and minerals - Calcium and Folic Acid. All very important to a woman's diet. I know that I rarely get the nutrients, vitamins and minerals that my body should have daily through my diet alone. Thus the LUNA™ Bar is a welcome addiction to my daily life!
The LUNA™ Bar is available in several different flavors including: Chai Tea, Tropical Crisp, S'mores, Chocolate Pecan Pie, Sesame Raisin Crunch, LemonZest™, Nutz Over Chocolate™, Toasted Nuts 'n Cranberry, Key Lime Pie, and Orange Bliss™.
I've seen the LUNA™ Bar sell for as little as $0.99 each (when on sale); they are also available to be purchased in a box which holds 15 bars. These boxes sell for $18.75 (at www.clifbar.com) or $17.99 (at www.drugstore.com). I paid $1.29 for my Toasted Nuts 'n Cranberry bar at a local Drug Store.
A portion of the monies made from the sale of each LUNA™ Bar goes to The Breast Cancer Fund.
Nutrition Facts:
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 130 mg
Potassium 100 mg
Dietary Fiber 2 g
Total Carbs 26 g
Protein 10 g
Total Fat 3 g
Vitamin A 25%
Vitamin C 100%
Calcium 35%
Iron 35%
Vitamin E 100%
Vitamin K 100%
Thiamin (B1) 100%
Riboflavin (B2) 100%
Niacin (B3) 100%
Vitamin B6 100%
Folate 100%
Vitamin B12 100%
Biotin 100%
Pantothenic Acid 100%
Phosphorous 35%
Iodine 35%
Zinc 35%
Selenium 35%
Magnesium 35%
Copper 35%
Manganese 35%
Chromium 35%
Molybdenum 35%
Ingreidents: LunaPro™ (soy protein isolate, rolled oats, soy flour, rice flour, roasted soybeans, crisp rice [isolated soy protein, rice flour, malk, salt], flaxseeds), brown rice syrup, dried cranberries (cranberries, apple juice), toasted cashews, almonds & pumpkin seeds, natural flavor, decaffeinated green tea extract.
Vitamins & Minerals: Dicalcium phosphate, magnesium oxide, ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), alpha-tocopherol acetate (Vitamin E), biotin, since picolinate, niacin, ferrous fumarate (Iron), molybdenum glycinate, calcium pantothenate, phytonadione (Vitamin K), copper, maganese, beta carotene (Vitamin A), selecium, pyridoxine (Vitmamin B6), riboflavin (Vitamin B2), thiamin (Vitamin B1), chromium, cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12), folic acid, potassium iodine.
May contain traces of peanut or other nuts. No High Fructose Corn Syrup. Wheat & Dairy Free.
Clif Bar, Inc.
Berkeley, CA 94710
U.S.A.
1-800-884-5254
www.clifbar.com
The LUNA™ Bar Experience ~ Taste, texture and so on....
I was a little bit surprised at myself when I choose to give the LUNA™ Bar and choose the Toasted Nuts 'n Cranberry flavor. You see, I'm what's known as a chocolate freak. ;-) I adore good chocolate, but from what I've seen, I've been sorely disappointed with any "nutrition" type bar that supposedly had a chocolate flavor to it. Maybe I shouldn't have been so surprised at my choice then.... hum....
Opening the bar I was welcomed with a very nice granola scent. The bar looked a little sticky and stuck to the wrapper just a little bit - so far, so good.... the bar looks like a large granola bar. You can see the nuts and cranberry pieces.
The bar has a very nice chewy texture to it; since there are nuts in this bar as well as soy protein nuggets there is also a bit of a crunch. The flavor is fabulous! Nice and nutty - with a rich aftertaste to it. The fruit pieces aren't sweet, and their flavor blends into the bar as a whole very nicely. In fact, if I didn't know those were cranberry pieces, I wouldn't be able to tell as the flavor is so subtle.
The LUNA™ Bar is surprisingly filling. I'd say it at least a filling as two Quaker Chewy Granola Bars. The flavor is much more satisfying to the adult palate than Quaker's bar's, too. Thus, I'd say the LUNA™ Bar makes an excellent mid day snack, snack for after a work out and even as a temporary meal replacement.
bops_mom's Recommendation
I'm happily surprised with the LUNA™ Bar. The Toasted Nuts 'n Cranberry is really good and I can't wait to give the other flavors a try. I will have to get a nice stock pile next time they're on sale!
I highly recommend the LUNA™ Bar to any woman (or adult) who is looking for a dairy free, wheat free, very tasty and satisfying nutrition bar. The LUNA™ Bar really is worth trying! There is no nasty aftertaste and no vitamin flavor to it whatsoever. The LUNA™ Bar is quite simply enjoyable eat!
Now, if you will excuse me, I'm going to take a little break and enjoy a Toasted Nuts 'n Cranberry LUNA™ Bar right now!
Thanks for reading!
~ Melissa :o)
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