Kate’s Real Food Granola Bars Review
Kate’s Real Food Granola Bars are the perfect snack for those who want something quick and healthy. If you need a quick bite before or after a workout, then this will be a great option. The Grizzly Bar helps give you the extra bit of energy that you will need to get you through to your next meal.
Customers love that Kate’s Real Food Granola Bars are made out of all-natural ingredients. Everything is organic, and there is no use of artificial or chemical sweeteners. In fact, they use organic honey to sweeten all of their snacks. They are non-GMO and USDA organic certified. The brand claims to be gluten-free, and none of the ingredients indeed contain gluten. However, some of the equipment used in the manufacturing process comes into contact with glutenous food as well. Please note that if you have food sensitivities to soy, tree nuts, gluten, or dairy, then you might want to steer clear of these snacks.
Kate’s Real Food Granola Bars have a great taste that consumers love. There are six different flavors to choose from. You can either get a box of your favorite flavor or pick the variety pack to try them all. Not only do they taste great, but most consumers enjoy the texture of the bars, even though they might be a bit on the dry side.
All and all, people love these bars. It’s not every day that you find a healthy and organic snack bar that tastes this great.
Organic ingredients
No artificial sweeteners
Hand-rolled
Great taste
Delicious flavors
Moderate price tag
Dry texture
Brand
To this day, Kate continues to help consumers pursue a healthier lifestyle. She knows the importance of trying to find a healthy snack that you can grab while on the go. She also knows that you want something that's going to taste good. So many healthy granola bars and snacks on the market have a bland and cardboard-like taste. She was determined to create something at Easton just as good as it was for your body.
She urges consumers to take a bite of her bar and to let them feel you on your adventures into a healthy lifestyle.
Calories
If you're simply looking for a quick snack between meals or before or after a workout, then this might be a great little snack for you. It's not equivalent to a full meal, so you aren't going to have to worry about consuming too many calories. Just because it's a lot of calories does it mean that it's not packed with a lot of nutritional value. At least you can rest easy knowing that you're not consuming too many empty calories. Everything you're putting into your body from this bar is going to be beneficial to you.
Taste
Of course, each flavor is going to taste a little bit differently, so if you weren't sure what you're going to like best, you could always opt for the variety pack. That's going to give you one of each of the flavors so you can try it and figure out which one you like the best.
One thing that a few consumers mention was that it was a little bit too sweet for their taste. This isn't a complaint that all consumers had, but it is worth noting. If you don't want something overly sweet, there might be better choices out there for you. However, if you have a sweet tooth, this is perfect.
Consistency
The dry and grainy texture isn't something that all consumers have complained about. In fact, the vast majority of them stated that the texture is excellent and they had no issues with it.
Flavors
You can choose from dark chocolate cherry and almond, lemon coconut, peanut butter and dark chocolate, mango coconut, peanut butter and milk chocolate, and peanut butter, ham, and flax.
Ingredients
Again, depending on the flavor you choose, the ingredients might include Montmorency cherry, dark chocolate, crispy rice nuggets, or delightful coconut. They're also going to contain organic oats, as it is a granola bar.
All ingredients are reliably organic the ingredients in the various granola bars include sea salt, organic ground ginger, rice flour, lemon extract, sweetened dried cherries, dark tasty chocolate, crunchy brown rice crisps, dried out apricots, raisins, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, healthy flax seeds, natural cane sugar, healthy hemp seeds, cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, dry roasted peanuts, milk chocolate, dried tasty mangoes.
Effectiveness
Of course, there is no caffeine or additional vitamins added to help give you that energy boost, but the all-natural ingredients work well to provide you with the push you need to make it through the rest of your workout and onto your next meal.
Allergen Warning
All-Natural
Additionally, all of these bars are non-GMO and USDA organic. The company notes that these bars are gluten-free. However, you should know that they are processed on the same machines as glutenous food, so if you have gluten sensitivities, you might want to stay away from eating the snack.
Servings
Each serving is 1.1 ounces of a bar, making it half of one. Make sure you are keeping this in mind if you are monitoring your calories in vs. calories out. Don't let the label mislead you into thinking that the whole bar is one serving.
Hand Rolled
To this day, Kate’s Real Food Granola Bars are still hand-rolled. Yes, there are some use of machines and other techniques to make the bars, but the final product is rolled and packed with care.
Sugar
All of their bars contain organic honey as a sweetener. The use of honey as a sweetener provides you with a whole slew of health benefits. It can provide you with vitamins and minerals that you need to keep going, without any added chemicals.
Yes, there is one variant of the bars that contain cane sugar, but this is all-natural and organic as well. This is only found in the peanut butter, hemp, and flax bar.
Value
Kate’s Real Food Granola Bars are not the cheapest snack on the market, but they are by no means the most expensive either. They are slightly higher than the average price. If you are on a budget and don't want to spend a lot of money, then these might not be the best option for you.
However, considering that the bars are made of all-natural ingredients and each and every one of them is hand-rolled, you can expect them to cost a little more than some of the others that are mass-produced.
Bottom Line
Customers love the great taste and variety of flavors. Yes, some consumers stated that the bars a little dry, but overall had a decent texture. Keep in mind if you have food allergies to tree nuts, soy, dairy, or gluten, you are going to want to avoid the snacks.
Overall, customers enjoy these snacks. Most would recommend them to others.