Thread: Detour bars, your opinion please

they do taste good, but I would not use them on a regular basis. they are more of an emergency food type of thing for me...

Detour bars do taste great I agree.
But there's a reason they taste like a snickers bar... they aren't far off of being one.
Having one occasionally is fine but I definately wouldn't recommend adding them in as a regular meal replacement to your diet.

If it has sugar alcohol in it and I'm sure it does I wouldn't eat it on a reg basis. That's the crappy thing with protein bars, they ALL have sugar alcohol and other crappy ingred's in them. Be nice and alot more convenient if they came out with some actual healthy protein bars!!

Yeah. Not too often, but remember its better to eat than miss a meal.

once on occasion as a treat or if your in a rut and need to eat, they are fine. Daily or regular basis isnt ideal.

personally I dont even like them and find them overly sweet with all the sugar alcohols.

Originally Posted by atherjen

once on occasion as a treat or if your in a rut and need to eat, they are fine. Daily or regular basis isnt ideal.

personally I dont even like them and find them overly sweet with all the sugar alcohols.

How can ANYTHING possibly be overly sweet

alot better than a U turn, taste wise. But expensive and sugary

I prefer the Myoplex carb-sense bars.

Serving Size: 1 Bar
Servings Per Container: 12

Amount Per Serving:

Calories: 250
Calories from Fat: 60
Total Fat: 7g
Saturated Fat: 4g
Cholesterol: <5mg
Sodium: 250mg
Potassium: 140mg
Total Carbohydrates: 22g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 2g
Other Carbohydrates: 17g
Protein: 29g
Vitamin A: 30%
Vitamin K: 30%
Folate: 30%
Iodine: 30%
Manganese: 35%
Vitamin C: 30%
Thiamin: 30%
Vitamin B12: 35%
Magnesium: 10%
Chromium: 30%
Calcium: 30%
Riboflavin: 35%
Biotin: 30%
Zinc: 35%
Molybdenum: 30%
Iron: 35%
Niacin: 30%
Pantothenic Acid: 30%
Selenium: 30%
Vitamin E: 35%
Vitamin B6: 30%
Phosphorus: 30%
Copper: 35%

Ingredients:
Protein blend (whey protein isolate, casein, soy protein isolate, milk protein concentrate, calcium casseinate), glycerine, hydrolyzed gelatin, water, palm kernel oil, maltitol, ground almonds, lactitol, cocoa powder processed with alkali, natural and artifical flavors, contains 2 percent or less of wheat flour, oligofructose, sugar, milk mineral concentrate, canola oil, coconut oil, soy lecithin, soybean oil, salt, mono- and diglycerides, dextrose, fractionated palm and palm kernel oils, vitamin and mineral blend (ascorbic acid, copper gluconate, ferric orthophosphate, di-alpha tocopheryl acetate, magnesium oxide, biotin, niacinamide, zinc oxide, beta-carotene, calcium pantothenate, Vitamin A palmitate, phytonadione, pyridoxine hydrochloride, manganese sulphate, riboflavin, thiamin mononitrate, potassium iodide, cyanocobalamin, chromium chloride, folic acid, sodium molybdate, sodium selenite), sucralose, caramel (color), maltodextrins, sodium bicarbonate, mixed tocopherols, citric acid. Contains wheat and almonds and may contain traces of peaunuts, various nuts and seeds.

Please Note:
Nutritional content and ingredients may vary slightly between Myoplex Carb Sense Bar flavors.

it'd be nice if you could make your own, but I think I read somewhere that the protein in Whey breaks down or something when it's heated.

I had a myoplex carb sense bar and it sucked. It was creamy peanut butter, what flavor do you like?

Originally Posted by neddost

I had a myoplex carb sense bar and it sucked. It was creamy peanut butter, what flavor do you like?

That's sort of the problem, everybody has different tastes. I had the PB myoplex and thought it was fine (not great). I just bought some of the chocolate strawberry because they were out of the PB. I haven't tried it yet.

I like to only use a pbar when I am on a trip, where everyone isn't going to want to go and eat 6 meals with you...I try to eat healthy fast food(chicken sandwich, etc) for the normal 3.

I have always used nitrotech bars, even though I hate muscletech... the PB one sure does taste good albeit a bit high in sat fat...

vypro bars by AST are the best tasting bars and they have ZERO sugar.

Originally Posted by rockcrest

vypro bars by AST are the best tasting bars and they have ZERO sugar.

1) That's not even possible.
2) Here's what their website says:

VyoPro Protein Bar

• 20 Grams of Protein
• Only 1 Gram of Sugar
• Glutamine Enhanced
• Great Tasting
• No glycerin!

Has anyone else tried the Parillo bars? The place I lift swears buy the stuff, and they aren't bad. (More like taffy than anything, but a little dry.)

Also, I've been trying to get find the diff between sugar and sugar alcohol, but haven't found a good explanation. Any thoughts?