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Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

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Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

#41
post #3

20g fat (5g saturated), 27g carbs (14g sugar), 10g protein. Not that great for a "protein" bar.

Considering the ingredients, I wouldn't be surprised if a relatively large portion of the protein came from the almonds and chocolate. I never understood why people eat this crap when it's so easy to get protein from simple, natural sources.

>>I never understood why people eat this crap when it's so easy to get protein from simple, natural sources.

Yep. Eggs. Milk. Protein powder. Even cheese.

Protein bars are nice when you're on-the-go though.

Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

#42

It's slightly misleading to call this "revolutionary" - another cricket bar project [1] was funded on Kickstarter last year and appears to be in full production [2]. [1] http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/466721916/the-worlds-fir... [2] http://chapul.com/revolutionary-supplies/

I was wondering what the difference in ingredients was, so I put together this list from their sites

Chapul (Chaco Bar) ingredients:

  * Dates
  * Peanuts
  * Toasted Oats
  * Chocolate Chips
  * Walnuts
  * Agave Nectar
  * Cricket Flour
  * Gryllus
  * Flax Seed Meal
  * Salt
Exo (Cacao Nut) ingredients:

  * Raw Almonds
  * Dates
  * Coconut
  * Honey
  * Cricket Flour
  * Raw Cacao Nibs
  * Raw Cacao Powder
  * Vanilla Extract
  * Sea Salt

Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

#43
A lot of folks are posting bars with similar or better macro-nutrients, but in doing so are missing the point of these bars: their primary market is the paleo crowd. All the ingredients are natural and the list is short, basic, and acceptable to a paleo diet: almonds, dates, coconut, honey, crickets, cacao, vanilla, and sea salt. Compared with the ingredients list for a MetRX bar[1] posted elsewhere in this thread, it's an obvious choice for a follower of the "paleo lifestyle", even if the macros are comparable.

Even the Quest bars, which definitely have better macros than these bars, are pretty good for someone doing a ketogenic diet, but not acceptable for a paleo diet due to the use of peanuts, milk, chocolate, and sucralose.

[1] Metamyosyn® VPP Protein Blend (Whey Protein Isolate, Milk Protein Concentrate, Casein, Calcium Caseinate, Hydrolyzed Whey Protein Isolate, Egg White, L-Glutamine), Maltitol Syrup, Soy Protein Isolate, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa (processed with alkali), Maltitol, Glycerin, Fructose, Invert Sugar, Natural Flavor, Water, High Oleic Sunflower Oil, Corn Syrup, Fructooligosaccharides, Polydextrose, Tapioca Starch, Vitamin and Mineral Blend (Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Phosphate, Potassium Lactate, Magnesium Oxide, Ascorbic Acid, Ferric Orthophosphate, d-Alpha Tocopherol Acetate, Niacinamide, Zinc Oxide, Copper Gluconate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Palmitate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Thiamin Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Biotin, Potassium Iodide, Cyanocobalamin), Unsweetened Chocolate, Cellulose, Enzyme Modified Soy Protein, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Pectin, Sugar, Sucralose, Soybean Oil, Maltodextrin, Carrageenan.

Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

#45
post #43

A lot of folks are posting bars with similar or better macro-nutrients, but in doing so are missing the point of these bars: their primary market is the paleo crowd. All the ingredients are natural and the list is short, basic, and acceptable to a paleo diet: almonds, dates, coconut, honey, crickets, cacao, vanilla, and sea salt. Compared with the ingredients list for a MetRX bar[1] posted elsewhere in this thread, i…

Your assertion is only correct in the near-term.

The ultimate market is the world's poor.

Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

#48
post #34

This is gross. I'm a vegetarian, so I'm biased, but am I the only one that thinks moving from animal sourced protein to slow roasted crickets sounds obscene?

If the crickets are "slow roasted" alive, that is cruel (and alarming) although I certainly hope and would think this isn't the case.

Anyone have any clarification?

Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

#49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I looked into this more and seems like that seems to be pretty common: http://protein-bars.findthebest.com/ Color me surprised. I'll stick with my whey powder which is 24g protein, 3g carb 1g Fat ( http://www.optimumnutrition.com/products/100-Whey-Gold-Stand... )

Quest bars are the best I've found: http://www.questproteinbar.com/

Thanks for sharing that link!

Re: Exo: Protein Bars made from Cricket Flour

#50
post #43

A lot of folks are posting bars with similar or better macro-nutrients, but in doing so are missing the point of these bars: their primary market is the paleo crowd. All the ingredients are natural and the list is short, basic, and acceptable to a paleo diet: almonds, dates, coconut, honey, crickets, cacao, vanilla, and sea salt. Compared with the ingredients list for a MetRX bar[1] posted elsewhere in this thread, i…

There are other companies selling into the already hilarious "paleo" bar market. Paleo bars. Paleo bars. Surely I can't be only one who finds that odd. Paleo bars.

Because it has no firm unifying scientific principle, but instead relies on a collection of anthropological and archaeological observations taken out of context, coupled with a vague dislike for modernity, the paleo movement is busily splintering into dozens of mutually little hostile paleo-er-than-thou factions.

Everything in a paleo bar, whatever it's made of, includes Scary Chemical Names. Many of them have been (gasp!) processed!

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