Calorie Bargain: Yotta bars (Orange and Cherry)

The Why: How hard is it to get your kids to eat healthfully?  It’s not always easy, and these bars by Undercover Vegetable Company are a great product, well designed and tasty. There are 7 vegetables inside each bar (tomatoes, asparagus, sweet potatoes, carrots, red bell peppers, beets, & corn). And the bars have ingredients that even your 7-year-old can pronounce.

The Health Bonus: There are only 120 calories per bar, certainly lower than your typical energy and/or candy bar which is between 200 and 300 calories per bar. The bars are an excellent source of Vitamin A and Vitamin C and a good source of iron. They are also low in fat and sodium and do not have an refined sugars or preservatives.

What We Liked Best: The ingredients being all natural, and the fact that kids seem to love the bars.

What We Liked Least: You still need to eat real fruits and veggies, but if you’re going to eat an energy bar or a candy bar, this is certainly a much better alternative. Also, there was a bit of an after-taste—nothing too bad – just something, but the kids didn’t notice it at all.  Oh, no one liked the Apple Cinnamon bar, only the Orange and Cherry.

What It Replaces: Candy, and all the other lousy kids (and adult) snacks.

The Price: $14.49 for 12 bars

Other Offerings: Orange and Apple Cinnamon.

Where to Buy: Whole Foods, www.undercoverveg.com/buy.html

Nutritional Information: (1 bar) 120 calories, 1g fat, 26g carbs, 1g fiber, 2g protein, 40g sodium

Ingredients: (Cherry bar) Baby oats, brown rice syrup, honey, pear juice concentrate, dehydrated vegetables (tomatoes, asparagus, sweet potatoes, carrots, red bell peppers, beets, corn), crisp rice, rolled oats, evaporated cane juice, dried apples, natural flavors, canola oil.

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