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Nature Valley Chewy Trail Mix Bars

By: Tanya Patrice | May 6, 2007

Nature Valley Chewy Trail Mix BarsNature Valley Chewy Trail Mix Bars tastes great - well I should say the Fruit and Nut variety that I tried. It was a wonderful combination of crunchy oats and nuts perfectly balanced with the raisins which I experienced in just about every bite. If I was forced to make one critique, it would be that the folks at Nature Valley tend to use a lot of sugary ingredients: the 2nd ingredient is high 'maltose' corn syrup, plus they also list sugar, high fructose corn syrup and fructose in their ingredients list. This is the same complaint I had with their Healthy Heart Honey Nut Granola Bar [read the review].

One bar (35 grams) has 140 calories, 4 grams of total fat (6% of the recommended daily amount), 0.5 grams of saturated fat, low sodium, 3 grams of protein and 25 grams of total carbohydrates, which includes 1 gram of fiber and 13 grams of sugars.

A box with 6 bars was $3.49 and I would buy it again. BUT I must say that as much as I liked the Chewy Trail Mix bar, I would probably choose Gnu bars over this because Gnu bars weigh 5 grams more and have 10 less calories, less fat, less sugars, more protein and way more fiber [read the Gnu review].

Rating
Taste: 4.5
Nutrition: 4
Price: 5
Overall: 4.5
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Jill | May 6, 2007 8:13 PM | Reply

The Apple Cinnamon flavor of this is amazing. I agree, they have a bit too much sugar, but being stuck with a 711 to offer a snack, I was beyond happy to find these guys!

Maryanne | May 7, 2007 9:38 AM | Reply

That's the problem with most of these bars, but it's better than trail mix! Try the Fiber One Oats and Chocolate bar. Tastes like a candy bar but has a lot more fiber, 4 grams of fat, and a little less sugar than the bar you reviewed. Yum!

Flor Goelz | February 13, 2009 12:42 PM | Reply

Does Nature Valley use safe peanuts? I don't want to throw away a huge box of chewey Trail Mix Bars!

Tanya | February 13, 2009 12:49 PM | Reply

@Flor - they say they are not impacted according to the Nature Valley website

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