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SoyJoy Bars
By: Tanya Taylor, PhD | May 14, 2007
I tried 3 flavors: apple, berry and mango coconut. All the SoyJoy bars were tough, dry, and had a pasty taste. My initial reaction was a "what the hell am I'm eating" face followed by me looking down at the wrapper for clues - which of course I didn't find. I suppose if I had to chose the best flavor out of the three, it would be the Mango Coconut. I also thought the size of the bar was just too small - as I said about Pria bars, 30 gram bars are worthless - I would only give that to a child, because this does nothing to fill me up, and I think I'm a pretty typical adult. One SoyJoy bar is 30 grams and has 140 calories, 10% of the recommended daily amount for total and saturated fat on average, 4 grams of protein and 16 grams of total carbohydrates which includes 10 grams of sugar and 3 grams of fiber (12% of the RDA). Not much in the way of vitamins. SoyJoy bars are 12 for $12.99 at drugstore.com, but as you can probably tell from the review, I am not a big fan so I wouldn't recommend them. Check out more reviews at Amazon.com which had average rating of 2 out of 5 at the time I wrote this [link] - (there is one misguided soul who gave this a 5/5) and at FitSugar [link]. If you're looking for some snack bar recommendations, Check out the Snack Bar Week in Review [link] or just browse through the Bars archives [link]. Taste:
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Mon: May 14, 2007
veggiegirl said: I'm just going to copy and paste exactly what I said in my comment when Hungry Waif (over at Nutritious Junk) reviewed these bars this past April: I looked up these bars online so I could read the ingredients, and it says that there's cheese and eggs in them... why would any company put cheese in a nutrition bar - especially if it is a fruit bar?! weird!! not surprised that you thought these tasted horrible - sounds like they would anyway. as a vegan, I won't have to worry about ever trying these (since there's dairy and eggs in them). I'm a huge fan of Odwalla SuperProtein bars, and will continue to be. Down with SoyJoy!!
Mon: May 14, 2007
Jill - GlossyVeneer said: These were handed out at the recent Race for the Cure I participated in. I took one bite of the Mango-Coconut and one bite of the Apple and thought both were awful. And they are extremely tiny.
Mon: May 14, 2007
CraftTeaLady said: I didn't know there were those flavors. I get the soyjoy vanilla/pb/choc bars at Costco and I love them. they aren't dry or icky. I guess they might be diff?
Mon: May 14, 2007
MaryAnne said: CraftTeaLady- I saw the commercial which grabbed my interest and ordered free samples. Unfortunately I made the mistake of not looking at the nutrition first. This really isn't a "nutritional" bar. I think the average shopper would see the name "Soyjoy" and their claim as a healthy snack and think they were buying something healthy.
Mon: May 14, 2007
nette said: i did like them!! they taste like fruitcake. to each his own! though i know many who disliked it. i did like the berry & raisin almond. mango coconut was a bit weird tastewise. the texture is... differently nice. not the typical chewy overly sweet granola bar
Tue: May 15, 2007
Anonymous said: i live in tokyo and there are many more flavors here and i love them, especially the chocolate which has unsweetened choco chunks and orange pieces in it.
Fri: May 18, 2007
Pinch me in so Many Places said: The Apple bars are good and also mango and coconut is good crumbled on low-fat vanilla ice-cream. The apple one is good dipped in peanut-butter.
Fri: May 18, 2007
thestarhopper said: I agree with Pinch me and nette. After reading so much bad press about these bars I didn't expect to like them as much as I did. I got the free sample and now I'm planning to actually PURCHASE these babies!
Fri: May 18, 2007
thestarhopper said: I agree with Pinch me and nette. After reading so much bad press about these bars I didn't expect to like them as much as I did. I got the free sample and now I'm planning to actually PURCHASE these babies!
Wed: May 23, 2007
Anonymous said: i just got my free samples and i loved the apple. i wasnt too happy that butter is the 3rd ingredient and sugar is the 4th when i thought this was supposed to be super healthy and natural, etc. also it has parmesan cheese? how bizarre is that. i've yet to find a granola bar/snack bar that isnt just a glorified candy bar. even the fiber one bars let me down with nutritionals.
Thu: May 24, 2007
Anonymous said: i just posted about the apple...i guess it was good i tried that one first bc the other ones were absolutely disgusting,...now i understand everyones complaints, i couldnt even swallow the raisin one
Mon: May 28, 2007
Anonymous said: I've tried all 3 flavors and they don't taste good at ALL. The mango/coconut tastes burnt. The apple is the best of them all.
Fri: June 1, 2007
Joy said: I agree, They look like they taste bad. They look burnt. I sent in for a free sample, they were to be here in four to six weeks, but its a month later of that time period.
Fri: June 22, 2007
Anonymous said: These things taste like crap, the rasin one made me sick its all burnt and little, absolutely horrible |
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SoyJoy Bars - sigh ... I have a hard time when I get sent a product to review and I don't like it. I have to be truthful in the review, but I really do feel bad, horrible even. And that's the case with SoyJoy bars. Usually I try to find at least one positive thing to say, so here it is, SoyJoy bars are gluten free and all natural.
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AnnH said:
I am in total agreement with Tanya about these bars. I tries the Raisin Almond and the Mango Coconut and could not take more than one bite of each. The tast and texture reminded me of when I was a kid and would eat pay dough...ughhh cringe! I would definitely not reccommend anyone to waste their money on these bars. Instead try a sure bet like a Luna Bar!