Review: Atkins Day Break Cherry Pecan Bars by Amy Dungan

One of the biggest lamentations I hear about low-carb living is the lack of convenience foods. If you have a job or schedule that requires you to constantly be on the go, it can be a challenge. You can pre-cook a lot of food and keep it in a cooler nearby, but that doesn’t always work out either. For those that don’t mind a little “frankenfood” now and then, you do have the options of products like Atkins Day Break Cherry Pecan Bars.

Atkins Day Break Cherry Pecan Bars…Better Tasting but…

Atkins Day Break Cherry Pecan Bars are one of the better-tasting low-carb bars available. It’s not over-sweet, has a nice hint of cherry, and it’s chewy like the granola bars I ate way back when. I could also taste the pecan, thanks to nice-sized chunks mixed in with the granola. It seems to do a nice job of taming the sweet craving and giving you that enjoyable, clean fruit taste at the same time.

I have to talk a moment about the ingredient list. It’s long. It also contains a few ingredients I’d be happier to avoid, such as vegetable oils, soy and maltitol. If you prefer to keep the carb counts a little more to the wire, and you count the sugar alcohols, your net carbs are 11 grams. If sugar alcohols don’t bother you, and you are comfortable deducting them, your net carbs will be a more comfortable 6 net grams.

Atkins Day Break Cherry Pecan Bars Nutritional Facts

• Servings Per Container 5 Bars
• Serving Size 1 Bar (35g)
• Calories 160
• Calories from Fat 100
• Total Fat 11g
• Saturated Fat 1.5g
• Sodium 110mg
• Total Carbohydrates 15g*
• Fiber 4g*
• Sugars 3g
• Sugar Alcohols 5g*
• Glycerin 0g*
• Protein 5g

Ingredients: Pecan and cherry blend (roasted pecans, pecans, vegetable oil {peanut, cottonseed, soybean, and/or sunflower oils}, dried cherries {bing cherries, sunflower oil}, nut blend {almonds, roasted cashews}, matitol syrup, roasted soybeans, polydextrose, soy protein isolate, maltitol, rice flour sunflower oil {with mixed tocopherols to preserve freshness}, natural flavor, salt, barley malt extract, water, soy lecithin, citric acid, sucraolse, sodium acid sulfate, TBHQ (to preserve freshness), acesulfame potassium.

Allergy Information: Contains pecans, almonds, cashews, and soy. This product is manufactured in a facility that uses, peanuts, tree nuts, eggs, wheat, and sesame seeds.

*Net Impact Carb = 6 grams per serving.

I give Atkins Day Break Cherry Pecan Bars 3 stars. I’m not thrilled about the ingredients, but it tastes good and should work in a pinch if you need something on the go. Just keep in mind this is a once-in-a-while kind of food.

Disclosure: I was provided this product free of charge in order to review it. It in no way affected my opinion of the product.

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