Kashi Soft-Baked Squares

Company: Kashi Co., La Jolla, Calif.

Introduced: June

Distribution: National

Suggested Retail: $3.79 for a five-count box of 1.4-oz. individually wrapped squares

Product Snapshot: Available in two varieties, Kashi Soft-Baked Squares combine unexpected ingredients such as sweet potatoes and beans with Kashi’s signature blend of seven whole grains. Cocoa, chocolate chunks and agave give Kashi Chocolate Soft-Baked Squares a touch of natural sweetness. Made with sweet potatoes and black beans, each square has 4 g. of fiber and 10 g. of whole grains. Kashi Almond Soft-Baked Squares are topped with crunchy almond slices and made with agave for a hint of natural sweetness. Made with sweet potatoes and garbanzo beans, each square contains 4 g. of fiber and 14 g. of whole grains

Ingredients (Almond): Organic whole wheat flour, organic agave syrup, expeller pressed canola oil, tapioca syrup, sweet potatoes, Kashi seven whole grain flour (whole oats, hard red wheat, rye, brown rice, triticale, barley, buckwheat), ground garbanzo beans, acacia gum, almonds, evaporated cane juice invest syrup, evaporated cane juice crystals, vegetable glycerin, ground almonds, organic molasses, natural flavors, sea salt, potassium bicarbonate, soy lecithin, peanut flour, nonfat milk. Contains wheat, almond soy, peanut and milk ingredients. May contain other tree nuts.

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