Company: Balance Bar, Valhalla, N.Y.
Website: www.balance.com
Introduced: March
Distribution: National
Suggested Retail: $1.49 for a 1.76-oz. bar
Product Snapshot: Balance Bar introduced Café, a new line of café-inspired flavors. For instance, the Chocolate Almond Biscotti kind consists of a crunchy protein core that’s drizzled with chocolate and topped with almonds. The Cinnamon Bun option is an indulgent combination of crunchy protein crisps with a cinnamon topping. Both varieties are all-natural, contain 14 g. of protein and 23 vitamins and minerals and are an excellent source of antioxidants and vitamin D.
Ingredients (Cinnamon Bun): Soy protein nuggets (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, salt), protein blend (soy protein isolate, calcium caseinate, whey protein isolate, casein), glucose syrup, fructose, sugar, fractionated palm kernel, oil, non-fat milk, invert sugar, water, high-oleic sunflower oil. Contains less than 2% of the following: soy lecithin, cinnamon, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), oat fiber, natural flavor, maltodextrin, oligofructose, oats, non-fat yogurt powder [cultured non-fat milk], soybean and palm oil, whole wheat graham flour, salt, dextrose, whey protein concentrate, caramel added for color, glycerine, heavy cream (cream, milk, cellulose gel, milk solids, carrageenan, cellulose gum), butter (cream, salt, annatto added for color), sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate, carrageenan.