***Updated January 9th, 2021***
As promised when I published the original version of Quest for the Best: Protein Bar, here’s the follow-on comparison of TWENTY-NINE different organic, vegan, grass-fed or otherwise natural protein bars. Like I said in that blog post, these bars don’t necessarily compete in the same market as your run of the mill bro protein bars. I was pleasantly surprised to find some really tasty bars in this category – hopefully you will be too!
I’ve been doing this Quest for the Best series since last October and I think the posts have slowly improved, but this time around, I’ve completely changed up how you can view and compare these products against one another. You’ll notice a lot less text in the rank list and a link to a separate spreadsheet with everything listed together. I also decided to add a little pie chart to more easily compare the macro ratios of each product, which I think is especially helpful with these bars since many of them are different sizes. I’m hoping to go back and update my old posts with this format as well, so keep an eye out!
Quick rundown of different colors you’ll see below:
- Yellow (on the macro ratio) indicates carb content.
- Blue (on the macro ratio) indicates protein content.
- Green (on the macro ratio) indicates fat content.
***Click the link above or any of the spreadsheet snippets below to view the full spreadsheet.***
2. Square Bar Organic Protein Bar – Chocolate Coated Peanut Butter
3. Vega Sport Protein Bar – Chocolate Peanut Butter
4. D’s Naturals No Cow Bar – Chocolate Fudge Brownie
5. GoMacro MacroBar – Peanut Butter + Chocolate Chip
6. NuGo Slim Protein Bar – Dark Mint Chocolate Chip
7. SimplyProtein Bar – Peanut Butter Chocolate
8. Evolve Plant-Based Protein Bar – Peanut Butter and Jelly
9. Enjoy Life Chocolate Protein Bites – Dark Raspberry
10. thinkThin Plant Based High Protein Bar – Sea Salt Chocolate Almond
11. Tone It Up Plant Based Protein Bites – Peanut Butter Cookie
12. Aloha Protein Bar – Chocolate Fudge Brownie
13. Clif Bar Nut Butter Filled Bar – Chocolate Hazelnut Butter
15. One Plant Protein Bar – Chocolate Peanut Butter
16. Real Food Bar – Chocolate Sea Salt
Image coming soon!
17. RxBar – Chocolate Sea Salt
19. Ancient Nutrition Bone Broth Protein Bar – Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip
20. Garden of Life Organic Sport Protein Bar – Chocolate Fudge
21. Orgain Plant Based Protein Bar – Chocolate Almond Sea Salt
22. Julian Bakery Paleo Protein Bars – Devil’s Food Cake
23. Primal Kitchen – Dark Chocolate Almond
24. OWYN Plant-Based Bar – Dark Chocolate Sea Salt
25. Perfect Bar – Dark Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter with Sea Salt
26. Oatmega Protein Bar – Brownie Crisp
27. Buff Bake Fuelbar + MCT – Peanut Butter Cacao
28. Health Warrior Superfood Protein Bar – Peanut Butter Cacao
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Thank you for doing these posts. I LOVE them. Your comparison chart is amazing and has everything I want to know. The pie charts are also super helpful. I’ve been endeavoring to find a good-tasting, healthy protein bar and it’s so difficult – either they have a horrible protein aftertaste or the macros are bad. Good to know you’ve found some good ones. I love square bars and RX bars too! Keep up these posts. They’re great.
Thanks for the feedback SD!! I’m glad these posts are helpful, I actually really enjoy testing the different products and writing about them. I think the next edition will be protein ice cream! 🙂