Cereal bars; more like CON BARS! (Cereal Bars in General)

Member Name: justathought

Product:	Cereal Bars in General
Date:	20/08/09 (8 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: can be tasty, no preparation time required, mess free

Disadvantages: expensive, sugar filled, not very nutritious

As it has been drummed into me from a young age that breakfast is good for you and has to be eaten, I'm in the habit of it. This ususally takes the form of a bowl of cereal but when I'm in a hurry and don't have time, I sometimes opt for a cereal bar.

Some of the cereal bars I've tried are:

Tracker bars; these are quite delicious, sweet and gooey in my opinion. My favourite is the roasted nut one (26g, 131 kcal, about 50p) but chocolate one is okay too

Nutri Grain bars - I've really gone off these as I think they're sickly sweet and the texture is too cardboard-y. Bleh.

Natural bars; these bars are quite tasty, though a bit bland, but I like them because they're not overloaded with sugar, and have more expensive ingredients in them, like macadamia nuts and blueberries, but that doesn't really account for their ridiculous price (about 70p each, in boots)

Fruit and fibre bars and alpen bars are also quite sweet, crunchy, textured and delicious.

Overall, cereal bars are generally overpriced and don't fill you up much, but are fine as a snack. They generally contain too much sugar and calories too. I personally think it's worth it to spend a bit of extra time on a healthy breakfast that will keep you going for longer most of the time.

Summary: okay occasionally