Fruit Bowl School Bars

I have lately been trying to eat more healthily so I'm trying to swap some of my fatty and sugary sweets for more healthy ones. I came across these Fruit Bowl School Bars in Tesco's, they were in the kids snack section but I thought that I'd give them a try anyway because they looked nice and I liked their fruit flakes, I used to eat them a lot. The Fruit Bowl company is one of the many companies out there who has realised people are trying to be more healthy and is trying to make a bit of money out of it, that's fine by me as long as they make good healthy food. Basically what they are is fruit puree, fruit juice and dried fruit which has been all squashed ...

I am on a health kick at the moment and decided to buy some healthy snacks for lunch time instead of eating a pie or half a packet of chocolate biscuits. Tesco have an abundance of healthy snack foods so I took ages browsing and then decided to try the School Bars. They come in five flavours strawberry, blackcurrant, apple, pear, and apricot and for five 20grm bars for 79p I thought it was quite a bargain so I bought the strawberry and black currant ones to try. They are made from fruit puree, dried fruit and fruit juice concentrated down into chewy bars. The pack claims that each 20grm bar contains more than five times its weight ...

These are available at most supermarkets and a box of 5 usually costs in the region of £0.64 to £0.99. It depends on the shop and the flavour you are buying. A box contains 100g so 20g per bar. Each bar is individually wrapped. They are very well wrapped and can be a struggle to open especially if you have weak hands. I bought the apple and pear variety, nice but unusual looking product, like a green eraser but with an apple aroma. May not be to everyones taste but it says on the pack they are healthy. They are quite sweet but the pack says no added sugar. Their website (www.fruit-bowl.com) says that all varieties have the same nutritional content this per ...