When I'm getting a bit peckish around 11 in the morning I was often found raiding the biscuit tin and for not much of a snack was probably eating 200-300 calories. Not really what you want. I have started to move over to the more substantial cereal bars and have after trying many that were on offer I have now tried one of Alpen's lighter bars. These were on sale in my local Tesco express in a box of 5 for £1.72 so they are not the cheapest on the market but I am a firm believer in 'you pay for what you get' which is true most of the time. Inside the box there are 5 individual wrapped bars each of 21g The appearance/smell On opening the ...  Read the complete review

I sometimes have a cereal bar for breakfast because I'm in a rush in the mornings and like an extra few minutes in bed instead of having to do cereal so these are handy to grab and eat on the run. These Alpen Light bars are all wicked but my fave is the Summer Fruits one because they are lovely and sweet and taste nice because of the mixture of fruit in them. There are apple, cranberrys, raspberries and strawberry in the bar and these are all mixed in with a mixture of wheat, oats and rice. The strongest taste I think is the raspberries and even thought the bar is proper sweet they give it a bit of a sour taste that goes nice with the sweet ...  Read the complete review

I have eaten lots of cereal bars but a firm favourite is a fairly new range, Alpen Light. I enjoy all their different cereal bars and often treat myself as they are incredibly low in calories and fat yet the flavours are interesting and enjoyable. This Summer Fruits bar is absolutely delicious at any time of the day; for breakfast when I can't face much else, a mid-morning snack when peckish or for a quick suppertime snack to fill the hole. Upon opening the wrapper you'll come across your one and only disappointment, the bar is much smaller than the packet makes it appear. Perhaps they have done this to prevent breakage to the bar, although cynically I feel ...  Read the complete review

I have tried out the Alpen Light Chocolate & Orange Cereal Bars, and I am now working my way through the Alpen Summer Fruits Flavour Bars. They are currently £1.65 for a box of 5 bars. Outer Packaging: The recyclable card box is bright and colourful with light blue and red colours to provide a Summer feel. The box contains 5 bars. The Bar Wrapper: The bars are present in a foil wrap that is perforated and easy to tear. The wrapper is fairly large (15 cm) and the weight per bar is 21 g. The Alpen Light branding is distinctive on the wrapper, as is the statement that each bar contains less than 70 calories. The Bar Itself: The bar ...  Read the complete review

Ive been trying to eat less chocolate recently. With all this time im devoting to clicking and reviews im sitting down a LOT and always find myself snacking. On chocolate mostly. So I decided to get some healthier options to eat. There are loads of snack bars on offer but I decided to go with this one as it said it was only 70 calories and because it was alpen who make nice museli. I thought summer fruits would be a nice flavour just to remind me of the summer we never had. The box was 1.87 in tesco. There are 6 bars in the box which is light blue with a picture of the bar and an apple segment, a strawberry, a raspberry and two cranberries to show ...  Read the complete review