OT: chocoholics rejoice! you are saved.

[samintx]

Altho I'm not a fanatic choc fan I am curious if these are really good. AND how many calories in a bar. So many of these "good for you" items are full of calories and sugar.

[Pam]

Their typical Zone bars are better than a candy bar, but one shouldn't eat them all of the time. Or think they're particularly healthy. I couldn't get zoneperfect to load up properly to check the ingredients. I suspect it's like their other bars and loaded with corn derived sweeteners and preservatives.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I was able to get ingredients to load.

Does Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil just have all the light components removed? No high fructose corn syrup but a a lot of straight fructose. The basic calorie breakdown between fats, protein, and carbs is reasonable but over half the carbs are from sugar.

http://zoneperfect.com/products_dark_almond.aspx
Dark Chocolate Almond, Ingredients:
Soy Protein Nuggets (Isolated Soy Protein, Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], Tapioca Starch, Salt), Chocolate Flavored Coating (Sugar, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Cocoa Powder [Processed With Alkali], Soy Lecithin, Vanilla), Corn Syrup, Roasted Almonds (Almonds, Safflower Oil), Soy Protein Isolate, Fructose, Chocolate Powder (Cocoa Powder, Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Vanilla), Chocolate Cookie Pieces (Bleached Wheat Flour, Sugar, Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], Sunflower Oil, Salt, Baking Soda), Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Fructose (Fructose, Water, Corn Maltodextrin, Cocoa [Processed With Alkali], Natural Cocoa, Salt, Carrageenan, Natural Flavors, Tocopherol, Ascorbic Acid), Cocoa (Processed With Alkali), High Oleic Safflower And/or High Oleic Sunflower Oil. Less Than 2% Of The Following: Glycerine, Natural Flavors, Caramel Color And Salt.

Vitamins And Minerals: Calcium Phosphate, Ascorbic Acid, d-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate, Magnesium Oxide, Niacinamide, Zinc Oxide, Calcium Pantothenate, Ferrous Fumarate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin A Palmitate, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Folic Acid, Chromium Chloride, Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Sodium Molybdate And Cyanocobalamin.

CONTAINS SOY, ALMOND, WHEAT AND MILK INGREDIENTS. MANUFACTURED IN A FACILITY THAT PROCESSES PEANUTS, OTHER TREE NUTS AND EGGS.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

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Hmm, some people think Palm Oil is not a green product.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-o...5741.story