QUEST BARS

IKnightowl said:
Is it me or did Quest bars taste and color change. I have bought boxes from different stores in my city and onine and continue to get the same thing so this can't be just a bad batch.

First the color is a little whiter on all bars especially CCCD and Banana and it has a grittier taste to it that it never had before.

I used to love them which is why I continued to try boxes from different retailers but I may have to switch brands if this continues

Anyone else notice this?
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Theyre different bar to bar usually... when you mix ingredients some will come out different shades. I wouldnt even think twice about it.
 
Good alternative to quest is chef Irvine bars, or OH Yeah

For me quest wise

CCCD
CnC
S'mores
DCC
Apple pie
Chocolate brownie
PB and J

Too flavors in that order
 
The Solution said:
Good alternative to quest is chef Irvine bars, or OH Yeah

For me quest wise

CCCD
CnC
S'mores
DCC
Apple pie
Chocolate brownie
PB and J

Too flavors in that order
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My list is fairly close to that but would insert the white chocolate raspberry in the top 5.

I know you don't like mint, but if you get one with a lot of cookie chunks, easily top 3.
 
can't believe you guys have never checked out the clearance/closeout section at krogers....i have found some ridiculous deals.

krogers doesn't just mark a few cents off...everything on the clearance/closeout section is at least 50% off.....
 
thebigt said:
can't believe you guys have never checked out the clearance/closeout section at krogers....i have found some ridiculous deals.

krogers doesn't just mark a few cents off...everything on the clearance/closeout section is at least 50% off.....
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they move mine regularly ha. If I forget to look for it its easy to not see/lose track of
 
thebigt said:
can't believe you guys have never checked out the clearance/closeout section at krogers....i have found some ridiculous deals.

krogers doesn't just mark a few cents off...everything on the clearance/closeout section is at least 50% off.....
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We don't have krogers here :(
 
We have BJs and a Sams Club. I assume krogers is the same type of store?
 
Kroger is like a generic grocery store, nothing as large as Sams Club which is more of a bulk supplier
Think a giant eagle, Wegmans, Winn Dixie along those lines.
 
It's like Albertsons, do you have one of those? Just Kroger is pricier than them...hate Kroger, but might stop in to see if they have quest...
 
They always have protein bars on sale at the grocery outlet. 50 cents each.
 
schizm said:
It's like Albertsons, do you have one of those? Just Kroger is pricier than them...hate Kroger, but might stop in to see if they have quest...
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I hate both those stores. I worked in the grocery business for too long.
 
I got into quest bars quite a lot before, but I found that the same texture between the bars being too similar bored me eventually. I still love the smores flavour though. Lately I been turning them into cookies and using it as a base for crumbles and other bars i make to change it up.

AntM1564 said:
make ice cream sandwiches out of them
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That is such a naughty idea. Bad. I like it :)
 
schizm said:
Lol, both too pricey for me...I prefer Aldi's...though they don't have a very good meat selection
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It's because they're Union stores. I go to Winco because it's not union and half the price.
 
Yep, Krogers is a southern thing. In central IL we had Hy-Vee.

I enjoy Kroger.

And Aldi can be a great option for some things (especially fruits and veggies interestingly enough).
 
Aldi is king for fruits and veggies. Meats I just go wherever has a sale or Walmart if none. Can't beat 1.99 chicken breast
 
booneman77 said:
Aldi is king for fruits and veggies. Meats I just go wherever has a sale or Walmart if none. Can't beat 1.99 chicken breast
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Sometimes smart and final has chicken breast for 99 cents a pound.
 
No doubt.

I just grabbed 10 pounds from Wal-Mart just the other day and baked if all up this weekend.
 
There an Aldi, price chopper, price rite, wegmans, trader joes and 2 other chains here.

Wegmans > every supermarket in America

As for the Quest lawsuit, I haven't seen much movement in the past year, in wonder if they're actually planning to bring the suit? Quest would have to be pretty dumb to mislabele nutrition facts for a number of legal reasons.
 
My list from Aldi's, always - Oatmeal, rice cakes, sweet potatoes, the big tubs of fat free plain greek yogurt, sweet potatoes, other produce, wraps
 
jamesm11 said:
There an Aldi, price chopper, price rite, wegmans, trader joes and 2 other chains here.

Wegmans > every supermarket in America

Agree in regards to Wegman's..love that store..

In my area there are several stores like Wegman's, Wal-mart, Kroger's, Aldi's, Martin's(Giant) and Food Lion. Did I cover them all? LOL!!!!
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i love krogers...when they discontinued the gaspari linepu i got 12 jugs of size on for $21.39 each....exp date is 08/16 and i still have 3 left....got a bunch of gaspari protein too and some superpump all at less than half price!!!

krogers runs sales, and usually it is significant savings, walmart does not, even walmarts clearance section is only cents off-i don't even bother!!!

my mother always told me...it's not how much money you have-it's how you spend it!!!
 
I need to start making these. Even at $2, they're sorta expensive. You can buy the liquid soluble fiber and whey, so shouldn't be too hard. There's some recipes online already
 
On another note: I was very disappointed by mint chocolate chip, and cookies dough still remains my favorite. Too bad it's 190kcal and not 160kcal like strawberry. Not that it matters lol
 
Mint Chocolate Chip tasted like sweet cream to me... no mint whatsoever. Was extremely disappointed. I thought the Chocolate Mint B-Up Bar was much better from a mint perspective
 
schizm said:
For their Combat protein though...didn't the bars come out after all that...or were those included with the label claim issue?
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I don't know if the bars were ever tested, but once a company is shady and cuts corners, it loses me as a customer. Even if their new line does meet label claims or if the company claims that there isn't any spiking. Remember, a company can claim there is no spiking, but one does not know until said protein is tested.
 
AntM1564 said:
I don't know if the bars were ever tested, but once a company is shady and cuts corners, it loses me as a customer. Even if their new line does meet label claims or if the company claims that there isn't any spiking. Remember, a company can claim there is no spiking, but one does not know until said protein is tested.
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testing is very subjective, almost every company that has been around for awhile will at one time or another put out a bad batch, i worked on a production line for many, many years and know that bad batches of just about anything can get through even with stringent quality control testing....if you followed that principle of never using a company's product based on a test of one product your options would be very limited, imo....

ever hear of recall?

intentionally spiking is another thing, has this been proved or just alledged?
 
hewhoisripped said:
I need to start making these. Even at $2, they're sorta expensive. You can buy the liquid soluble fiber and whey, so shouldn't be too hard. There's some recipes online already
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I haven't done all the math, but using the cheaper VitaFiber knock off on Amazon, just that at 55g per bar, comes out to $1.40. Then figure the protein cost. GNC with Gold Card is about ~$2 a bar. I'm kind of bummed, but check my math.
 
AntM1564 said:
Good deal. I'm not much of a cookies and cream fan, but they nailed that flavor. S'mores is average at best. If you really want to enjoy them, throw them in the microwave for 8-13 seconds or bakes them at 325 for 5 minutes.
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I second this. Microwave your desert flavored quest bars, add them to ben and jerrys... eat guilt free!
 
thebigt said:
testing is very subjective, almost every company that has been around for awhile will at one time or another put out a bad batch, i worked on a production line for many, many years and know that bad batches of just about anything can get through even with stringent quality control testing....if you followed that principle of never using a company's product based on a test of one product your options would be very limited, imo....

ever hear of recall?

intentionally spiking is another thing, has this been proved or just alledged?
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I would say by listing Taurine and Glycine on the label and then claiming the product has 23g or whatever protein is intentional. If T/G were listed on the label, but the label says 16g of protein, then I would say it is not intentional.
 
schizm said:
For their Combat protein though...didn't the bars come out after all that...or were those included with the label claim issue?
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I was referring to the Quest bars, i know the protein powder was spiked and was shown liable to glycine/taurine filling.
Not sure about the bars. But i honestly would not support MP, after meeting their owner (Casey) at the arnold a few years ago. It kind of turned me off about MP and how he acted/treated some of his own reps and consumers.
 
The_Old_Guy said:
I haven't done all the math, but using the cheaper VitaFiber knock off on Amazon, just that at 55g per bar, comes out to $1.40. Then figure the protein cost. GNC with Gold Card is about ~$2 a bar. I'm kind of bummed, but check my math.
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You don't use 55g of fiber syrup per bar if you're going for Quest-like. VitaFiber is ~91% fiber by weight and the cheaper IMO syrup is ~75%; Quest bars clock in around 17g of fiber per bar and a little of that comes from other ingredients like almonds -- that puts a generous estimate at 20-25g of IMO syrup per Quest-equivalent bar. Then you factor in a little less than a scoop of protein... end cost ends up being in the $1.00-$1.20 range per basic homemade bar.

In my opinion (IMO! ha!), it isn't worth making your own bars for cost savings. Just keep an eye out for deals, as you can routinely find 12/$20 and often find 12/$18 or less if you're patient. An extra $0.20-$0.50 per bar is worth the convenience factor in my mind.

What IS fun, however, is experimenting with different flavors and variations; I made an 'apple pie' bar using chopped dried apple, walnuts and pumpkin spice protein powder that blew Quest's version of flavor (which I actually quite like as well) out of the water. But it's much more of an enthusiast thing than a cost saving thing.
 
AntM1564 said:
I would say by listing Taurine and Glycine on the label and then claiming the product has 23g or whatever protein is intentional. If T/G were listed on the label, but the label says 16g of protein, then I would say it is not intentional.
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That ^^^

The Solution said:
I was referring to the Quest bars, i know the protein powder was spiked and was shown liable to glycine/taurine filling.
Not sure about the bars. But i honestly would not support MP, after meeting their owner (Casey) at the arnold a few years ago. It kind of turned me off about MP and how he acted/treated some of his own reps and consumers.
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