Bear Valley Pemmican Bar
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This concentrated natural food bar with all eight essential amino acids for complete protein offers fast energy.
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| Best Use | Multisport |
|---|---|
| Servings per Container | 1 |
| Serving Size | 1 bar |
| Calories per Serving | 400 - 440 |
| Total Fat | 12 grams |
| Saturated Fat | 2 grams |
| Trans Fat | 0 grams |
| Cholesterol | 0 grams |
| Sodium | 80 - 90 milligrams |
| Carbohydrates | 56 - 68 grams |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 - 10 grams |
| Total Sugars | 24 - 28 grams |
| Protein | 16 grams |
| Potassium | 650 - 720 milligrams |
| Best Consumed | Before Activity |
| Net Weight | 3.75 ounces |
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Try this
I have not yet found this item in the REI stores, only by net ordering. Frequently I will buy food items to try out before purchasing for a trip. This is one of those buys. This bar is soft, not too sweet, and goes down easily. I tried the fruit and nut which was ok, and the carob-cocoa, which I liked, and will buy again. I often will buy items in quantity, for earthquake preparedness, and future hikes. I bought these in January of '09, and was very disappointed to see that they both would expire 2 months later, in March '09! I am now placing an order for a hike I will be on in June, but with the flimsy packaging obviously being the cause of the short storage duration, these will only be bought for immediate use. Try them, these are good tasting, I think you'll like them.
Close to a perfect food
I've used these food bars for years as a major part of eating right on long distance hikes on the PCT and CDT. For the first two weeks of hiking I would eat two a day, and after two weeks three to four a day. Every time I purchase more than 100 (450 in '05) one of the "Mealpack Ladies" gave me a call to make sure I got my order. I got the sense this is a small company (Albany, CA, next to Berkeley) that hadn't sold out to corporate interests like the other food bar manufacturers. The bars are nutritious, tasty, and chewy. Unlike powerbars and their ilk, they actually taste and feel like food. I took to many with me on my 05 two months section hike of the PCT and put the bars I didn't eat in the "free food hiker boxes" at resupply points. Most people liked them, but not all...
Good stuff
I haven't eaten one of these bars in a while. They are tasty, fill you up, and have a good ratio of protein to carbs for endurance activities. I agree with the other reviewers that these can be bricks-in-the-stomach if you don't eat them with plenty of fluids. I mostly want to comment on the expiration date, I wouldn't worry about it so much. The first time I ever ate one of these bars, I found about a half dozen of them in a hiker box at a hostel on the AT. They were over half a year past the expiration date, but I ate them anyway and they tasted great. Personally I think expiration dates on dry goods are more of a bureaucratic/legal formality than an actual safety measure. An expiration date simply states "We guarantee this product will be totally fresh until [such and such date]. After that, you're on your own." I recommend the thru-hiker test: Inspect the package for tears and leaks. If it appears well sealed, open it. Inspect the food for mold or insect damage. Smell it. If it smells good and looks good, lick it. If it tastes o.k, for goodness sake eat it! There's a whole lot of people on this planet who would be ecstatic to eat a six month old Pemmican bar.
Goes a long way
I saw this bar in store and decided to try it out on a 2 day backpacking trip on the Black Mountain Crest trail, NC. I did't taste all that great, but I packed it for the calories/weight, and I think I did a fine job. Pretty good nutrition, and it was surprisingly filling. This food brick ended up lasting me both days, and I was clad to have a chunk left for breakfast before the hike out. Don't think I would get it for the taste, but It was a good choice for a pack-weight conscious short trip. I will have to try more "food bars" like this again.
I buy this bar for every backpack trip,&
I use these bars for backpacking every breakfast to get me going fast. I can eat a bar in less time others can get their water to boil for cereal or whatever. And it is more nutritious than most. My bag of GORP & M&M's for the trail give me all the calories I need. The only commercially available bar the replaces a meal.
Disappointingly Tastless
I saw this I the store and was excited, seeing as it looks like an energy bar masquerading as a brownie. I was prompt disappointed since it had no cocoa flavor at all but tasted like nut and a faintly of raisin, even thought it was the cocoa carob flavor. Don't get me wrong I like nuts, and raisins (Think Cadbury Fruit and Nut bar), but that is all it tasted like. Filling, and calorie packed for the weight like the other reviewers mentioned. But if it looks like a brownie, and has the consistency of a brownie, it should taste at least somewhat like a brownie.
Best for the Money
These Bars are filling and tasty, and not packed or coated with expletive-deleted this particular variety is like Fruit Cake! Not the kind you regift but the kind you keep to savor with coffee or for a snack after a meal. They're comparatively very inexpensive and a "Complete Protein" (it says so right on the label!) whatever that means. So to fill you up with Energy to get through that grueling day of Bicycling (what I use them for) try all three varieties! Compact, Tasty, Cheap, Filling and packed with Power
These are good... really!
These are great to keep in the car, or your pack. Living in Florida, these do well when they are heated up (from sitting on my front seat in the car), brownie-ish. I keep several with me so that if I am running late at work I can eat one of these and not skip a meal. I would recommend drinking plenty of water with these and ladies, the protein may cause a little stomach bloat / gas!
Great food base
I love to use these as one of my "base foods" = I eat one a day on the trail as a meal while on the go. The taste is great and they have a long term filling feeling. Just drink at least 8 oz water otherwise they sit heavy in the gut. They taste great. They do expire after a short time for which I only gave 4 stars. Good calorie /weight ratio (1/2 serving per bar?, ya sure).
Good for breakfast on the trail or a healthy snack
These Pemmican Bars are great to carry for breakfast or a healthy snack on the trail. I always keep one in my pack when commuting or hiking for the day, several if I'm out for a few days. They are about 400 calories each, taste good and are pretty "durable" when packed. The price is quite reasonable too.