Gnu Fiber Bar Review

I love the Hungry Girl website. I have found endless healthy foods options and recipes that are lower-fat/calorie alternatives to some of the less-figure friendly versions from the folks at HG. It was there that I read about Gnu Fiber Bars which contain half of a day’s fiber (12 g) in each bar, are all natural and are only 2 pts. They come in 5 flavors; Cinnamon Raisin, Chocolate Brownie, Peanut Butter, Banana Walnut, and Orange Cranberry. On the Gnu website you can put in your zip code and find out where they are sold in your vicinity. The only place that was listed is the Natural Foods Co-op. I made a special trip to the Co-op specifically for these bars and scrounged around for a while to find. Finally I gave up looking for the elusive Gnu bars and asked someone if they do, indeed, have them. They do not.

There were so many Gnu Lovers leaving positive comments on their website, that I was really eager to try them. You can, of course, order them directly from their website; they even have a “Joy of Fiber Program” where you can select a 15 or 30 bar/month program where they are automatically mailed to you. They also offer a Flavor Sampler where you get one of each flavor (5) for $9.99 and the shipping is included; this is the option I chose. They came within a few days and the company was a pleasure to order from and deal with. I’ve since tried all 5 varieties and this is what I think:

Orange Cranberry: You can definitely taste the “all natural” in all of these bars. They were filling, of course, with 12 grams of fiber but I actually found this flavor a little bit bitter. They use fruit juice to sweeten all of their bars but, in my opinion, they could use a bit more in this one.



Peanut Butter: These are nice and chewy. They have a very mild peanut butter flavor.



Banana Walnut: Again, the flavors are very subtle. I didn’t notice any walnuts or walnut flavor at all. I thought that this one was a bit dry.



Chocolate Brownie: These have a strong cocoa flavor to them although it‘s not unpleasant. They look moist but were actually a little on the dry side. They have itty bitty chocolate chips here and there which were tasty. This would surely take care of a chocolate craving.



Cinnamon Raisin: This was the last one I tried and it was also my favorite. Both moist and flavorful, it had just the right amount of cinnamon with a sprinkling of raisins.



I don’t believe I’ll be joining the Gnu Joy of Fiber Club anytime soon. There are a few other natural bars that I’ve been eating for a while that I enjoyed much more than these. At $2/bar, I definitely didn’t feel there was enough bang-for-the-buck. The huge amount of fiber is a great selling point; however I have a pretty healthy diet in general and eat high fiber foods whenever I can so I get enough fiber every day through my normal eating regime.