SOYJOY - Soy Snack Bars with Dried Fruit Review

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alicat8
Ann Arbor, MI

Soyjoy is one free sample that even I won't touch!

a casual cook, frequent snacker, a healthy cook

Pros

small, gluten-free

Cons

aweful texture, disgusting, Bars are a bit dry

SEP

2008

SOYJOY - Soy Snack Bars with Dried Fruit —

I work at a natural health food store, we carry a lot of gluten free snacks. We put out samples of snacks, both gluten free and gluten full. I have nothing against gluten free foods, in fact I really like most of them. When SoyJoy bars first came out my neighbors came into the store to request them and we soon were carrying them. They were flying out the door which made me think that they must be good so I didn't try them for a long time. A couple of months ago the grocery manager gave me some to put out for samples and so I had to try them. I love samples and working around food all day I'm always hungry too. So what did I think? Yuck is an understatement!

The taste was funny, not Ha Ha funny but more like odd funny. It was supposed to taste like fruit but I wasn't getting that flavor from what I was chewing on. Upon reading the list of ingredients I found that the one I had just tried had Parmesan cheese as an ingredient? These were not cheese flavored they were fruit flavored, why would you add cheese to them? I'm not a fan of the flavor.

Now on to texture, big surprise, not good! It was like cardboard, hard but not crunchy. The edges were sharp. The bars themselves are very small, so I guess that's a pro.

The strangest thing to me was the Parmesan cheese. These are marketed to people with gluten sensitivity, well a lot of people that can't handle gluten have other food sensitivities ya know, to things like dairy.

The packaging is great, they look nice in the store, but I won't be spending my hard earned money on them. If you are gluten free and need snacks that actually taste good I have a big long list of things for you.

SOYJOY - Soy Snack Bars with Dried Fruit is not recommended by alicat8

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Comments about alicat8’s Review

I've tried most of the flavors and I liked them. I didn't know about the Parmesan Cheese, I didn't read the ingredients. I have to agee with ya about the non-fruit flavor. I've never eaten a lot of soy products, I'm just now starting to add them into my food groups. Good review!