SOYJOY - Soy Snack Bars with Dried Fruit Reviews

SOYJOY sounded like a good idea. They are snack bars made of soy and dried fruit. I like most snack bars, and I'm fine with soy. I thought I'd probably like SOYJOY bars.

If you want to know what SOYJOY bars taste like, step on a Fig Newton. These taste like compressed Fig Newtons. It's more the bread taste, because the fruit is really skimpy. There's some fruit in there (4 flavors - berry, mango/coconut, raisin/almond, apple). The fruit taste gets lost in the thick soy batter.

You will not suffer long. These SOYJOY bars are a little bigger than a clothes pin. I took a photo, so readers could see...

I tried the apple Soy Joy bar when I was on Weight Watchers and looking for a low-points snack on the go. Nasty.

They are dry, stick to the inside of your mouth, and are hard to swallow. I needed to swish water around in my mouth to get it out of all the nooks and crannies. They are not bland, though. They smell and taste like corrugated cardboard. There are apple flecks, but no apple taste.

I was very disappointed with the Soy Joy bar. It was less expensive than the other bars, but it was also smaller. I would not suggest trying these.

SOYJOY bars are an all natural snackbar imported from Japan. The ingredient list is simple. The raisin almond flavor contains such ingredients as whole soybean powder, butter, almonds, sugar, cheese, frozen eggs, maltodextrin and dried fruits. No hydrogenated oils are used.

I do like that the ingredients are simple and do not take up an enormous amount of space.  For those individuals who should not have products made with gluten, they are gluten free.

On the not so great side... SOYJOY bars are dry and quite small.

I was always seeing the commercials for SoyJoy on TV and thought that it looked like a product I wanted to try.  I'm pretty health-conscious, and am always on the lookout for healthy snacks that didn't take the joy out of snacking.  I was at my friendly neighborhood Walgreen's and saw that SoyJoy was on sale 2 for $1.  I purchased two bars and went on my way.  I soon found out the real reason why they were on sale ...

SoyJoy is no joy at all.  They are packaged attractively - wrapped in foil with bright colors - but once you open the package, the attraction ends.  The bar is small and rectangular...

I was so excited to try this new bar i heard about called Soy Joy.  I love soy products in general & am always searching for a new healthy bar with real ingredients!  Unfortunately, in my opinion, this bar failed the taste test!  As i mentioned, i love soy & eat/drink products containing soy regularly, but the bar i tried had a very unpleasant aftertaste, almost as if the soy was rancid.  I do admit, however that the bar did have a decent ingredient list & seemed to contain real ingredients like nuts, dates, berries etc, in addition to soy protien. 

My other complaint is about the texture...

I love all the Soy Joy Bars! They are a little smaller then granola bars. They are dense bars and have friut and or nuts depending on the flavor you pick. They taste natural and are not overly sweet. They are make with soy and lower in calories and so they are healthier. My husband and I often take them with us when we are out and about. They make a great mid morning or mid afternoon snack. It keeps us on track with our dieting and if we have the bars with us we are less likely to get fast food when we begin to get hungry. I really like the apple walnut and the mango the best.I have purchase...

While I can't complain about anything free, I must say that I will never go out an purchase a SoyJoy bar. It was anything but joyful.

The ingredients list looked normal enough - all stuff I could recognize, like soybean powder, berries and red bean paste.

The bar itself did look like the product pictured on the package - a square log resembling a cookie in texture.

The taste, however, was abhorrent. The flavor was somewhat like a bad health food bar (with distinct raisin overtones) and the texture ranged from woody to gritty. My husband took...