WOW could they put anymore crap in these bars I tell you Thank you so much for showing us and tasting definitely not something(s) I would buy not one of them....Julianna
I think the Quest cookie was on clearance because they recently reformulated the ingredients again. I was looking at them the other day at the store and the new version ditches the soluble corn fiber in favor of polydextrose. Not sure if it that is better or worse but it is a change. They actually have images on the Quest Nutrition online store that shows both the new and old ingredients with the disclaimer "Due to a minor product update, there is a chance you will receive either of these two products".
I have eaten the Ratio bars before. They are a better choice. I find the Quest products are so loaded with ingredients and many of them just don't taste good. I look at the Atkins products and often wonder how anyone can think the ingredients are good for you! Thank you Steve and Courtney!
Steve, you make me laugh! You also made me laugh when you said you'll probably give them away making me wonder what you really think of those who you'd give them to.
Dr Atkins I keep the Atkins Caramel Chocolate Nut Roll Bars I’m addicted to them. Like a Baby Ruth candy bar AND they are the least expensive of all their products. I just don’t look at the ingredients 😜
I like the Atkins bars that are wafers, similar to kit Kats. I don't care for the quest cookies either but I sometimes take them backpacking so I have variety. My issue with all the quest cookies and bars is the erythritol. It burns my mouth is the best way I can describe it. I would much prefer sucralose if using cheaper sweeteners. Monk fruit would be my preference. There is a bar that tastes very much like kind bars but are sweetened with allulose and monk fruit called Munk Pack Keto friendly bars. The sea salt dark chocolate are my faves. The only drawback is backpacking with them when hot because the chocolate melts. 13 fat, 14 carb (5 fiber, 6 allulose) 5 protein.
It’s not clearance, but I just discovered Wilde chicken crisps at Costco. The large bag there has 7 servings for about $10 while a single serve bag is usually $5.00 to &6.00. I like them.
The Atkins bars are a weakness of mine. I usually love the taste of them. Funny you mentioned Tiger Milk bars - I used to LOVE those as a kid. Sometimes I still want one. Even though. I haven’t had one in 30+ years. 😂
Steve: “Trash…but tasty.” Hahaha. Yep, that about sums it up-there’s usually a reason something like that Atkins bar tastes so good, & I’m definitely not buying those awful ingredients. Thanks for buying & trying them out. 😀
I like the ratio Keto bars. I have a ton of them. I found a fantastic deal a few weeks ago in a local Grocery Outlet. A pack of 8 bars is usually at Ralphs (Kroger) for $11 or $12. Insane. I got a pack of 8 for $3. A whole shelf full and I bought 10 packs. The reason I like them is I can crumble them over things, make my own parfait for example. And the best thing is they do not melt. I have a few in the car and when I am out and about and should happen to be hungry, I can just grab one. No chance I would buy them for $11 or higher though. Atkins I never liked. And everything quest I have ever tried has a weird aftertaste.
Boy you two... not sure what happened with that quest cookie... ( maybe a flavor I have never had) but usually they are pretty good... the chocolate chip & snickerdoodle cookies are worth it in my book- a quick thing to grab on the go when I don't have anything planned ... but to each their own! Atkins does taste good... but like you said garbage ingredients so I pass on em... I haven't seen the keto one that you tasted first ... but it sounds like that is a good thing! Looking forward to the jerky tasting! So... see you next time & thanks for sharing !
I love the Double chocolate chocolate chip quest cookies. They remind me of the Grandma's chocolate chocolate chip cookies that were in the vending machine in school when I was the fat kid. I would ignore the ingredients if I saw them on clearance. But I don't love the other flavors. The regular Chocolate chip is the worst to me.
I always dumpster dive in the clearance rack at Pick 'N Save myself and usually keep an eye out for products that I can eat- but I've never found any to be worth the carbs, calories or contents. Also, sweets are a trigger for me, so a bar a day can easily morph into a box a day. If I want something good, I'll usually just make it myself. Exception is the Aldi chocolate protein shake. It is so vile tasting portion control is no problem. Appreciate the video and your adventurous spirits.
For me, the Atkins Endulge lineup is the only keto sweets that might actually pass as normal treats. The milk chocolate caramel squares are phenomenal, even the non-keto wife loves them. Just avoid looking at the ingredients, though😂.
Perfect timing for this video! I just figured out why my weight has stalled for the month of June. I found these bars at the beginning of June and they tasted good. I had one every few days or so. Bad idea. These so-called keto bars and candy were the culprits. 😡
Thx for trying these for us. I try not to rely on this kind of keto stuff, because it’s ultra processed food, which is likely not any better for humans than high-carb ultra processed foods. But there are times when I need a convenient keto food.
There are only 2 Atkins bars I eat. They are basically the same bar but one is peanut butter and the other is chocolate. I can't remember the name of them but think of a Nutty Bar from Little Debbie. It is peanut butter or chocolate cream in between light cookie layers and the whole thing is dipped in chocolate. The peanut butter one is covered in white chocolate. Each bar has a total carb count of 8 carbs. I am not sure how good the ingredients are but the bar tastes good and has the lowest total carb count I have found for a whole bar. Most bars have 12-25 total carbs. That is too many for a bar, in my opinion. I would rather have the extra carbs by eating vegetables. The bar that has 8 total carbs does fill me up but I find myself still hungry later.
Hi Steve n Courtney! 👋👋🐈 I select my keto acquisitions via a "dumb n simple" ingredient approach. If I have to fall back to my old, worn out, "Morrison and Boyd", or if the list runs down the length of container... its a no-go purchase (best to simply kitchen-up noms oneself). My brief life before keto, as a Vegan, adapted my food choices based on label reading. Vegans LOVE sugar sugar and a bit more sugar. "Tiger's Milk" bar... holy molybdenum, that's a blast from the past! After practice, I would wolf down half a box, chased with several Fresca's.....ugh 🤢 Thanks for this vid, you sunburned kids! A mystery to the disappearing Barbie Pink Lemonade, eh? Will you please keep us up-to-date, in up coming vid, IF you discover the culprit... and what they thought of the stuff? 🤗🤗🐈
The other day I saw a video where you take a Quest bar and cut it into 6 squares and put it in a 350 degree oven /toaster oven for about 10 minutes or so, take out of oven and flatten it into a cookie shape. Let cool and eat. I tried it and actually like it better than the chewy version.
Yeah, I've tried a Quest cookie or two....and had the same reaction - not for me. Some of the Atkins products though, man they nail their bliss point to draw you in and entice you to ignore the ingredients. I'm genuinely curious what the Atkins bars would do to my blood sugar.
Not that I go looking for them but it seems like I'm seeing less "Keto" labeled products these days especially at Costco. If I do happen to see any, I look at the ingredient list. Usually goes right back in the shelf. I don't even know where the clearance section is in my store. I do know where the meat markdowns are though. 😊
I order some of the quest chocolate mint bars as I can’t find them in stores anymore. The ingredients aren’t perfect but as long as you’re not gorging yourself they’re fine.. I drive long haul so most of the food I eat is in cans including sardines, olives and spinach… you can’t freak out over every little thing…if I can stop at a burger king I’ll order six double whoppers and toss the buns and sauces.. it’s not grass fed nor grass finished but it’s good enough and a very nice change from the last 100 cans of sardines… Question is too…
I hope you would take time to do the keto test on over the glucose test on just the Atkins bar. It was the one with the highest carb count, I would love to know if it affects your glucose
I looked up the ingredients on Tiger's Milk bars and the first ingredient is high fructose corn syrup. It's funny what used to be marketed as "health food".
Thanks Steve & Courtney! To beat the 100+ degree heat here on the east coast this weekend, part of my plan is to whip up a few bulk batches of choc zero chip-based nut cluster bites that I can throw in the freezer, so I don’t have to worry about the sketchy pseudo-keto snacks making their way onto our shelves…
@@Indygirl4646 simply google "ket nut clusters"....you'll find a number of recipes that all follow the same general formula: a small bag of SF chips, a bit of nut butter or coconut oil, and chopped nuts. I prefer to use a mix of macadamias, brazil nuts, and pecans, as they're lower in carbs than most others. Enjoy!
I have to guess your cookie was old & stale? our taste buds usually align fairly closely... and I have enjoyed several flavors of quest cookies, and so have my non-keto family. I use quest products in general mostly for "less-worse" treats for movie snacks, Halloween, Easter, stocking stuffers, etc. They won't eat most of the cleaner keto products but will eat quest chips, bars, cookies, pb cups, etc. Not clean enough, and in case of bars not low carb enuff for me, but at movies, or holiday I'll have the other items now & again.
I like the Quest Cinnamon Crunch protein powder. Their chips taste good, but the texture is really strange and it turns to a weird powder in my mouth. And they aren't sturdy enough for dipping.
@@SeriousKeto I’ve never tried the cinnamon crunch protein powder but sounds really good. I agree 100% about the chips. I definitely can’t make nachos with them.
Perhaps you could have drank some Barbie lemonade to rid that Quest cookie taste! Just kidding. Thank you so much for your videos. My husband and I really enjoy them.
@@SeriousKeto Not knowing what to look for was my mistake when I first started low-carb. Still lost weight quickly (48 pounds in 6 months) but missed this important risk factor for inflammation and atherosclerosis. 3 years later, it is time to burn that nasty old fat off again. Life is meant to be lived in cycles!
Yeah, thanks for taking one for the team. Total junk in my opinion. When I first started Keto I bought the Atkins Bars and peanut butter cups. I don’t know which ingredient or combination of ingredients they contain but they did not sit well with my digestive system. Never again. I have tried a couple of the Quest bars and didn’t have a reaction so when desperate I’d pick up a few. The Quest cookies are awful. No thanks. So I 100% agree with you. Thanks to Courtney too. Now if I want something sweet I usually get a Lily’s dark chocolate bar and break off some pieces.
Great to see this ! I just bought a case of Quest Protein Bars on Amazon ( warehouse) for 18 😂. I had bought one once ( 3.99 😮) So I thought I was getting a deal..... I cut them up 8 ways and eat them through out my day( pretending they are chocolate brownie little squares) . I was never ever a bar person but trying to find things for that mindless snack demon😂( I am at my 120 goal weight - just trying to maintain which is actually more difficult than I thought it would be as I felt like I just got out of jail😂- kidding!! I love Keto lifestyle . Thanks again for always having informative, fun videos
I like the Ratio bars. I'm a person who LOVES crunchy foods, so when I need something crunchy these are the safest things I've found so far. Especially to keep in my work bag or pack for a hotel stay/road trip. Although, your granola recipe is like crack in our house so it's hard to keep that on hand. But it definitely solves the crunch cravings. LOL
I’ve tried the coconut flavor Atkins bar and have to say it’s very tasty to me. But…..it’s the ingredients and carbs that keep it from being a regular in my diet. You might as well have any number of candy bars as eat these on a regular basis. Too bad because as I said, I find them quite tasty.
I used to buy Tigers Milk all the time when my kids were little...loved them! I only buy IQ Bars in the blueberry-lemon and chocolate sea salt flavors.
Steve, if you never tried it a favorite thing for me is Ratio Vanilla Yogurt with Ratio Coconut Almond Granola. It's amazing to me. The granola is similar to the hard Ratio bars you got on clearance. The Ratio yogurt is one of my most favorite things on Keto. It's got a lot of fat and tastes great to me.
I have had the Ratio bars and they are ok, the Quest cookies are also alright. I got a few of the Barbie lemonades and didn't look too closely as I thought they were like Zevia and 2/3 cans are still here.
Thanks Steve and Courtney for the video. I've had the Ratio cereal and I wasn't a big fan of that either, so if you see it in the sales bin I recommend walking on by.
@@SeriousKeto that doesn't surprise me. They definitely portrayed it as healthy. LoL. It was even in the "health food" aisle at my grocery store. Gotta look at the ingredients list for sure!
The Ratio bars are "fine", and generally have a box of them from Costco as a sort of backup for when I want something different from my usual fare. They are a little TOO crunchy and dry though. Quest products are all over the place with their ingredients with most of themb unfortunately containing sucralose. The current scientific literature about the effect of sucralose on the gut biome is enough for me to immediately put them back on the shelf. That said, there is no sucralose in their current peanut butter cookie and I find the flavor to be quite good and works great as a "dessert" for me when I want something sweet. If given the choice between the Ratio bars or the Quest PB cookie, it would be the Quest PB cookie by far.
I'm not trying to convince you that Sucralose is a wonderful thing, but the study you reference has been widely refuted due to the INSANE amount of Sucralose the mice were forced to consume daily of the length of study. I extrapolated how much I would need to consume on a daily basis to equal what these mice were given, and it was the equivalent of 84 packets of Splenda. That's PER DAY. Ultimately, though, it's your body and I respect your choice to consume or not consume any given product.
@@SeriousKeto I'm not sure which research study you are referring to, but there is research from a couple of years ago about "low concentration" sucralose effects impacting gut biomes. Granted it has the caveat of being a study on mice, but I would rather err on the side of caution considering how important gut health is and how we still have relatively little knowledge about it. From the research paper: "Although many studies have deeply explored the impact of sucralose on gut microbiome, most studies were close to the concentration of ADI (5 mg/kg BW/day) (16, 17). In this study, we found low concentration sucralose also significantly altered gut microbiome by setting four concentration gradients, and it might involve in the development of diabetes." "FDA defined ADI for sucralose in humans were 5 mg per kg (body weight) (18), 0.3 mg/ml is equal to a mouse with an average body weight of 0.02 kg" "Many previous studies had shown that ADI (0.1 mg/ml) of sucralose significantly altered mice gut microbiome (37, 42). These results were consistent with T4 group in our study, however, the new finding in our research was T1 (0.0003 mg/mL) group, like T4 (0.3 mg/mL), also altered mice gut microbiome." "Overall, our study demonstrated sucralose administration did not change mice body weight, but low dose of sucralose (0.0003 mg/mL) significantly altered mice gut microbiome, including the increases of Tenacibaculum, Ruegeria, Staphylococcus and Allobaculum in genus level in mice jejunum, ileum and colon. The decrease of Lachnoclostridium and Lachnospiraceae in cecum of T4 group mice. Although the sucralose of ADI (0.3 mg/mL) level also altered the gut microbiome in mice, the human daily intake of sucralose is usually lower than this concentration." Source: ORIGINAL RESEARCH article Front. Nutr., 24 February 2022 Sec. Nutrition and Microbes Volume 9 - 2022 | Low Dose of Sucralose Alter Gut Microbiome in Mice www.frontiersinDOTorg/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.848392/full (replace "DOT" with an actual "." to access the URL)
As a follow up I'll also add this limited human trial study as well. With the equivalent consumption of 4 Splenda packets per day in the nonplacebo cohort the researchers observed: "This clinical trial demonstrates, for the first time, that consumption of 48 mg of sucralose every day for ten weeks induces gut dysbiosis by increasing Blautia coccoides and decreasing Lactobacillus acidophilus in healthy non-insulin-resistant young adults. As far as we know, this is one of the first long-term clinical trials showing that sucralose amounts, far lower than the suggested ADI, alter the balance of the gut microbiome, while also being associated with significant elevations in AUCG and serum insulin in response to glucose loads." Source: Microorganisms 2022, 10(2), 434; Published: 14 February 2022 (This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutritional Regulation on Gut Microbiota) Ten-Week Sucralose Consumption Induces Gut Dysbiosis and Altered Glucose and Insulin Levels in Healthy Young Adults www.mdpiDOTcom/2076-2607/10/2/434 (Again, replace "DOT" with an actual ".")
@@SeriousKeto Oh how I wish I wasn't. It's in so many keto products because it's cheaper to include than the other, better options. 😂 I go where the best evidence takes me. If further research is released that convincingly refutes the low concentration results I posted above, I would certainly be open to incorporating it in my diet again.
We have Grocery Outlet here in CA. So I have tried all of these as they sell them for a fraction of the regular price. I like the ratio ones with cream cheese as they are a bit dry otherwise. I don't care for most Quest items, but they ha e a couple I like.
I’ve had some of the Atkins bars before and some of them taste pretty good. Keeps me from eating a candy bar.
I do keep a few Atkins treats on hand to keep me from "real" candy bars.
I just wish the ingredients were a little cleaner, but they cost a fraction of Perfect Keto’s Nola bars.
Thanks for sharing Steve & Courtney!! Nope on all three it is!! Keto on!
WOW could they put anymore crap in these bars I tell you Thank you so much for showing us and tasting definitely not something(s) I would buy not one of them....Julianna
If I weren't doing a "Clearance Keto" series, I would never have bought them. 😉
@@SeriousKeto Oh I know you wouldnt I am just amazed at what they call "healthy" lol
I think the Quest cookie was on clearance because they recently reformulated the ingredients again. I was looking at them the other day at the store and the new version ditches the soluble corn fiber in favor of polydextrose. Not sure if it that is better or worse but it is a change. They actually have images on the Quest Nutrition online store that shows both the new and old ingredients with the disclaimer "Due to a minor product update, there is a chance you will receive either of these two products".
Interesting info.
Funny. I love Quest Cookies. Those things are delicious!
I have eaten the Ratio bars before. They are a better choice. I find the Quest products are so loaded with ingredients and many of them just don't taste good. I look at the Atkins products and often wonder how anyone can think the ingredients are good for you! Thank you Steve and Courtney!
It seems like most “keto” treats aren’t good, or good for you! Thanks Steve and Courtney ❤❤
Thanks for taking one for the team!
I should have saved the receipt, so at least I could put these as a tax write-off. 😄
Steve, you make me laugh! You also made me laugh when you said you'll probably give them away making me wonder what you really think of those who you'd give them to.
@@SeriousKeto 🤣
Thanks Courtney and Steve! Love Courtney's hairstyle.
Dr Atkins I keep the Atkins Caramel Chocolate Nut Roll Bars I’m addicted to them. Like a Baby Ruth candy bar AND they are the least expensive of all their products. I just don’t look at the ingredients 😜
Always look forward to your clearance reviews!
I like the Atkins bars that are wafers, similar to kit Kats. I don't care for the quest cookies either but I sometimes take them backpacking so I have variety. My issue with all the quest cookies and bars is the erythritol. It burns my mouth is the best way I can describe it. I would much prefer sucralose if using cheaper sweeteners. Monk fruit would be my preference.
There is a bar that tastes very much like kind bars but are sweetened with allulose and monk fruit called Munk Pack Keto friendly bars. The sea salt dark chocolate are my faves. The only drawback is backpacking with them when hot because the chocolate melts.
13 fat, 14 carb (5 fiber, 6 allulose) 5 protein.
It’s not clearance, but I just discovered Wilde chicken crisps at Costco. The large bag there has 7 servings for about $10 while a single serve bag is usually $5.00 to &6.00. I like them.
I'll have to look for those. Thanks for the heads up.
Those Wilde chips are great.
Those chips are really good! Hard to stick to one serving.
The Atkins bars are a weakness of mine. I usually love the taste of them.
Funny you mentioned Tiger Milk bars - I used to LOVE those as a kid. Sometimes I still want one. Even though. I haven’t had one in 30+ years. 😂
I agree. I like the ratio crumbled over yogurt, the Adkins are yummy, dangerously so, and quest products, imo, suck
I really love and appreciate these reviews!
Thanks for the reviews. I actually kinda like the ratio bars. I don't love them, but I will crumble them up as granola on yogurt like you said.
Steve: “Trash…but tasty.” Hahaha. Yep, that about sums it up-there’s usually a reason something like that Atkins bar tastes so good, & I’m definitely not buying those awful ingredients. Thanks for buying & trying them out. 😀
I like the ratio Keto bars. I have a ton of them. I found a fantastic deal a few weeks ago in a local Grocery Outlet. A pack of 8 bars is usually at Ralphs (Kroger) for $11 or $12. Insane. I got a pack of 8 for $3. A whole shelf full and I bought 10 packs. The reason I like them is I can crumble them over things, make my own parfait for example. And the best thing is they do not melt. I have a few in the car and when I am out and about and should happen to be hungry, I can just grab one. No chance I would buy them for $11 or higher though. Atkins I never liked. And everything quest I have ever tried has a weird aftertaste.
Thanks for the review Steve and Courtney! I’ll pass on all 3. I really miss Stoka bars though.
Quest bars are good, but their cookies are terrible. Think Keto are really good.
Boy you two... not sure what happened with that quest cookie... ( maybe a flavor I have never had) but usually they are pretty good... the chocolate chip & snickerdoodle cookies are worth it in my book- a quick thing to grab on the go when I don't have anything planned ... but to each their own! Atkins does taste good... but like you said garbage ingredients so I pass on em... I haven't seen the keto one that you tasted first ... but it sounds like that is a good thing!
Looking forward to the jerky tasting! So... see you next time & thanks for sharing !
I love the Double chocolate chocolate chip quest cookies. They remind me of the Grandma's chocolate chocolate chip cookies that were in the vending machine in school when I was the fat kid. I would ignore the ingredients if I saw them on clearance. But I don't love the other flavors. The regular Chocolate chip is the worst to me.
I always dumpster dive in the clearance rack at Pick 'N Save myself and usually keep an eye out for products that I can eat- but I've never found any to be worth the carbs, calories or contents. Also, sweets are a trigger for me, so a bar a day can easily morph into a box a day. If I want something good, I'll usually just make it myself. Exception is the Aldi chocolate protein shake. It is so vile tasting portion control is no problem. Appreciate the video and your adventurous spirits.
For me, the Atkins Endulge lineup is the only keto sweets that might actually pass as normal treats. The milk chocolate caramel squares are phenomenal, even the non-keto wife loves them. Just avoid looking at the ingredients, though😂.
Perfect timing for this video! I just figured out why my weight has stalled for the month of June. I found these bars at the beginning of June and they tasted good. I had one every few days or so. Bad idea. These so-called keto bars and candy were the culprits. 😡
Thx for trying these for us. I try not to rely on this kind of keto stuff, because it’s ultra processed food, which is likely not any better for humans than high-carb ultra processed foods. But there are times when I need a convenient keto food.
Sometimes you're in a "pick your poison" situation where I'd still take one of these over their carby counterpart.
Only had Quest bars and they're are dependent on flavor regarding how tasty they are. One type tasted like soap but some flavors are OK.
There are only 2 Atkins bars I eat. They are basically the same bar but one is peanut butter and the other is chocolate. I can't remember the name of them but think of a Nutty Bar from Little Debbie. It is peanut butter or chocolate cream in between light cookie layers and the whole thing is dipped in chocolate. The peanut butter one is covered in white chocolate. Each bar has a total carb count of 8 carbs. I am not sure how good the ingredients are but the bar tastes good and has the lowest total carb count I have found for a whole bar. Most bars have 12-25 total carbs. That is too many for a bar, in my opinion. I would rather have the extra carbs by eating vegetables. The bar that has 8 total carbs does fill me up but I find myself still hungry later.
Another great video by Steve and Courtney! Thanks so much for the info I will be sure not to pick any of these up.
At least the Atkins didn't have Maltodextrin or Maltodextrose in it. That is an improvement for them.
Hi Steve n Courtney! 👋👋🐈 I select my keto acquisitions via a "dumb n simple" ingredient approach. If I have to fall back to my old, worn out, "Morrison and Boyd", or if the list runs down the length of container... its a no-go purchase (best to simply kitchen-up noms oneself). My brief life before keto, as a Vegan, adapted my food choices based on label reading. Vegans LOVE sugar sugar and a bit more sugar.
"Tiger's Milk" bar...
holy molybdenum, that's a blast from the past! After practice, I would wolf down half a box, chased with several Fresca's.....ugh 🤢
Thanks for this vid, you sunburned kids! A mystery to the disappearing Barbie Pink Lemonade, eh? Will you please keep us up-to-date, in up coming vid, IF you discover the culprit... and what they thought of the stuff?
🤗🤗🐈
The quest cookies are terrible. Their bars are not great. /i DO like the “tortilla chips”.
The other day I saw a video where you take a Quest bar and cut it into 6 squares and put it in a 350 degree oven /toaster oven for about 10 minutes or so, take out of oven and flatten it into a cookie shape. Let cool and eat. I tried it and actually like it better than the chewy version.
great tip
Wow! I'm going to try that !! Thanks
I eat quest bars on occasion.. expensive crap.. But is what it is
Thank you guys. I greatly appreciate it
Looking forward to the jerky review 😋
I have never wanted to try those. I don’t trust them lol
I loved Tiger's Milk bars
Thanks for taking one on the chin for us.
i had a sample of ratio bar from amazon and I didn' t like it
Thanks for be. a guinea pig for us
Yeah, I've tried a Quest cookie or two....and had the same reaction - not for me. Some of the Atkins products though, man they nail their bliss point to draw you in and entice you to ignore the ingredients. I'm genuinely curious what the Atkins bars would do to my blood sugar.
I'll have to test once I get done with the extended fast I'm on.
Not that I go looking for them but it seems like I'm seeing less "Keto" labeled products these days especially at Costco. If I do happen to see any, I look at the ingredient list. Usually goes right back in the shelf. I don't even know where the clearance section is in my store. I do know where the meat markdowns are though. 😊
Good to see you have your priorities straight. 😉👍
I order some of the quest chocolate mint bars as I can’t find them in stores anymore. The ingredients aren’t perfect but as long as you’re not gorging yourself they’re fine..
I drive long haul so most of the food I eat is in cans including sardines, olives and spinach… you can’t freak out over every little thing…if I can stop at a burger king I’ll order six double whoppers and toss the buns and sauces.. it’s not grass fed nor grass finished but it’s good enough and a very nice change from the last 100 cans of sardines…
Question is too…
Even though the ingredients won't make the "ingredient police" happy, I'd argue it's better than eating a candy bar.
Thanks for the reviews.
I'm curious what the Best Buy dates were. Was the Quest bar rancid? Thanks for taking one for the team!
July 22, 2024
I have tried Quest and they are nasty 🤮!
I hope you would take time to do the keto test on over the glucose test on just the Atkins bar. It was the one with the highest carb count, I would love to know if it affects your glucose
I just started an extended fast, so I'll have to put that request on the back burner. Once I test it, I'll put the results in a pinned first comment.
Agree not a fan of ratio granola bars.
I remember that cheap soy protein. It tasted like chalk, at best. The Tiger Bars were a huge step up from that.
I looked up the ingredients on Tiger's Milk bars and the first ingredient is high fructose corn syrup. It's funny what used to be marketed as "health food".
Great review! No to those 3 😂
Thanks Steve & Courtney! To beat the 100+ degree heat here on the east coast this weekend, part of my plan is to whip up a few bulk batches of choc zero chip-based nut cluster bites that I can throw in the freezer, so I don’t have to worry about the sketchy pseudo-keto snacks making their way onto our shelves…
@@gyoung1455 could you please share your recipe? Thanks
@@Indygirl4646 simply google "ket nut clusters"....you'll find a number of recipes that all follow the same general formula: a small bag of SF chips, a bit of nut butter or coconut oil, and chopped nuts. I prefer to use a mix of macadamias, brazil nuts, and pecans, as they're lower in carbs than most others. Enjoy!
Duke's products taste good and are clean meat products
I love them.
Whenever an ingredient list is covered I go to the products website to see what is in it.
You're more ambitious than me. 😉
I have to guess your cookie was old & stale? our taste buds usually align fairly closely... and I have enjoyed several flavors of quest cookies, and so have my non-keto family. I use quest products in general mostly for "less-worse" treats for movie snacks, Halloween, Easter, stocking stuffers, etc. They won't eat most of the cleaner keto products but will eat quest chips, bars, cookies, pb cups, etc. Not clean enough, and in case of bars not low carb enuff for me, but at movies, or holiday I'll have the other items now & again.
The Best By date is July 22, 2024
@SeriousKeto so weird! I wonder what could have happened to it along its journey to make it that bad.... ?? or was it just from a bad batch?
Oh you tease 😂
Nothing natural about natural flavors.
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Thank you for reviewing. I’m not a fan of any of the quest items. Their chips taste chalky to me and the peanut butter cups are horrible.
I like the Quest Cinnamon Crunch protein powder. Their chips taste good, but the texture is really strange and it turns to a weird powder in my mouth. And they aren't sturdy enough for dipping.
@@SeriousKeto I’ve never tried the cinnamon crunch protein powder but sounds really good. I agree 100% about the chips. I definitely can’t make nachos with them.
Thank you for this review. I’ve been tempted to purchase Atkins bars and the quest cookies. So glad I did not!!!
Its interesting you said you'd want it crumbled ive seen their cereal! Magic spoon was on sale at my Walmart thoughts?
I have practically no interest in cereal. I used to be a cereal maniac, but it just no longer holds an appeal for me.
@@SeriousKeto Yes your probably right
Perhaps you could have drank some Barbie lemonade to rid that Quest cookie taste! Just kidding. Thank you so much for your videos. My husband and I really enjoy them.
watch out for industrial processed seed oils in your ultra-processed 'keto friendly' stuff.
That's why I read the ingredients.
@@SeriousKeto Not knowing what to look for was my mistake when I first started low-carb. Still lost weight quickly (48 pounds in 6 months) but missed this important risk factor for inflammation and atherosclerosis.
3 years later, it is time to burn that nasty old fat off again. Life is meant to be lived in cycles!
Thanks for sharing with us, Steve and Courtney! I really need to back off the Atkin bars🤪 Have a blessed week 💜 🙏 ✌️ 🎶 🌞 🪻
Yeah, thanks for taking one for the team. Total junk in my opinion. When I first started Keto I bought the Atkins Bars and peanut butter cups. I don’t know which ingredient or combination of ingredients they contain but they did not sit well with my digestive system. Never again. I have tried a couple of the Quest bars and didn’t have a reaction so when desperate I’d pick up a few. The Quest cookies are awful. No thanks. So I 100% agree with you. Thanks to Courtney too. Now if I want something sweet I usually get a Lily’s dark chocolate bar and break off some pieces.
Great to see this ! I just bought a case of Quest Protein Bars on Amazon ( warehouse) for 18 😂. I had bought one once ( 3.99 😮) So I thought I was getting a deal..... I cut them up 8 ways and eat them through out my day( pretending they are chocolate brownie little squares) . I was never ever a bar person but trying to find things for that mindless snack demon😂( I am at my 120 goal weight - just trying to maintain which is actually more difficult than I thought it would be as I felt like I just got out of jail😂- kidding!! I love Keto lifestyle . Thanks again for always having informative, fun videos
I like the Ratio bars. I'm a person who LOVES crunchy foods, so when I need something crunchy these are the safest things I've found so far. Especially to keep in my work bag or pack for a hotel stay/road trip. Although, your granola recipe is like crack in our house so it's hard to keep that on hand. But it definitely solves the crunch cravings. LOL
I love your reviews with Courtney. You both give excellent comments and honest opinions!
I’ve tried the coconut flavor Atkins bar and have to say it’s very tasty to me. But…..it’s the ingredients and carbs that keep it from being a regular in my diet. You might as well have any number of candy bars as eat these on a regular basis. Too bad because as I said, I find them quite tasty.
I’m so excited my baked potato soup is back. Just ordered a big box of Keto Chow baked potato soup. Can’t wait for it to arrive.
Lol❤
I can’t live without my baked potato soup will order another box soon
I used to buy Tigers Milk all the time when my kids were little...loved them! I only buy IQ Bars in the blueberry-lemon and chocolate sea salt flavors.
Quick and fun one! Thanks, Steve and Courtney!
Steve, if you never tried it a favorite thing for me is Ratio Vanilla Yogurt with Ratio Coconut Almond Granola. It's amazing to me. The granola is similar to the hard Ratio bars you got on clearance. The Ratio yogurt is one of my most favorite things on Keto. It's got a lot of fat and tastes great to me.
I have had the Ratio bars and they are ok, the Quest cookies are also alright. I got a few of the Barbie lemonades and didn't look too closely as I thought they were like Zevia and 2/3 cans are still here.
Thanks Steve and Courtney for the video. I've had the Ratio cereal and I wasn't a big fan of that either, so if you see it in the sales bin I recommend walking on by.
❤️🇨🇦🐕
I use the Ratio bars as cheesecake crust.
great tip
Oh dear I do get Atkins treats now and then and I never read the ingredients! Don't eat them often though
I’ve had the Ratio bar and a peanut butter Quest cookie in the past and your opinion is spot on about them
I really like Ratio yogurt and granola haven’t had the bars yet
Also I like most Atkins products the quest cookies taste like playdough with chips in it lol
That’s a pretty accurate description.
I only like the snicker doodle Quest. I must crave cinnamon playdough 😆
I loved the Tiger's Milk bar!
Sadly, the first ingredient on them was high fructose corn syrup. But they seemed healthy back in the 70s. 😄
@@SeriousKeto that doesn't surprise me. They definitely portrayed it as healthy. LoL. It was even in the "health food" aisle at my grocery store.
Gotta look at the ingredients list for sure!
The Ratio bars are "fine", and generally have a box of them from Costco as a sort of backup for when I want something different from my usual fare. They are a little TOO crunchy and dry though.
Quest products are all over the place with their ingredients with most of themb unfortunately containing sucralose. The current scientific literature about the effect of sucralose on the gut biome is enough for me to immediately put them back on the shelf. That said, there is no sucralose in their current peanut butter cookie and I find the flavor to be quite good and works great as a "dessert" for me when I want something sweet.
If given the choice between the Ratio bars or the Quest PB cookie, it would be the Quest PB cookie by far.
I'm not trying to convince you that Sucralose is a wonderful thing, but the study you reference has been widely refuted due to the INSANE amount of Sucralose the mice were forced to consume daily of the length of study. I extrapolated how much I would need to consume on a daily basis to equal what these mice were given, and it was the equivalent of 84 packets of Splenda. That's PER DAY.
Ultimately, though, it's your body and I respect your choice to consume or not consume any given product.
@@SeriousKeto I'm not sure which research study you are referring to, but there is research from a couple of years ago about "low concentration" sucralose effects impacting gut biomes. Granted it has the caveat of being a study on mice, but I would rather err on the side of caution considering how important gut health is and how we still have relatively little knowledge about it. From the research paper:
"Although many studies have deeply explored the impact of sucralose on gut microbiome, most studies were close to the concentration of ADI (5 mg/kg BW/day) (16, 17). In this study, we found low concentration sucralose also significantly altered gut microbiome by setting four concentration gradients, and it might involve in the development of diabetes."
"FDA defined ADI for sucralose in humans were 5 mg per kg (body weight) (18), 0.3 mg/ml is equal to a mouse with an average body weight of 0.02 kg"
"Many previous studies had shown that ADI (0.1 mg/ml) of sucralose significantly altered mice gut microbiome (37, 42). These results were consistent with T4 group in our study, however, the new finding in our research was T1 (0.0003 mg/mL) group, like T4 (0.3 mg/mL), also altered mice gut microbiome."
"Overall, our study demonstrated sucralose administration did not change mice body weight, but low dose of sucralose (0.0003 mg/mL) significantly altered mice gut microbiome, including the increases of Tenacibaculum, Ruegeria, Staphylococcus and Allobaculum in genus level in mice jejunum, ileum and colon. The decrease of Lachnoclostridium and Lachnospiraceae in cecum of T4 group mice. Although the sucralose of ADI (0.3 mg/mL) level also altered the gut microbiome in mice, the human daily intake of sucralose is usually lower than this concentration."
Source:
ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Nutr., 24 February 2022
Sec. Nutrition and Microbes
Volume 9 - 2022 |
Low Dose of Sucralose Alter Gut Microbiome in Mice
www.frontiersinDOTorg/journals/nutrition/articles/10.3389/fnut.2022.848392/full
(replace "DOT" with an actual "." to access the URL)
As a follow up I'll also add this limited human trial study as well. With the equivalent consumption of 4 Splenda packets per day in the nonplacebo cohort the researchers observed:
"This clinical trial demonstrates, for the first time, that consumption of 48 mg of sucralose every day for ten weeks induces gut dysbiosis by increasing Blautia coccoides and decreasing Lactobacillus acidophilus in healthy non-insulin-resistant young adults. As far as we know, this is one of the first long-term clinical trials showing that sucralose amounts, far lower than the suggested ADI, alter the balance of the gut microbiome, while also being associated with significant elevations in AUCG and serum insulin in response to glucose loads."
Source:
Microorganisms 2022, 10(2), 434;
Published: 14 February 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Nutritional Regulation on Gut Microbiota)
Ten-Week Sucralose Consumption Induces Gut Dysbiosis and Altered Glucose and Insulin Levels in Healthy Young Adults
www.mdpiDOTcom/2076-2607/10/2/434
(Again, replace "DOT" with an actual ".")
I get it. You're opposed to Sucralose.
@@SeriousKeto Oh how I wish I wasn't. It's in so many keto products because it's cheaper to include than the other, better options. 😂
I go where the best evidence takes me. If further research is released that convincingly refutes the low concentration results I posted above, I would certainly be open to incorporating it in my diet again.
Thanks for this review.
Thanks for these reviews
Thank you
The Quest cookies are good when dipped in coffee w/ cream
I will bear that in mind when I work up the courage to eat the other two I bought. 🙂
We have Grocery Outlet here in CA. So I have tried all of these as they sell them for a fraction of the regular price. I like the ratio ones with cream cheese as they are a bit dry otherwise. I don't care for most Quest items, but they ha e a couple I like.
Oooh, I love the cream cheese idea. 👍🏻