Review - Ratio Cake Batter Protein Bar

Brand:  Ratio

Flavor:  Cake Batter

Where to get it: here @ Bodybuilding.com

                                I like a lot of the nutritional value/qualities that this bar provides, but calling it “cake batter” just sets it up for a horrible, horrible failure. When I knew nothing about nutrition, nor cared what I put in my body, I would literally make a box of cake mix, and not cook it. That’s right – this is what rock bottom looks like:  a plastic container full of cake batter in your fridge. Yikes. So anyway…you could say I know a thing or two about cake batter, and this is not that. Titular argument aside, it doesn’t really taste very good anyway. So…I guess that’s where I leave you with this one.

                               

Tastes like:  Vanilla cereal, then bland protein powder

Taste rating:  3/10

Qualities:  Non-GMO, Gluten free, All natural, Made in the USA

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Review - Ratio Peanut Butter Cup Protein Bar

Brand:  Ratio

Flavor:  Peanut Butter Cup

Where to get it: here @ Bodybuilding.com

                                Sometimes when I review a product, I eat the whole thing…but sometimes I only eat a bite or two. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m the weird kind of girl-creature who doesn’t really like chocolate. Unfortunately, chocolate and protein bars are pretty inseparable. As my civic duty placed upon me by no one at all, I figure that once in a while I need to try some mainstream flavors for the greater good of the internet.

                This bar actually wasn’t terrible, due almost exclusively to the layer of peanut butter substance across the top of the bar. I’m not sure what it really is, but it tastes like real peanut butter, and it’s stinkin’ delicious. I took one bite of the bar-proper, then shucked off the top layer with my favorite Santoku knife and gobbled it all up. This probably defeats the purpose, but I do what I want. And I’d actually do it again, in a pinch. It was really that good.

                 

               

Tastes like:  Real peanut butter and fake chocolate

Taste rating:  6/10

Qualities:  Non-GMO, Gluten free, All natural, Made in the USA

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Review: Ratio Peanut Butter Banana Protein Bars

Brand:  Ratio

Flavor:  3:1 Peanut Butter Banana

Where to get it: here @ Bodybuilding.com

                Ratio has so many flavors that appeal to me…I’m going to keep trying them. I WILL FIND ONE THAT I LIKE. I vow it. But this second try is not the one. When I first bit into it I was pretty excited about the banana-ness of it all, but as I continued to chew, it just kind of devolved into that sugar alcohol flavor that I tasted when I tried their oatmeal flavor. Peanut butter is usually an easy flavor to convey without refined sugar ingredients, but it just doesn’t make a great showing in these bars, sadly.

               

Tastes like:  Muted banana and sugar alcohols

Taste rating:  4/10

Qualities:  Non-GMO, Gluten-free, No artificial ingredients

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Review: Ratio Oatmeal Protein Bars

Brand:  Ratio

Flavor:  Oatmeal

Where to buy: here @ BodyBuilding.com

                I’m forever in search of good protein bars that aren’t just the same old combination of chocolate, peanut butter, caramel or nut. I was also that one weird kid that always preferred oatmeal cookies to chocolate chip, even if they had raisins. Yes, RAISINS BE DAMNED. I have to admit, I got pretty excited about the picture of the bar, on the packaging around the bar…like a rookie. Sadly, this bar was not filled with giant chunks of brown sugar-soaked oatmeal-y goodness. It’s mostly just chocolate-looking inside, with a disembodied oat shoved in here and there.

Tastes like:  Chocolate soaked in sugar alcohols

Taste rating:  4/10
Qualities:  Non-GMO, Gluten-free, All natural

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