Name: Detour Oatmeal
Flavor: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Sweeteners: Sucralose (Splenda), Neotame
Protein Sources: Whey Protein Concentrate, Whey Protein Isolate, Hydrolyzed Whey Protein, Soy Protein Isolate
Taste (out of 5): 1
Initial Satiation (out of 5): 4.9
Satiation after 3 hours (out of 5): 4.6
Overall (out of 5): 1.5
Review:
Well the day had to come: this was the very first protein bar I’ve ever had that I could not force myself to finish. I had high hopes for the Detour protein bar, since it looked like a delicious oatmeal chocolate chip cookie on the package. But it was really disgusting. When you first bite into it, it has this weird overly sweet flavor and then it tastes bitter (perhaps caused by that unique artificial sweetener-neotame, which is 8,000-13,000 times sweeter than sugar and chemically similar to aspartame). I was grimacing the whole time I chewed. With 440 calories, it does fill you up and keep you full, but that’s only if you can keep it down.
Pros: Real oats, 8 grams of fiber
Cons: Horrible taste, high in calories, twice as many carbs as protein
