The Best New Health Food
August 26, 2012 // Nutrition, Wellness
In the past, health foods had been notorious for unbreakable textures and insipid tastes. Supplement companies began coating their products with flavors that made the health foods tolerable. These coating masks required sugars, syrups, and chemicals that altered the nutritional components of the health foods. Health foods, such as popular protein bars, became a compromise of either taste or nutrition. The quest to merge the gap between good nutrition and enjoyable taste continues for supplement companies. Recently, I was introduced to a small health food company (Dale’s Raw Foods) whose products are highly nutritious and appealing without any artificial enhancements. Dale’s Raw Protein Bars are the first whole-food mixture that has a moist texture, a complete nutritious profile, and a delicious taste.
Dale’s Raw Protein Bars: “The Best Protein Bars On the Planet”
Chocolate Almond Coconut
These high quality food bars are made with all natural ingredients. Dale’s does not dehydrate their bars or use preservatives or sweeteners. There are no artificial flavors . The bars are gluten free, dairy free, and vegan. The bars are a balance of protein, dietary fats, and carbohydrates, making the bar equivalent to a complete meal. They are made and packaged fresh each week, by hand, and shipped directly to the customer’s door from a custom vegan production facility in Boca Raton, FL.
Each Dale’s Raw Protein Bar has between 240-280 calories, 22g protein, 12-28g carbs (7-9g fiber), and 12-16g fat.
The Main Ingredients
Bars being made by hand.
Dale’s Raw Protein Bars use only best ingredients. They use fresh raw nuts, seeds, fruit, plus hemp, pea, and brown rice protein. Only natural sugars from the fruit, natural fruit and nut fibers and raw organic sweeteners have been used. These sweeteners are easily absorbed and keep insulin response minimal while providing superior nutrition. Below is a breakdown of the ingredients used in Dale’s Raw Protein Bars:
- Organic Date Paste – Made each day with fresh deglet dates shipped in from California.
- Raw Nuts and Nut Butters – Made with homemade nut butters.
- Dale’s Raw Protein – A blend of Pea, Rice, and Hemp proteins.
- RAW Dried Fruit – No added sugar and oils like other dried fruits; only the fruit and nothing else.
- Coconut Nectar – Raw, organic, low glycemic sweetener from coconut tree blossoms.
- Coconut Flour – Raw, high fiber, and gluten free flour made from coconut.
- Coconut Oil – Added for texture and health benefits of MCT’s (medium chain triglycerides)
- SUPERFOODS! – Organic Goji Berries, Chia Seeds, Raw Organic Cacao, Raw Organic Maca.
- Other ingredients may include organic vanilla extract and cacao nibs.
The Facts
Chocolate Almond Coconut Nutrition Facts
Above is the actual nutrition label from the popular Chocolate Almond Coconut protein bars from Dale’s (which happens to be my favorite flavor). Notice the ingredients? You won’t find sugars or syrups. You won’t find chemicals you cannot pronounce. You’ll only find highly nutritious ingredients that make Dale’s Raw Protein Bars the most superior new health food I’ve discovered.
Summary
- 22g Brown Rice, Hemp, and Pea Protein
- 7-9g Fiber
- 100% RAW – 90% Organic
- Gluten Free and Dairy Free
- No Wheat, Soy, or Stevia.
- No Preservatives or Artificial Sweeteners
- Great as snack
- Perfect for replenishment after a workout
Ordering
Dale’s Raw Foods is a small speciality company and offers only a few bundled packages available for discount. I decided to set up an affiliate connection with Dale’s Raw Foods so that subscribers of MikeClancyTraining could eventually receive an exclusive discount in the future. If enough product is purchased through our affiliate link, a permanent discount will be created for the subscribers.