Slim-Fast Optima® chocolate cookie dough
(energy bar)
A between-meal
snack that fosters the sweet tooth habit. It is advertised as a “Meal
on-the-Go®”. Energy bars, “diet” cookies or candies are not meals in any sense
of the word. They stave off hunger until the next meal by means of a “sugar
high”.
Side panel:
Each bar weighs
56g, about 1/3 cup. Each bar represents 3.5g of total bad fat, 160 mg sodium,
33 net carbs, total 20g sugar (including 5g sugar alcohol).
Note in the
ingredients list that the first ingredient is corn syrup and the third is
sugar. There are many forms of processed sugar in the ingredients list. Candy
is never a good choice for dieters.
Putting trace
amounts of powdered vitamins is supposed to legitimize this energy bars and
other comparable brands.
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