Bar Review – Apricot Clif Bar

I don’t rely on protein bars or granola bars for all my snacks, but I do enjoy buying a couple of bars every week to munch on after a hard workout.  Last week I bought the Apricot Clif Bar – I love dried apricots and thought it could be a new fave. 

The bar was really chewy – not as grain-textured as some of the other bars I’ve tried.  For me, the taste was just okay… the apricot flavor definitely shone through, but there was also a strong lemony flavor that I was not so much a fan of.  The main reason I probably will not buy this bar again is that the aftertaste was really weird – almost like a vitamin taste. 

According to the Clif Bar website, here’s the nutrition facts & ingredients:

Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, ClifPro® (Soy Rice Crisp [Soy Protein Isolate, Rice Flour, Malt Extract, Calcium Carbonate], Organic Roasted Soybeans, Organic Soy Flour), Organic Rolled Oats, Dried Apricots (Apricots, Evaporated Cane Juice, Rice Flour, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid), Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, ClifCrunch® (Organic Oat Fiber, Inulin [Chicory Extract], Organic Milled Flaxseed, Organic Oat Bran, Psyllium), Organic Dried Apples, Organic Date Paste, Organic Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Salt, Colored With Annatto.