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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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So NO! to fractionated palm kernel oil, Oct 25, 2011
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reviewer: William N. Leifer, M.D. from Wakarusa, KS
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| I am a retired physician and a Zone advocate for over a decade. However, I noticed that these bars contain fractionated palm kernel oil. This is by far the worst of all the saturated fats in terms of causing atherosclerosis, and these are supposed to be "healthy". If you are interested in avoiding hardening of the arteries DO NOT BUY OR EAT THESE BARS. They put this in for the texture and palatability and stability of chocolate coatings and icings. But they certainly do not put this in for your health. |
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Much tastier than most other bars on the market., Jan 03, 2011
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reviewer: Kooba from IL
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| Periodically I will buy Zone bars for their nutritional value AND their taste. I prefer the Zone bar above other protein bars. I wanted my husband to give them a try. He has an anaphylactic allergic reaction to any type of nut. I picked up the Cinnamon Roll for him since there were no nuts in the title. Before he indulged in a bar, we read the ingredients and sure enough-almonds. Is there a Zone bar without nuts? |
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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smaller but wonderful!, Oct 05, 2010
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reviewer: Kohly from IL
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| I just wanted to back up Jim from Usa\'s observation....yes indeed they have gotten smaller. The calories used to be listed over 200 now they are under (at least on the one\'s i get) The cookie Dough tastes just like it came out of the pilsbury isle! I like the dark chocolate/strawberry too!!! |
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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A wonderful product - RUINED!!, Jun 20, 2010
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reviewer: Anonymous from Anytown, AT 55555
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| I was a faithful consumer of the Strawberry Yogurt Zone Perfect bar. I do not like chocolate, so I was thrilled a few years ago to discover Zone Perfect Starwberry. It tasted great and I felt that I was adding great nutrition to my diet. I just bought a box of the new Fruitified bar. It is horrible! There is no taste. The texture is gritty. I am going to see if I can return the remainder of the box and I will never purchase this product again. |
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Are they getting smaller?, Jun 09, 2010
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reviewer: Jim from USA
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| My wife and I like the Zone Bars, she gets the dark chocolate ones, and I prefer the caramel. However, I have noticed, perhaps imagined, that they are getting smaller. Has anyone else noticed this? |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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GREAT SNACK, May 23, 2010
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reviewer: SEAN MAC from USA
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| GREAT SNACK AND TASTE GREAT..VERY HIGH ON PROTEIN...I DO WISH THE SUGAR WAS LOWER |
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Amazing!, May 07, 2010
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reviewer: Jay M from Bergen County, NJ
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| Those of you that are complaining should try the Double Dark Chocolate Bars. They are simply amazing. I find myself craving them as much as I would a piece of high quality chocolate. They work great as a meal supplement. I also take them an hour before running and weight-training and I sustain great energy through my work-outs. |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Quit Changing the Recipe, Apr 12, 2010
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reviewer: A Evensen from Oregon
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| The new "Classic" Fudge Graham bars are not what they used to be. This is at least the 4th change and this one was NOT for the better. |
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5 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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Horrible!, Feb 02, 2010
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reviewer: DEB from Greenvill, SC
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| Ok, so they are convenient to grab and go, but the taste is horrible. I could barely finish the first one, let alone the entire box I purchased. They are dry, too much fake sugary taste and I can\'t stand the kripsie crunch that all the bars seem to have in them. I prefer smooth tasting, mouth watering protein bars. I will never purchase again. |
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Pharmaceutical Co RUINED my drug of choice, Jan 03, 2010
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reviewer: Di from New York
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| Zone Perfect Fudge Graham bars were so good (BETTER than Snickers,if you must compare) and they all were really good. I got addicted to them and would buy 20 a week so we could have at least one every day. In between I eat light meals and have stayed in good shape. Now they changed the recipe so that they will taste God awful. Who DOES that? Why would you mess with something that was so good? Fruitified...it seems more like they added something so gross you barely recognize what it was. Bring the old recipe back or I\'ll switch to another brand. Oh and hey do NOT do this to the dark chocolate bar recipes. I beg you. No amount of good health is worth that. You have destroyed a masterpiece. |
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Big disappointment, Dec 15, 2009
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reviewer: R MacPherson from Winnipeg, MB Canada
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| I had previously enjoyed the Zone Perfect bars, as they had a good taste and a nice texture, but the last package of 14 I bought in November 2009 was very disappointing to say the least. The package I bought supposedly had bars with 4 flavours. In fact, all the flavours tasted pretty much the same and all were absolutely disgusting. Taste and texture were both extremely unpleasant. I have tried numerous nutritional bars over the years but never anything as tasteless and off-putting as these Zone Perfect bars. In their present form, I will never buy them again. |
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Dr. Sears sold only name not recipes, Jun 03, 2009
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reviewer: Lori from Mechanicsburg, PA
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| I really like all of the Zone Bars, what I have heard is Dr. Sears sold only the name to Abbott and not the recipes, he sold them to Hershey. Anyone hear of this before? So Abbott pretty much has carte blance to do with what they want to the bars if this is true. |
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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One of the Best Tasting NutritionBars!!!, Jan 16, 2009
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reviewer: Bob from Chicago, IL
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| I have been on the eat 6 times daily diet and these Zone bars are really good. I didn't try them by the old brand, but I think the fruitified ones taste good (f.e Banana Nut). I don't know what a lot of you expect out of these things...Go and try a power bar and let me know how a zone bar compares to that....I think they are great as a snack throughout the day!!! |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Fruities are good, Jul 22, 2008
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reviewer: Al from Santa Fe
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| Just tried a 'Fruitiful' bar following have read all the negative things about them; had the banana-nut. GOOD! Not 'GREAT!' but I use the bars, not as candy, but as emergency rations when out in the mountains. They're tasty, don't freeze solid when the temperature is close to zero, don't melt excessively when the temps are 85+ and are tasty - also supply me with lots of needed nutrition. Really don't know what all the negative things are/were all about in the other reviews. Still, I like the Choc. Mint best. I'll take some of these with me when I do the 26.2 2009 Bataan Death March Memorial in White Sands. |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Great Choc/mint, Apr 30, 2008
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reviewer: Santa Fe Al from Santa FE, New Mexico, USA
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| I've read the other reviews here and have never tasted the fruity bars - always my thought that all 'artificial flavour' tasted 'artificial' and so avoid all fruit-flavoured food but, having said that, I always take a handful of Zone Perfect with me when I'm hiking in the mountains. I've always bought the Chocolate/Mint bars and find them easy to get down when I'm looking for energy and protein - when I'm a long way from civilisation and simply need nutrients. They're crunchy with only a bit of mint. |
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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mr.w., Apr 20, 2008
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reviewer: Anonymous from Anytown, AT 55555
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| I think they are great. i buy them at costco 24 for 12$, and i get 12 choc. peanut butter and 12 graham fudge stuff. it is good, and i like them better than some candy |
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Response to, Mar 01, 2008
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reviewer: Former fan of Zone Bars from USA
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Perfectbod,
What "everone is freaking out about" is that these bars did taste good. They tasted VERY GOOD! Some flavors tasted so good, that they almost did taste like a candy bar. That is, they did, until the entire line was sold to Abbot Pharmaceuticals, ultimately winding up in their Ross nutritionals line. It was here that the formula was changed (yet again) resulting in the horrible tasting mess they are today. Those of us complaining aren't "waiting for someone to say that Snickers is (sic) good for you." We are merely lamenting the death of a wonderful product at the hands of people who obviously didn't care about the loyal following this brand had attained. |
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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NEW is not good!!!, Jan 26, 2008
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reviewer: Anonymous from Oakland, CA
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| The new Fruitfied bars are horrible!!!! I keep hunting high and low for the OLD Orange Cranberry Crunch Zone bars. They were the best on the market and the staple of my diet! I keep wondering who the taste testers were and how hungry THEY must've been!!!! |
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Orange Cranberry Fruitified Bars, Jan 25, 2008
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reviewer: Lori from LA
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| My husband and I dislike the new "fruitified version" they're horrible!I've been looking everywhere for the old version! |
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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New "Fruitified" Orange Cranberry Zone Bar, Jan 01, 2008
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reviewer: Bruce Hunter, M.D. from Ogden, Utah, USA
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| I finally found a nutrition bar that actually tasted good, then some "genius" at Ross Labs decided to change all that. The new "fruitified" orange cranberry bar is plain awful. It tastes more like sawdust than anything else. This is a clear case of "if it isn't broken, don't fix it." I long for the old bars and wish the folks at Ross would admit their mistake and give us back good tasting bars! |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Love Them, Dec 28, 2007
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reviewer: BNS from TN
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| I just got hooked on the Zone perfect bars this year...I love the strawberry ones. has a great taste to it and it doesnt leave an after taste like most do... |
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Quit bashing the Zone Bars., Oct 31, 2007
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reviewer: Perfectbod from MO
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I'm not sure what everyone is freaking out about. there aren't a lot of nutritional bars that DO taste good. These people are just waiting for someone to say that Snickers is good for you.
I like them all. |
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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"New" Orange Cranberry Crunch is awful!, Oct 25, 2007
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reviewer: Glenda from Atlanta
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| I don't know who got the bright idea to change the coating and or size, but they should have turned that lightbulb off! The latest bars are awful. I bought two boxes and was stuck. I will not purchase these again. Taste like saw dust! If I could rate it -0 I would! |
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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GRAHM BAR, Jun 26, 2007
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reviewer: Lk from SoCal
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I can't believe that there is a review site like this. But wow, do I need it. After eating the bars - mainly the Fudge Grahm for years, I find the new Grahm Fudge formula is the absolute worse tasting thing to pass my lips. Terrible taste and texture. I have complained using the 800# a few times and they did replace one bar and said that they sent me a check for the others.
Hope that they wake up. |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Ruined a good product, Jun 20, 2007
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reviewer: LAprGuy from LA, CA
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| Save those receipts: ZONE is offering a money-back guarantee on its new bars. You'll want your money back: They taste HORRIBLE. |
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