Thread: Thoughts on Quest bars?

I decided to buy a bulk order of some (surprisingly expensive) Quest bars, as I've finally been convinced of the importance of protein frequency, and I can easily remedy that by eating a bar at my desk a couple hours before training. No need to mix a shake and clean the bottle or open a can or cook something or worry about mercury levels, etc., for an extra 20g and another serving for timing purposes.

Bought on sale here and they were sold out of most flavors. Got mint chocolate chunk.

It's pretty good I guess? Smaller and denser than I was expecting honestly. Has a nice chewy texture and decent flavor, but I don't know if $2.50 a bar is a good per unit price or if I could have done better.

Anyone like these?

I save my empty Greek yogurt containers and lids to make a Vince Gironda hormone precursor shake and sometimes take it with me to one work or the other. Won't go into detail on the ingredients, but it's 60-70 grams of protein.

Originally Posted by EliKoehn

I decided to buy a bulk order of some (surprisingly expensive) Quest bars, as I've finally been convinced of the importance of protein frequency, and I can easily remedy that by eating a bar at my desk a couple hours before training. No need to mix a shake and clean the bottle or open a can or cook something or worry about mercury levels, etc., for an extra 20g and another serving for timing purposes.

Bought on sale here and they were sold out of most flavors. Got mint chocolate chunk.

It's pretty good I guess? Smaller and denser than I was expecting honestly. Has a nice chewy texture and decent flavor, but I don't know if $2.50 a bar is a good per unit price or if I could have done better.

Anyone like these?

Some of them taste pretty good, but yeah they are super expensive for what they are. You are paying for convenience. Unfortunately i have to avoid them due to all the artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols(made that mistake on a road trip once was not pretty). Some flavors taste pretty good heated up in the microwave too.

They’re OK… most of them have identical textures and that ‘quest bar’ flavor…

But, they perform well in independent tests, and some of the options aren’t terrible

As long as you can handle the fiber bomb

Paul, I'm going to do the precursor shake at some point soon. Manwittaplan's ears are burning somewhere.

Are they unsafe for some people or something, regarding the sugar alcohols?

And I only care about the protein frequency and the convenience, really. The flavor is just a plus if it's good. I want high performance and recovery once I resume eating at maintenance and protein frequency is probably where I'm most lacking.

And I actually was planning to refrigerate them! Who would microwave a protein bar?

Originally Posted by EliKoehn

lNo need to mix a shake and clean the bottle

I bring a shaker to work often. I just refill it with water after and let it sit until after work. That's enough to keep it from developing a bad smell over time.

I also have a bunch of protein bars from Pure Protein for about $1.30 CDN per bar (20-23g protein). I don't know how widely available they are.

Originally Posted by TolerantLactose

I bring a shaker to work often. I just refill it with water after and let it sit until after work. That's enough to keep it from developing a bad smell over time.

I also have a bunch of protein bars from Pure Protein for about $1.30 CDN per bar (20-23g protein). I don't know how widely available they are.

Thanks - and good thought. I have some powder at the office, but I just use it if I'm not going to be able to eat lunch or forgot my chicken, etc.

Originally Posted by air2fakie

If you're paying $2.50/bar anyway, for variety you can also buy pre-packaged protein / nutritional supplement shakes in multi-packs. As long as you don't buy a plant-based one, you can freeze them beforehand and by the time you drink it, it'll be a creamy cold shake.

For example, Ensure Protein Max is 30g protein & 100mg caffeine.

Damn now I feel like I might have wasted my money because that sounds better...

[QUOTE=EliKoehn;1651100003]I decided to buy a bulk order of some (surprisingly expensive) Quest bars/QUOTE]

Would that be a Quest request?