Spotted: New stuff from Nature Valley, one of our go-to grocery snack brands.
Biscuits With Cocoa Almond Butter (190 calories and 10 fat, 22 carbohydrate, 3 fiber, 9 sugar and 4 protein grams per pack): We reported that these individually wrapped oat biscuit sandwiches come in Almond Butter and Peanut Butter. Now there's a new Cocoa Almond Butter flavor. Compared to belVita sandwiches, these are more coarse and less substantial (there is only one sandwich per pack and 40 fewer calories). Sold in boxes of five pouches.
Granola Cups (180 calories and 10 fat, 20 carbohydrate, 2 fiber, 8 sugar and 4 protein grams for per Almond Butter pack): These crunchy granola snacks aren't so much cups as they are cookies. They come in two varieties: Peanut Butter Chocolate (chocolate coating, peanut butter filling, topped with peanuts) and Almond Butter (almond butter filling, topped with almonds) with five packs per box. They're rather small and unsatisfying; we didn't go nuts for them.
We found these products at Target, 420 S. University Ave., Little Rock. Visit naturevalley.com.
-- Jennifer Christman
Slim Pickings is a weekly review of light foods. Email:
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ActiveStyle on 02/13/2017