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Sargento Sweet Balanced Breaks
Sargento Sweet Balanced Breaks

WHAT: Sargento Sweet Balanced Breaks

STATS: Vary by flavor. One tray of the Natural Cheddar (with raisins, almonds and yogurt-flavored chips) contains 190 calories and 13 fat, 11 carbohydrate, 2 fiber, 6 sugar and 7 protein grams. More information at sargento.com.

THE SKINNY: Snack breaks just got a bit sweeter. Or at least Sargento's Balanced Breaks did, adding bits of chocolate, graham cracker and Greek-yogurt-flavored chips to snack trays of cheese, nuts and dried fruit.

Sold in the cheese section (we found them at Kroger, 8415 W. Markham St., Little Rock), each pack contains three portion-controlled, 1.5-ounce snack trays containing fewer than 200 calories.

There are four new tasty Sweet Balanced Breaks varieties:

• Natural Cheddar Cheese with Sea-Salted Roasted Almonds, Raisins and Greek Yogurt Flavored Drops

• Natural Cheddar Cheese with Chocolate Chunks, Raspberry Flavored Dried Cranberries and Graham Crackers

• Monterey Jack Natural Cheese with Dried Cranberries, Dark Chocolate Chunks and Banana Chips

• Monterey Jack Natural Cheese with Dried Cranberries and Dark Chocolate Covered Peanuts

It would be more cost-efficient for one to bundle her own snacks and give her wallet a break. Still, we think these Sweet Balanced Breaks are pretty sweet.

-- Jennifer Christman

Slim Pickings is a weekly review of light foods. Email:

jchristman@arkansasonline.com

ActiveStyle on 03/27/2017

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