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Kitchfix Grain-Free Granola Bars
Kitchfix Grain-Free Granola Bars

WHAT: Kitchfix Grain-Free Granola Bars

STATS: Vary slightly by flavor. One Vanilla Sea Salt bar contains 190 calories and 16 fat, 9 carbohydrate, 3 fiber, 4 sugar and 6 protein grams. We tried press samples. Not yet widely available in Arkansas stores; can be purchased at kitchfix.com and amazon.com.

THE SKINNY: Granola's main ingredient is grains -- usually oats.

So what, then, is grain-free granola?

Kitchfix's Grain-Free Granola Bars contain ingredients like sunflower seeds, coconut almonds, walnuts and maple syrup. So they're gluten-free, but they're not sugar- or carbohydrate-free.

For me, the gritty bars were a bit too taste-free. While the Maple Cinnamon flavor did have subtle hints of sweetness and spice, the other two -- Chocolate Chip and Vanilla Sea Salt -- tasted like earth: slightly chocolatey earth and neither vanilla nor salty, very earthy earth.

These Kitchfix's bars still need a bit of fixing.

-- Jennifer Christman

Slim Pickings is a weekly review of light foods.

jchristman@arkansasonline.com

ActiveStyle on 05/28/2018

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