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