EcoBar<\/a>, which was on sale at the local 24-hour drugstore. The name of it sounds healthy, doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t it? <\/p>\nThere were several flavors to choose from: Rain Forest Frost, Mountain Majesty, Ocean Berry, Desert Delight, and Tropical Splendor. At first, I thought about the Desert Delight, figuring it must be good like a scoop of vanilla ice cream and hot apple pie. However, after reading the ingredients, which consisted of dates, nuts, figs, honey, toasted oats, and crisp rice with a creamy yogurt coating, I thought it didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem much like a desert. Maybe if they added some chocolate, then it would seem like a desert.<\/p>\n
Instead, I decided on the Tropical Splendor, which sounded pretty tropical with its pineapple, papaya, coconut, and mango, along with honey, toasted oats and crisp rice with a yogurt coating. It sure ain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t no plain rice cake.<\/p>\n
One of the first things I noticed about the EcoBar was its nutritional value. It contains 17 vitamins and minerals: Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Vitamin E, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Vitamin B12, Biotin, Pantothenic Acid, Phosphorus, Iodine, and Zinc. <\/p>\n
With a plain rice cake, I believe you get vitamins and minerals as well. <\/p>\n
Hmm, let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s see. Nope, no vitamins or minerals, just oodles of tasteless rice.<\/p>\n
How do you expect to get healthy from that?<\/p>\n
With my past plain rice cake experience, I was expecting the worst from this health food. Instead, I was pleasantly surprised by how good the chewy Tropical Splendor EcoBar was. The yogurt coating made the bar sweet, like a good candy bar. The mixture of dried fruit also made it very tasty. <\/p>\n
The \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Eco\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in EcoBar stands for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153ecology,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which is the relationships between organisms and their environment. Too bad the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Eco\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in EcoBar didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stand for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153economy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d because if they were a little cheaper, I would eat them a little more often.<\/p>\n
For the price of one EcoBar, I could get two chocolate bars. Hey, isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t chocolate considered health food?<\/p>\n
\nItem:<\/b> Tropical Splendor EcoBar
\nPurchase Price:<\/b> $1.19 (on sale)
\nRating:<\/b> 4 out of 5
\nPros:<\/b> Surprisingly good. Yogurt coating makes is taste more like candy.
\nCons:<\/b> Cheaper to buy candy bars. (Hey isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t chocolate good for you!). A little pricey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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