One week till our Disney Marathon

by Lori and Michelle on January 3, 2010

Hey everyone,

Sorry for no post yesterday, we had a very bad day. Just leaving it at that.

Today we tried the last 2 Vega Vibrancy Bars

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Pure2Raw Product Review: Vega Bars

First we had a bite of the Chocolate Decadence.

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Michelle and I both did not like it, there is some flavor in there we just do not like.  We think, like the first bar we had, it is the Acai in there. We have had Acai before and liked, just have never been huge fans of the flavor. Even having chocolate in there did not help.

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Twins Overall Review Rating:  One thumb up!

Next we took a bite out of the Green Synergy.

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Twins Overall Review Rating: Two thumbs up!

Both liked this one the best. Not sure why but maybe because it does not contain the Acai?

Our overall rating for all 3 Vega Whole Food Vibrancy Bars:

Check out our first review here.

We love that they are all:

  • gluten free
  • raw
  • sprouted
  • alkaline forming
  • vegan

We also feel for the size bar it is a good ratio of calories to fat to carbs to protein.

Appearance rating: The bars have good eye appeal, which is always great : )

Texture rating:  Good texture. Chewy from the dates with crunch from the buckwheat, almonds, and sorghum puffs.

Although, Michelle realized she does like the taste of the sorghum puffs in the bars, flavor wise. The crunchy texture not bad but taste not so good to her. 

And like we mentioned before we did not particular like the Acai flavor, which therefore we enjoyed the Green Bar the best. Maybe we are biased because we love anything green ; )

Well off to run our last run before our marathon…which is exactly one week from today!!!! We are testing out a Christmas gift from our older sister, we will have a review on this product later.

Till next time,

The Twins

{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }

Tara January 3, 2010 at 12:05 pm

Yum those bars look good! thanks for the review! =]

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Pure2 January 3, 2010 at 2:33 pm

Thanks Tara. The bars were alright, but everyone prefers different taste.

Jessica @ Dairy Free Betty January 3, 2010 at 12:13 pm

Good luck on the run!! The Disney Marathon sounds like SO much fun!! Maybe I’ll have to make that a goal of mine in the future!! :)

HAve fun ladies!!

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Pure2 January 3, 2010 at 2:32 pm

Thanks Jessica! I think running in a marathon is a great goal : )

Carbzilla January 3, 2010 at 12:19 pm

Can’t wait to hear all about the marathon!

I love the flavor of Acai but it’s buckwheat that can taste funky to me sometimes. I’ve kinda embraced it now but my husband thinks it’s the grossest taste in the world.

Mr. Vega is going to be in town next week. I may try to hear him speak. I’m just curious about his whole deal. I know his bars are getting mixed reviews and my local Super Supplements did not recommend his powder. :(

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Pure2 January 3, 2010 at 2:32 pm

Carbzilla, that is awesome that you get to talk with Brandon. Let us know what he says, but as for as the powder we love Vega Optimizer! Our bodies like it too. But everyone is different.

Averie (LoveVeggiesAndYoga) January 3, 2010 at 3:54 pm

So I’m thinking that there is not a single person I know who likes these and I wont name drop, but I know many people who actually really “enjoy” healthy/natural bars, even the reallllly natural tasting ones, and still, no one likes these. Well I can think of like 5 people who have given these bars mediocre reviews, at best. Some were not that kind :)

anyway, thank you for your honesty!!!! I have the bars in my cupboard but am frankly scared to try em :)

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Pure2 January 3, 2010 at 5:28 pm

All I can say Averie is just take one bite like we did and then make your own opinion. We tried to be honest and nice, but sometime it is hard. It is a good company, just the bars are no good.

Stephanie January 3, 2010 at 7:53 pm

The last bar I tried with Acai I ended up throwing out before even coming close to finishing… I hated it? Hmm wonder if it’s just a hard thing to perfect, but I rarely dislike something enough to waste it like that! Ah well… I hope you girls are having a better day today and I am so excited to see how your marathon goes, ya’ll are going to do fantastically I am sure :)

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Lauren January 4, 2010 at 7:27 am

I won a case of the one in the green package..lol. Like them a lot! Never tried the chocolate one! :)

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