Energy Bar: Enjoy Life Caramel Apple Snack Bars

Another product we gave a taste test to was Enjoy Life's Caramel Apple snack bars. These bars are nut and gluten free, contain no trans fat and "no artificial anything". They purport to be free of all common allergens while maintaining their "soft and chewy" taste.

The bars definitely look appetizing on the box package- but perhaps look a bit (okay a lot) different in real life. Actually they resemble caramel-colored logs and are considerably smaller. But on first bite, I wasn't really disappointed. The snack bars are soft and chewy and have a nice bite to them.
They most certainly do resemble apples and cinnamon and have sweet yet smooth finish.

Yeah- they aren't bad at all! And not just because they are gluten free. They really do taste good. Yup, I'll be buying these again for sure.

Ingredients:
Organic brown rice syrup; organic evaporated cane juice; brown rice flakes; brown rice flour; sorghum flour; dried apple (sulfite-free); sunflower seed butter (roasted sunflower kernel, evaporated cane juice, salt); fig paste; date paste; vegetable glycerin; expeller-pressed vegetable oil (safflower oil and/or sunflower oil); organic beet fiber; ground flaxseed; natural caramel flavor; xanthan gum; baking soda; salt; cinnamon.

Made in a dedicated nut and gluten free facility.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: 1 bar (28 g)
Servings per container: 5
Calories: 110
Calories from fat: 25
Total fat: 2.5 g
Sat fat: 0 g
Trans fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 95 mg
Total carb: 21 g
Dietary fiber: 2 g
Sugars: 8 g
Protein: 2 g

Crackers: Blue Diamond Pecan Nut-Thins

So for years now we've been enjoying Ka-me rice crackers in a variety of flavors. But you know it's easy to lose taste-bud interest. Here's a product that woke mine up and brought around a regular fiesta!

From Blue Diamond comes Pecan Nut-Thins. These are nut & rice cracker snacks that contain 0 grams of trans fat and are pure deliciousness. The crackers have a rich almost smoky flavor, are super crisp and have the right amount of saltiness too. You can clearly taste the pecans as if you toasted them and crushed them into a cracker yourself. I was truly impressed by their full-bodied buttery flavor.

One thing we did notice is that although on the package it says that [Blue Diamond are] "proud sponsors of the Celiac Disease Foundation", I was unable to locate anything that said the Pecan Nut Thins were actually gluten free. Hmmm- that is a bit disconcerting, however I will just say to eat at your own risk even if the ingredient list appears celiac-safe. I mean I would hope that if they are supporting Celiac Disease research right on the package, they might actually manufacture a gluten free product- and not just use it as an advertising ploy.

So if you do decide to give these a try, please be forewarned that they are highly addictive!

Ingredients:
Rice flour, pecan meal, potato starch, expeller pressed safflower oil, salt, natural pecan flavor and natural butter flavor (contains milk).

Processed in a facility that also makes products containing wheat, soy, almonds and hazelnuts.

Nutrition Facts:
Serving size: 30 g (about 16 crackers)
Servings per container: About 4
Calories: 130
Cal from fat: 30
Total fat: 3.5 g
Sat fat: 0 g
Trans fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 130 mg
Total carb: 23 g
Dietary fiber: less than 1 g
Sugars: 0 g
Protein: 2 g

Granola: Bakery on Main Cranberry Orange Cashew Granola

At last we're back in the gluten free swing of things. Happy Summer to everyone and here's to a
great bunch of products we've recently tried out.

Recently Rob was shopping at Wegman's and found Bakery on Main's Cranberry Orange Cashew Granola. It's trans fat free, dairy free, gluten and wheat free, cholesterol free, low in saturated fat and sodium and is casein free.

WOW! This is an incredible blend of fruit and nuts. One whiff of the bag and you'd think there was a whole orange in there! The mix is delectably sweet and crisp and completely different than any granola I've tasted before. I love too that there are cashew halves thrown in. You never see cashews in cereal. It's also not so dense that you can't enjoy it.

This stuff is incredible- and you'd never in a million years guess it was gluten free and good for you at the same time. But hey if for some crazy reason you don't like this granola, you can always fill a bowl and use it as pot-pourri!

Gluten free has really come around and is better than I could have ever imagined! Way to go Bakery on Main!

Ingredients:
Corn flour, water, evaporated cane juice, rice flour, rice bran, raisin juice concentrate, honey, salt, cranberry (sugar), Non-GMO canola oil, sunflower seeds, cashews, sesame seed, flax seed, natural flavors, cinnamon, sea salt, cloves.

Contains:
Tree nuts, sesame seeds and sunflower seeds Manufactured on equipment that also processes milk proteins, eggs and peanuts.

Nutrition Facts
Serving size: 2 oz. (57g)
Servings per container: 6
Calories: 240
Calories from fat: 100
Total fat: 11 g
Sat fat: 1 g
Trans fat: 0 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Sodium: 40 mg
Total carbs: 35 g.
Dietary fiber: 2 g
Sugars: 12 g
Protein: 4 g

Find it at Amazon.com:
Bakery On Main, Gluten Free Granola, Cranberry Orange Cashew, 5.30-Ounces (Pack of 6)

Sorry for no posts

My apologies for no Celiac Food reviews this week due to a family emergency.

Be back next week!

Diana

Reviews on hold this week

Hello everyone,

Diana's family suffered a tragedy late last week so she will be offline this week. Reviews will probably return next week.

Thanks

Rob