KIND Gluten Free Snacks brand was one of my husband’s favorite gluten free protein bars out of all of the protein bars we received samples of while at the Natural Products Expo West trade show earlier this year. They just so happen to have contacted me recently and sent us a sample of all of their gluten free bars and clusters (granola type product). Are we lucky or what?
KIND is a brand of all natural whole nut and fruit bars and snacks made from simple ingredients, ones that you can see and pronounce. They are the talk amongst the media!
The Today Show names the KIND bar as the best snack bar with only 11o calories and 10 grams of protein. Watch the short video at KIND in the News. Their bars are also recommended as a healthy snack by several leading magazines including O (The Oprah Magazine), Health, INC., Family Circle and more.
All of KIND gluten free products are tested at less than 20 ppm (parts per million). On site, they test bars quarterly for gluten and the results have been found to be consistently well below 20 ppm. They also test the line for gluten before every run, and the test must come back negative before running.
Kind Bars Review
The clusters are wonderful and crunchy. Both my husband and I are in love with the Maple Walnut with Chia & Quinoa. Both of our favorite bar is the Cranberry Almond + Antioxidants. And if you’re a fan of coconut, you’ll love the Almond & Coconut, as it is chewy. Yum! We both agree that their products taste like you’re eating real food! It tastes fresh and flavorful! We definitely give KIND’s gluten free snacks a big thumbs up!
Peanut Butter Whole Grain Clusters (just won a place in Prevention’s Healthy Food Awards)
Ingredients : Whole grains (gluten free oats, brown rice, millet, buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa), evaporated cane juice, peanut butter, soy crisp (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, calcium carbonate), peanuts, whey protein, canola oil, sea salt, Vitamin E (D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate).
Maple Walnut Whole Grain Clusters
Ingredients : Whole grains (gluten free oats, brown rice, gluten free oat flour, amaranth, millet, quinoa, buckwheat), evaporated cane juice, canola oil, chicory root fiber, walnuts, chia seeds, maple syrup, molasses, natural maple flavor, sea salt, Vitamin E (D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate).
Almond & Coconut Bar
Ingredients : Almonds, dried coconut, honey, non GMO glucose, puffed rice, chicory fiber, soy lecithin.
Fruit & Nut Delight Bar
Ingredients : Almonds, dried coconut, honey, non GMO glucose, puffed rice, chicory fiber, soy lecithin.
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter + Protein Bar
Ingredients : Almonds, dried coconut, honey, non GMO glucose, puffed rice, chicory fiber, soy lecithin.
Cranberry Almond + Antioxidants Bar
Ingredients : Almonds, dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil), macadamias, honey, non GMO glucose, puffed rice, chicory fiber, soy lecithin, Vitamins: Vitamin A Acetate, Ascorbic Acid (Vit C), D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E).
THE GLUTEN FREE GIVEAWAY
Eligibility
This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canadian shipping addresses only.
Prizes
Five (5) lucky winners will each receive the following:
- The KIND Combo Cube which consists of the below:
a. One Package of Peanut Butter Whole Grain Clusters
b. One Package of Maple Walnut Whole Grain Clusters
c. Two of the following flavors of bars: Almond & Coconut, Fruit & Nut Delight, Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter + Protein, and Cranberry Almond + Antioxidants
The Suggested Retail Value is $35.00 a cube, making the giveaway a total of $175.00!
How to Enter
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What you should know
- Giveaway ends at 11:59 pm PST on June 14, 2012.
- The winner will be announce on this page on June 15, 2012.
- The winner will have until 11:59pm PST on June 18, 2012 to reply to the winner’s notification email to supply us with their U.S. shipping address and phone number. If they do not respond within that period of time, a new winner will be chosen. Therefore, use an email address you check often or check back to this site on June 15, 2012 to view the winner announcement. The winner’s shipping address, phone number and email address will be kept confidential.
- The winner is chosen at random using random.org.
- The winner will be announced at the bottom of this page.
Disclaimer: KIND Snacks provided me with free samples of their products to try, and I was under no obligation to review them, if I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review or sponsor a giveaway in return for the free products.
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, and made gluten free. The changes I made beside using a different frosting are the use of gluten free Greek yogurt instead of sour cream; gluten free natural dark chocolate morsels instead of chopped bittersweet chocolate; substituted fine sea salt and evaporated cane juice instead of regular salt and sugar, (though you can use any type you desire); and added hot water.
