Kyoree Oat Bars Berries | Chewsday Review
These bars are berry easy to love, but I'm about to spill the oats on everything you need to know.
- Oats (29%), seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, linseed), maple syrup, berries (9%) (blueberry, cranberry), vegetable fibre (tapioca), sunflower oil, tapioca starch, calcium, baking powder (mineral salt, sodium bicarbonate), psyllium husk, beetroot powder, sunflower lecithin, natural vanilla flavour, sea salt.
- Maple syrup is still considered an added sugar and has a similar nutritional profile as regular sugar.
- Allergens: Gluten.
- May contain: Almond, barley, hazelnut, lupin, macadamia, peanut, rye, sesame, spelt, walnut, wheat.
- The sugar content in these bars is within my guidelines, at 10.8g per 100g. The sweetness in these bars comes from the maple syrup and berries.
- At 260mg per 100g, the sodium falls within the target.
- Calcium has been added to these bars, and at 129mg per bar, they contain 25% of a toddler’s daily calcium intake. This is handy for dairy-free kids.
- These bars contain sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and linseeds, which are naturally high in unsaturated fats. It’s a shame we don’t know what percentage of the ingredients is seeds (looks to be between 9% and 29%), but it’s still a positive in my eyes.
- These snack bars have been created by an Australian Dietitian as an allergy-friendly product, making them a handy lunchbox addition.
- The fibre content of these bars falls below my target at 2.6g per serving, even with the addition of psyllium husk.
- Saturated fat is slightly above my target at 3.6g per 100g, but I’m not seeing any obviously high sources (like coconut oil, butter or cocoa butter) so this must be coming from the combination of seeds, sunflower oil and sunflower lecithin.
- At only 29% oats, I’d like to see a higher oat content. Most muesli bars I have reviewed contain 40-50% oats, such as Carman’s Fruit Free Muesli Bars. I suppose this is the trade off for containing the seed mix.
- At $2.40 per bar ($80 per kilo), these are pricey! The Little Bellies Organic Apricot Date & Oat Bars are a cheaper alternative, at $0.98 per bar ($57.65 per kilo), or you could try Dr Kyla’s Raspberry Oat Slice for a similar texture.
- “Australian made and owned.” Yep!
- “Dairy-free, egg-free, source of fibre, source of calcium.” True.
- “Lunchbox-friendly.” In terms of allergen awareness, this is true.
- Overall, these oat bars are a decent allergy-friendly option for a snack or to add to a lunchbox, although they are certainly on the more expensive end of the muesli bar/snack bar aisle.
- A homemade alternative could be Dr Kyla’s Raspberry Oat Slice, or the Little Bellies Organic Apricot Date & Oat Bars are a cheaper store-bought option.
- If you are looking for more guidance when choosing muesli, cereal and nut bars, members of Toddler and Family Mealtimes have access to my member guides.
The composition of food products changes regularly. The nutritional values of the products in this Chewsday Review were correct at the time of publishing.
