May 3, 2009 at 5:01 am (Best Cheese Cracker, Best Cracker, Best Sweet-Potato Chip, Perfect Balance of Sweet and Salty)
Tags: Balance of Sweet and Salty, Cheddar-cheese Flavor, Cheese Cracker, Crackers, Kraft Cheese Nips, ower Fat and Sodium, Pepper Farm Hearty Wheat, Reduced Fat Cheddar, Swedish-Cardboard-Cracker, Sweet-Potato Chip, Terra Spiced Sweet-Potato Chips
7. Best Sweet-Potato Chip
Terra Spiced Sweet-Potato Chips The perfect balance of sweet and salty. Per 1-ounce serving: 160 calories, 1 g protein, 14 g carbohydrates, 11 g fat (1 g saturated), 3 g fiber, 95 mg sodium.
8. Best Cheese Cracker
Kraft Cheese Nips, Reduced Fat Cheddar Lower-fat and –sodium entries have hit the market, but these still have hit the market, but these still have the best Cheddar-cheese flavor. Per 30-g serving: 130 calories, 3 g protein, 21 g carbohydrates, 3.5 g fat (1 g saturated), less than 1 g fiber, 310 mg sodium
9. Best Cracker
Pepper Farm Hearty Wheat Dense and crunchy. And not in the Swedish-cardboard-cracker kind of way, either. Per 16-g serving: 80 calories, 2 g protein, 10 g carbohydrates, 3.5 g fat (0 g saturated), 1 g fiber, 100 mg sodium.
10. Best Wheat Pretzel
Rold Gold Honey Wheat Pretzels Crunchy, sweet wheat with a touch of salt. Per 1-ounce serving: 110 calories, 2 g protein, 23 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat (0 g saturated), 1 g fiber, 230 mg sodium – Philip Rhodes
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May 2, 2009 at 11:19 am (Best Dried-Fruit Mix, Best Jerky, Best Potato Chip, Best Trail Mix, Heart-stopping Trans Fats)
Tags: Beef, Dried Cherris, Dried-Fruit Mix Jerky, Low Fat Kettle Krisp, Original Flavor, Pedestrian Mixes, Potato Chip, SnackMaster’s Natural Turkey Jerky, Tart Dried Blueberries, Trail Mix, Trans Fats, Turkey, Woodstock Farms Gourmet
3. Best Trail Mix
Woodstock Farms Gourmet Tart dried blueberries and cherries elevate this one above more pedestrian mixes. Per ¼-cup serving: 120 calories, 2 g protein, 19 g carbohydrates, 4 g fat (0.5 g saturated), 2 g fiber, 10 mg sodium.
4. Best Dried-Fruit Mix
Woodstock Farms Tropical Fruit Mix Big chunks of sweet fruit that you can really sink you teeth into. No metallic, sulfurous aftertaste. Per ¼-cup serving: 90 calories, 0 g protein, 22 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 2 g fiber, 10 mg sodium.
5. Best Jerky
SnackMaster’s Natural Turkey Jerky, Original Flavor None of our testers guessed it was turkey instead of beef. Per 1-ounce serving: 80 calories, 14 g protein, 3 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat (0 g saturated), – g fiber, 550 mg sodium
6. Best Potato Chip
Low Fat Kettle Krisp Guiltless snacking at its finest, with no heart-stopping trans fats to spoil the party. Per 1-ounce serving: 110 calories, 3 g protein, 22 g carbohudrates, 1.5 g fat (0 g saturated), 2 g fiber, 160 mg sodium – Philip Rhodes
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May 1, 2009 at 11:39 pm (Best Chewy Granola Bar, Best Crunchy Granola Bar, Best Snack Aisle, Buttery Goodness, Energy Source, Enough Protein, Good Fats, Good Protein, More Satisfying, Ravenous Tasters)
Tags: Breac Alone, Bread, Carb Hype, Chewy, Chewy Granola Bar, Complex Carbohydrates, Crunchy Granola Bar, Dense, Fiber, Health Valley Wild Berry, Hig-Fructose Corn Syrup, High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Long-lasting Source of Enery, Nature Valley Peanut Butter Granola Bar, Nutritionist, Protein, Pure Peanut, Regulate Insulin, Snack Aisle, Snack Foods, Trans Fats
A man cannot live by bread alone—it doesn’t have enough protein. So what’s a guy to eat?
The answers are here. There are more than 50,000 prepared foods for sale in U.S. supermarkets, and with the help of our panel of nutritionist and ravenous taste-tasters, we found the 125 best ones. Out with the trans fats, high-fructose corn syrup, and carb hype. In with the good fats, protein, and complex carbohydrates.
Gentlemen, start your grocery carts. This is a race of you win.
The Best of the Snack Aisle
“Protein and fiber are nutrients that regulate insulin and therefore are longer-lasting sources of energy, they also help make snack foods more satisfying, so you’ll put the bag back in the cabinet rather than tossing it cause it’s empty.
1. Best Crunchy Granola Bar
Nature Valley Peanut Butter Granola Bar Pure peanut-buttery goodness. Per package (2 bars): 180 calories, 5 grams (g) protein, 30 g carbohydrates, 7 g fat (1 g saturated), 2 g fiber, 190 milligrams (mg) sodium.
2. Best Chewy Granola Bar
Health Valley Wild Berry Chewy and dense, and not high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Per bar: 100 calories, 2 g protein, 22 g carbohydrate, 1 g fat (0 g saturated), 2 g fiber, 5 mg sodium – Philip Rhodes
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