Really good fruit bar

[Kaido]

Just discovered these:

http://www.thatsitfruit.com/

Had an apple-pear bar, it was great! Basically it's an all-natural fruit snack bar based on an apple and another fruit. If you've ever had natural fruit leather, this is sort of the same idea, but minus the preservatives (ex. like citric acid, which derived from corn, which I'm allergic to).

This particular bar only has 1 apple and 1 pear, literally nothing else. I just ordered their sampler, so I'll report back in on how the other flavors taste, but the apple/fruit bar was really really good. Nice to have a pre-made snack I can eat without having to worry about allergies!

Current flavors:

Apple + Cherries (1 apple + 15 cherries)
Apples + Apricots (1 apple + 3 apricots)
Apples + Pears (1 apple + 1 pear)
Apples + Mangoes (1 apple + 1 mango)
Apples + Blueberries (1 apple + 20 blueberries)
Apple + Bananas (1 apple + 1 banana)

Details:

35g bars
100 calories
3-4g fiber
Only 2 ingredients (apple + another fruit)
No preservatives

$8.99 for the sampler on their website (via Paypal) and they also sell cases on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Thats-Apple-Ap.../dp/B0056AL68Y

I'm hoping the other flavors are just as good, that would be awesome!!

 

[MustISO]

I've gotten a few different types of bars like this recently and while it is great that there's just fruit and no added sugar, I find that these bars seem to have very little nutrition compared to the real fruits. I'm assuming during the cooking process they must lose some of the nutrients but if you look at the nutrient data it's not what it should be for whole fruit. There may be some that are better than others. Still much better choice than candy bars or chips.

 

[Kaido]

I received my sample pack:

http://i.imgur.com/hnhTYSS.jpg

Review:

1. Apple Blueberry: Surprisingly, these flavors do not blend together very well. It tasted like mashed-up blueberries. It's edible, but it's not like a "bar" flavor if you know what I mean. Meh.

2. Apple Banana: This smelled funny. Like you almost don't want to eat it funny, a borderline bad smell. However, it tasted great! The banana comes out extremely sweet. Very good flavor - my toddler liked it so much he killed most of the bar while we were sampling them haha.

3. Apple Cherry: This is very extremely cherry. If you like maraschino cherries, you will like this bar. I happen to love cherries, so I enjoyed it, but it is over-the-top with cherries. Good but strong. This is one I'd eat once in awhile but not on a regular basis.

4. Apple Mango: Awesome - great flavor combination. The apple tones down the mango, so it's a pretty mellow flavor overall. Very nice to eat; I would say this is my second favorite bar next to the apple-pear. I feel it could almost be sweeter actually, I think the apple tones down the mango just one notch too much.

5. Apple Apricot: Stronger smell than the regular bars, although not as much as the apple-banana. Borderline bitter. If you've ever had dried apricot fruit (like the coins they sell that are semi-moist), it's like that, but with a stronger apricot flavor on the bitter side of the fence. I wanted to like it more.

6. Apple Pear: This was the first one I tried and it was the only one the local store had on the shelf. I think that was for a reason, because it's definitely the best flavor. Nicely sweet, good flavor combination, good texture. The berry ones like the apple-blueberry bar are more flimsy & slightly mushy.

I will be ordering the pear, mango, banana, and cherry again. The pear & mango will be my go-to flavors. These will make nice emergency bars & sugar-fix bars without having to resort to something that has refined sugar in it. Shelf life is a year, so I can store some at home & in my desk at work if I get in a pinch. I'm very glad to have found these; I've had no allergic reaction (stomachache or anything) to any of them, which is super awesome. Having a snack that I don't have to make and is reasonably healthy is great!

 

[Auric]

Expensive for dried fruit available everywhere... or just make your own... or eat it fresh.

 

[Kaido]

Expensive for dried fruit available everywhere... or just make your own... or eat it fresh.

Really? In my area, dried fruit is pretty dang expensive, like eight bucks a bag, and is usually coated in sugar - even a lot of the ones available Whole Foods.

Plus it's nice having something that has a shelf life, sans preservatives, so I can store them for quick fixes. I do have a dehydrator, but it takes time to setup and I can't eat a lot of the agents that make for good-tasting dried fruit stuff. I would like to try this next berry season, however:

http://myhealthygreenfamily.com/blog/wordpress/tag/fruit-pectin/

 

[Kaido]

I've gotten a few different types of bars like this recently and while it is great that there's just fruit and no added sugar, I find that these bars seem to have very little nutrition compared to the real fruits. I'm assuming during the cooking process they must lose some of the nutrients but if you look at the nutrient data it's not what it should be for whole fruit. There may be some that are better than others. Still much better choice than candy bars or chips.

Yeah, I think the more you process stuff, the more nutrients you're going to lose. I live on frozen vegetables and at the very least, the flavor is pretty lacking.

However, in perspective, it's a huge leap up from an energy drink, candy bar, cheetos, etc., so it's kind of a next-best option from actually eating the whole foods.

 

[Kaido]

Trader Joe's knocked this off about 6 months ago with their own line of "apple-plus" bars:

1. Apple plus Banana
2. Apple plus Mango
3. Apple plus Strawberry
4. Apple plus Coconut

Best part is, they're only a buck each (vs. $1.75 each for the That's It versions). I think these are a little smaller as well, since they're only 90 calories (100 calories for the That's It kind). The Apple plus Mango is gloriously good:

http://www.traderjoes.com/digin/post/apple-fruit-bars

Also, if you're looking for a treat rather than a snack, they have amazing dried mango (the kind with added sugar called "Soft & Juicy Mango")