Vegan Bars

The Myths of Snacking

Now, you may have berated yourself in the past for snacking. Having vowed to yourself to stay off the snacks till your next meal, you find yourself sitting in a puddle of self-loathing having scoffed an entire pack of biscuits in five minutes. 

We’ve all been there. But rather than giving ourselves a hard time for snacking, let’s embrace the almighty vegan bar as a wonderful healthy treat for giving ourselves a boost of energy between meals.

What are vegan bars?

Vegan bars are convenient snacks that are made to give you a welcome boost of energy throughout your day. Vegan bars are generally packed with nutritious, proteinous, and natural ingredients. They are perfect for a mid-afternoon pick-me-up or to bulk out the kids’ school lunches. Vegan bars tend to fall into one of 5 broad categories. Here are those categories and some of our favourite brands who do them well:

Protein Bars

Excellent for energy, muscle repair and a general boost throughout the day, protein bars are a popular vegan snack bar choice. Myvegan excel at this game!

Flapjacks

Full of oaty goodness, flapjack vegan bars are good for slow-release energy. Oats are full of fibre and antioxidants, but watch out for high levels of sugar in these kinds of vegan bar. For a solid gold flapjack bar, in we Trek trust.

Fruit & Nut

You’ll find that lots of vegan bars are fruits and nuts crushed up together in a tasty brick of vitamins and minerals! Vegan bars made of fruits and nuts tend to be gluten-free bars, so accessible for those with intolerances. Nakd is a failsafe option.

Keto Bars

If you follow the Keto diet, you’ll be happy to know there are tons of Keto-friendly vegan snack bars out there for you to get your chops around. For those who don’t know, Keto is a high-fat, adequate-protein and no-carb diet. Pulsin paves the way here with their wide range of Keto bars. 

Vegan Chocolate Bars

Now we all love a good chocolate bar, and vegans are no exception. Vego, Nomo, Moofree and Caroboo all make utterly delicious vegan chocolate snack bars. 

Are vegan bars healthy in today’s lifestyle?

Whether we like it or not, the kind of lives we live today are fast-paced and highly stimulated. To keep ourselves going in our busy days, vegan bars and vegan gluten-free bars can be a real life-saver. Instead of gorging on high-sugar, artificial nastiness to keep us hanging on during a killer day at work, having a nutritious vegan bar is giving yourself and your body a little dollop of kindness. It goes a long way. 

Rather than the synthetic snack bars that saturate the market, vegan bars respond to what your body is really calling for. Vitamins, nutrients, protein, and whole, raw ingredients. Of course, not all vegan snack bars are the exemplar of health, but in general, they’re pretty darn good. 

Now, you may have berated yourself in the past for snacking. Having vowed to yourself to stay off the snacks till your next meal, you find yourself sitting in a puddle of self-loathing having scoffed an entire pack of biscuits in five minutes. 

We’ve all been there. But rather than giving ourselves a hard time for snacking, let’s embrace the almighty vegan bar as a wonderful healthy treat for giving ourselves a boost of energy between meals and a convenient failsafe to keep you going. 

Are vegan bars gluten-free? 

If you’re gluten-free, you’re in luck, as a great portion of the vegan bars out there generally omit gluten from their ingredients. Vegan bars are usually packed with protein and fibre, often using nuts, fruit and oats as key ingredients. Perfect for gluten-free folks!

Fortunately, there’s a whole host of vegan gluten-free bars for you to choose from if you have gluten intolerances. Here are some stand-out gluten-free bars options:

• Pulsin - Keto Bars 

• Nakd Bars
• Rhythm108 - Organic Sweet & Salty Almond Choc Bar

Top vegan bar brands to try:

Here are some of PlantX’s favourites for you to try:

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1. Caraboo’s Vegan “Not-Choc” Bars
2. Nomo’s Fruit & Crunch Choc Bar
3. Moo Free’s Mini Bar - Bunnycomb 
4. Clif Bar’s Energy Bars
5. Ombar’s Organic Coco Mylk Chocolate Bar

So why not grab some yummy and nutritious vegan bars in this week’s grocery shop, you won’t turn back!

Benefits of eating vegan bars

In the spirit of celebrating the vegan snack bar as a glorious invention, here are a couple of reasons why you should consider having a stock of them in your cupboard at all times. 

• Convenience

In our busy and hectic lives, sometimes we just need to be able to sling food into our bags and run out of the door. Vegan bars are perfect for this exact situation. 

Small, light, sturdy and well packaged, we can be sure they won’t disintegrate and ruin our laptops or require fiddling around with Tupperware in the morning when we’re in a rush.

• Choice

It’s truly magnificent how much choice there is out there for us vegans when it comes to snack bars. Nuts, cacao, oats, dried fruits, the list goes on. Let’s rejoice in the choice! Go wild and try as many types of vegan snack bar as you can!

Frequently Asked Questions

What are plant-based bars made of?

Vegan bars are usually packed with protein and fibre, often using nuts, fruit and oats as key ingredients and avoiding unnatural sugars. So, a great benefit of eating vegan snack bars is they provide a compact combination of lots of vitamins and minerals in one go. 

We find it so exciting how vegan snack bars can be SUCH a treat, but also a powerful source of nutrients. Take, for example. Fattbar’s Keto Nutbars, outrageously scrummy, full of fibre and nuts, but undeniably hitting that spot of sweet and salty! We can have it all!

Of course, everything in moderation is the way. Try not to overload yourself with vegan bars and eat them alongside a healthy balanced diet. This way you’ll get all the benefits of the magical vegan bar. 

Top vegan bar brands to try:

Here are some of PlantX’s favourites for you to try:

1. Caraboo’s Vegan “Not-Choc” Bars
2. Nomo’s Fruit & Crunch Choc Bar
3. Moo Free’s Mini Bar - Bunnycomb 
4. Clif Bar’s Energy Bars
5. Ombar’s Organic Coco Mylk Chocolate Bar

So why not grab some yummy and nutritious vegan bars in this week’s grocery shop, you won’t turn back!