{"id":6148,"date":"2009-03-04T08:00:20","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=6148"},"modified":"2009-03-03T11:42:09","modified_gmt":"2009-03-03T16:42:09","slug":"food-find-noble-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/food-find-noble-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Find: Noble Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to nutrition bars,\u00a0there is a taste for everyone. From bars that are\u00a0little more\u00a0than a candy bar<\/a> injected with a multivitamin to bars that\u00a0have more protein in them\u00a0than a\u00a0baby calf, energy bars<\/a> line grocery store shelves and promise you the convenience of fast-food eating with the nutrition of a balanced meal.<\/p>\n

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Noble Bars: The Food of Ancient Rome<\/p><\/div>\n

So when I heard about the Noble Bar,\u00a0an all-natural fruit, nut and whole grain bar that coins itself as being The Food from Ancient Rome, I had to give\u00a0it a try. Then when all I had to do was send the company an email to receive a free bar, I really had to give it a try.<\/p>\n

Just a few days ago, the whole-foods enthusiasts at Noble Bar sent me a sample of Centurion Fig in the mail. And quite different from the four lines of ingredients that accompany most nutrition bars, many of them unrecognizable, the ingredients of the Noble Bar contained only five\u00a0items – organic figs, apples, walnuts, organic hard wheat berries and honey<\/a>. Already, I liked it. And when I tasted it, it was like eating a sweet and nutty mixture blended up by Mother Nature herself. I loved it! The sweetness from the natural fruits, crunch from the wheat berries and figs and moistness from the all-natural goodness created a yummy bar that felt super\u00a0healthy –\u00a0in a good way.<\/p>\n

The nutritional stats are quite comparable to other bars. One very generously-sized bar contains 230 calories, 7 grams of fat, 6 grams of fiber and 3.5 grams of protein.<\/p>\n

Noble bars come in six flavors: Centurion Fig, Spartan Pear, Viking Cherry, Samurai Persimmon, Kobukson Asian Pear and Han Dynasty Apricot. There are more flavors rumored to be\u00a0on their way.\u00a0All of them contain only a handful of ingredients and similar nutrition stats. Each bar is completely preservative free (except the Han Dynasty Apricot which contains sulfur dioxide to preserve the dried apricots) and they are all hand-crafted\u00a0at the Noble Bar HQ in Tacoma, Washington. Currently, only select stores in Washington sell them but you can order them online through the Noble Bar<\/a> website. One bar costs $2.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0mission behind the Noble Bar is to create a nutritious, whole-foods bar\u00a0that is based on the foods our ancient ancestors<\/a> like the Romans, Greeks, Vikings, and Chinese ate. To sustain the labors of\u00a0our hard-working forefathers, they relied on foods that were natural, whole and healthy like dried fruits, nuts, and grains. The Noble Bar thus honors and remembers our ancient ancestors, their values and their contributions to our world today through its taste and pure ingredients.<\/p>\n

A bar that tastes great, is great for you and takes us back to a time when life was a bit more natural, I can eat to that.<\/p>\n

Happy Noshing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to nutrition bars,\u00a0there is a taste for everyone. From bars that are\u00a0little more\u00a0than a candy bar injected with a multivitamin to bars that\u00a0have more protein in them\u00a0than a\u00a0baby calf, energy bars line grocery store shelves and promise … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[1036,20,839,1039,29,1038],"class_list":["post-6148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-energy-bars","tag-food-finds","tag-natural-health","tag-noble-bar","tag-nutrition","tag-whole-foods"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6213,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6148\/revisions\/6213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}