Healthy Snacks: Boomi Bar Review

By Kelly Turner on January 13th, 2010

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I eat a lot of health bars. They are fast, they are easy, and, quite frankly, I get a lot of them for free to review. Like these Cashew Almond Boomi Bars from Divine Foods.

Honestly, seriously, these are one of my top five bars, for two reasons.

First, they aren’t fancy. They are healthful and delicious and provide a good wallop of nutrients, but they aren’t trendy about it. No superfoods, or antioxidants, or crushed versions of things I’ve never heard of from the mountains of who the hell knows where. I’m honestly kind of turned off by that stuff. I believe in whole grains and real ingredients that I’ve heard of, so when someone beats me over the head with the 50 million NEW healthy buzz ingredients on the market they shoved into a tiny bar, my brain starts to whisper “gimmick….fad….”

Boomi Bars are gluten free (which is a good thing, because I dropped a piece of one and my gluten-intolerant dog gobbled it right up), soy free, and preservative free. They are made from almonds, cashews, dates, crisp rice, amaranth, salt and sweetened and bound with honey. That’s it. And that’s the kind of ingredient list I like to see.

Second, they are freakin’ good. The Cashew Almond Boomi Bars are made on site, according to demand, so they are fresh and you can really taste it. They are crunchy and chewy, without being too much either, and remind me a lot of peanut brittle (which is another favorite of mine).

Also, I don’t know if this is weird or not, but I really don’t like bars with dried fruit in them. I find the dried fruit that is usually used adds a tart, bitter taste that over powers any sweetness. Boomi Bars? They only use dates, which are about the sweetest fruit you can find. Boomi Bars even won the Taste of Expo East, and I have to say the judges got it right.

If you aren’t impressed by fancy, new age, health ingredients from the depths of forests you’ve never heard of before, and want something real, with ingredients you recognize, that is delicious and healthy, Boomi Bars are for you.