Quest Nutrition Protein Bars
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I hate seeing all of the negative commends about these bars. I think they are AWESOME. I have never seen any mold or other foreign objects in my bars, such as other reviewers posted, and they are always the perfect texture. These are the best when you want a sweet treat but are on a high protein (20g protein!) or restricted carb diet (such as Keto- our family counts net carbs, and these bars only have FOUR!). The chewiness, combined with the crunch of the cookies inside, makes these seem like a forbidden treat when dieting. I highly recommend you at least give these a try if you've seen the negative reviews. These are awesome, and so are the apple pie and oatmeal chocolate chip bars!\n\nI hope you found my review helpful. If you did, please click the YES button. Thank you!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Quest are the best. High in protein, little to no sugar and carbs and easily some of the best tasting bars out there.\n\nBEST FLAVORS:\n1) Birthday Cake\n2) Cookies and Cream\n3) Peanut Butter Supreme\n4) Rocky Road\n5) Blueberry Muffin\n\nWORST FLAVORS (do not buy):\n1) Vanilla Almond\n2) Apple Pie\n3) Strawberry Cheesecake\n\nPRO TIP: If you have time warm them up in the microwave for a few seconds. Maybe 5-10 depending on your microwave.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Okay. So I’m a bit confused. I originally tasted a store bought birthday cake quest bar and was blown away by how good it was. So I purchased a whole box online from here. When it came in, I noticed it tasted not as good, and I figured it was just me forgetting how it tasted a little bit. However, upon closer inspection, I realized there were some clear differences. First off, there’s an obvious difference in size and even colour. Secondly, the taste is a bit plasticky. Third, they’re so hard it’s almost impossible to chew. The store bought one I compared it to was soft, and tasted like birthday cake (as much as it can). The amazon bought one was hard and tasted just gross. What’s going on here? Quality control please!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I have these bars on subscription and generally get through two boxes a month. From an ingredient point of view they are one of the best on the market. However just opened a box, well in date and found my bar with mold on it, not impressed - attached pic. will not buy anymore via Amazon'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Listen to the other reviewers!!! The formula changed, and it now has poor quality that causes a lot of digestion issues. In addition, I too have experienced issues with the mold, and I have purchased the bars from many vendors other than Amazon, both online and in store. In fact, one time I found a piece of metal in the bar. When I contacted the company and sent pictures, they accused me off putting the metal in the bar, but ultimately blamed their vendors and dismissed it as an issue.\n\nOne last note, if you are gluten free, they have changed many products to now be labeled with the combined facility/ equipment label. I wonder how long before they all will have it. If you're sensitive like I am, this is a big issue.\n\nFor years, I used to use several quest products daily, but after all of that, I have eliminated their product from my world. With that many issues and passive concern, it is a real safety issue!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Why would they do this?\n\nI was a huge fan of Quest and have been ordering their bars for years; I loved the chocolate peanut butter flavor. Quest had the best combination of taste and nutritional value that I could find. Sadly, Quest recently “improved” their formula and, while the nutrition might be there, the bars are close to inedible.\n\nAfter the recipe change, the bars have an off-putting texture and taste like straight chemicals. Even worse, they tend to leave me queasy and, more than once, had me on the couch wondering if I'd be barfing them back up. I’m not sure what they did with these new bars but they just don’t look right, feel right, taste right, or sit right with me. I cringe at the thought of downing another one of these.\n\nI loved this brand and would knock back a box or two a week. Sadly, I can't eat these so I tossed what was left in my cabinet and cancelled my subscription. Not sure what Quest was thinking when they made this change but they really screwed this one up.\n\nThanks for breaking what didn't need fixing, Quest."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'So I just received my Monthly order and noticed a packaging change, the picture is different as is the logo and color scheme. I decided to take a look at the ingredients and to my surprise they have changed dramatically. Ill list the changes below.\n\nOld Bar:\nTotal Fat - 8g\nSaturated Fat - 3g\nCholesterol - <5mg\nSodium - 200mg\nPotassium - 120mg\nTotal Carbs - 21g\nDietary Fiber - 14g\nSugars - <1g\nErythritol - 3g\nProtein - 21g\nCalcium - 15%\nIron - 4%\nPhosphorus - 15%\nMagnesium - 8%\n\nNew Bar:\n\nTotal fat - 9g\nSaturated fat - 3g\nCholesterol - 5mg\nSodium - 190mg\nTotal Carbs - 21g\nDietary fiber - 14g\nSugars - 1g\nErythritol - 3g\nProtein - 21g\nCalcium 10%\nIron 4%\n\nAs you can see, the new bars lack Potassium, Phosphorus and Magnesium. Total fat is higher by 1G, Cholesterol went from 0% to 2% at 5mg and sugars went from less than a gram to 1g. Sodium is lower which is the only positive here and Calcium is down by 5%\n\nI will now be cancelling my renewal.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Before the expiration date the bars all moldy. Horrible blue. What a waste of money. Will not buy from this seller ever again.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "I used to have a quest bar as a staple for my day, they changed the fiber and now I can't even eat them without terrible stomach issues. Such a bummer quest! Also I contacted quest directly and basically was told the stomach upset was because they are good for your stomach and I will get used to it. No I won't! I eat very healthy and don't need a gut clean out."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "These are AMAZING. I don't want to talk them up too much, because then people will buy them and they will be out of stock lol. But these are THE BEST!\nI have quite a few flavors of Quest bars. The chocolate donut tasted like ginger to me and missed the mark badly imo - I didn't finish the box 1/10, don't recommend. I was not blown away with the s'mores, but they are edible. The chocolate chip cookie dough was decent, but for all the hype it gets, I was underwhelmed (I didn't try to warm it up though, so maybe I missed out?). Cookies and cream was my favorite until I tried chocolate chip oatmeal - those SLAP hard! (I was actually planning to buy those but they were sold out.. so I decided to try the white chocolate raspberry). The raspberry flavor is legit. It doesn't taste artificial at all! It's the perfect balance of sweet, yet tangy raspberry. I ate 3 of these in one day because I couldn't control myself and they tasted soooo good! I don't recommend that. Seems to cause some serious flatulence lol.\nI plan to try more flavors of Quest bars, but I can't imagine there is a better flavor out there than this. If you even like raspberry a little, try these! You will be hooked! I just ordered another box and it's been less than a week. I don't want to run out of these!"}]