A Full Review of GoMacro Bars
This nutrition bar is one of the “cleanest” on the market. When we say this, we mean it has very little ingredients and no artificial additives.
A Gomacro bar is a great snack, or addition to a meal. They can keep you feeling full due to their quality fat content.
Many other nutrition, protein and granola bars have artificial flavors and chemicals that should not be in them. These are added to make them taste better and it’s cheaper.
In this article we will conduct an in depth analysis of each Gomacro bar flavor and the overall impact they can have on your health.
- GoMacro Bars Nutrition Facts
- GoMacro Bar Ingredients
- Gomacro Bars Review | Ingredients
- What Happens if We Eat too Much Sugar?
- GoMacro Bars Review Continued
- Maple Sea Salt
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip
- Coconut + Almond Butter + Chocolate Chips
- Blueberry + Cashew Butter
- Dark Chocolate + Almonds
- Mocha Chocolate Chip
- Sunflower Butter + Chocolate
- Peanut Butter
- Cherries + Berries
- Cashew Butter
- Almond Butter + Carob
- Banana + Almond Butter
- Granola + Coconut
- Cashew Caramel
- Apple Cinnamon
- Conclusion
GoMacro Bars Nutrition Facts
What we like about Gomacro’s nutrition facts and ingredient label is how short they are. They are short and simple which tells us Gomacro is not trying to hide anything from its consumers. Below you will find the nutrition facts table for the Gomacro Oatmeal Chocolate Chip bar:
(All Gomacro bars have very similar ingredients and nutrition facts)
| Calories | 260 |
|---|---|
| Calories from fat | 90 |
| Total fat | 9g |
| Trans fat | 0g |
| Sodium | 105mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3g |
| Saturated fat | 2g |
| Cholesterol | 0mg |
| Total carbohydrates | 35g |
| Sugars | 12g |
| Protein | 12g |
| Vitamin C | 2 % |
| Calcium | 10% |
| Iron | 15% |
GoMacro Bar Ingredients
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Sunflower Seed Butter, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein), Organic Gluten-Free Rolled Oats, Organic Fair-Trade Chocolate Chips (Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Cocoa, Organic Cocoa Butter), Organic Crispy Brown Rice (Organic Brown Rice, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Sea Salt), Organic Maple Sugar, Organic Vanilla Flavor, Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Sea Salt. Manufactured in a facility that processes peanuts and tree nuts. May contain pit or nutshell fragments.
If you have a peanut allergy, it is important to steer clear of any Gomacro bar. These protein bars come from a factory that processes peanuts. Also, each bar may have nutshell fragments in them.
Gomacro Bars Review | Ingredients
As we can see there are many benefits when choosing to eat a Gomacro bar. They are plant-based and full of Non-GMO, organic ingredients. The only aspect of the nutrition label we do not like is the amount of sugar.
The American Heart Association recommends 35 grams of sugar a day for when and 25 grams a day for women. Gomacro bars can have as much as 12g per bar.
What Happens if We Eat too Much Sugar?
As researchers conduct more studies on human diet, they are starting to correlate more diseases to high consumption rates of sugar. Many diseases prevalent today, were not 100 years ago. The food our society has been introducing over the past 100 years are refined sugars and refined grains.
Refined sugar can be:
- High-fructose corn syrup.
- Cane sugar or juice.
- Maltose.
- Dextrose.
- Invert sugar.
- Rice syrup.
- Molasses.
- Caramel.
- Etc.
Researchers are now correlating diets with a high intake of refined sugar to diseases and health problems like these:
- Weight Gain
- Chronic Inflammation
- Heart Disease
- Diabetes
- Alzheimer’s
- Skin Aging
- High Blood Pressure
- Much More.
Interestingly enough, many of these have been and are on the rise in the United States. Yet, companies are not showing any sign of minimizing the amount of refined sugar in the food products they provide us.
So, if you eat a Gomacro bar you might be eating half of your daily intake of sugar in one protein bar. This is pretty significant considering these bars have around 260 calories in them.
That’s our rant on sugar. It is something we are always conscious of and we think it is something everyone should think about when they choose what to eat everyday.
GoMacro Bars Review Continued
GoMacro bars have lower fat content, specifically lower saturated fat content when comparing them to certain competitors. We do not think fat is an issue with these bars. Most of your fat is coming from “healthy fat”, plant-based sources.
Taste
Overall, GoMacro bars taste quite good and they have many different flavors to choose from. We personally like any of them with chocolate, but certain fruit flavors are quite good. Below we will list each bar and its ingredients.
Maple Sea Salt
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Sunflower Seed Butter, Organic Pumpkin Seeds, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein), Organic Crispy Brown Rice (Organic Brown Rice, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Sea Salt), Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Maple Sugar, Organic Maple Flavor, Sea Salt.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Peanut Butter, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein), Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Fair Trade Chocolate Chips (Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Cocoa, Organic Cocoa Butter), Organic Peanuts.
Coconut + Almond Butter + Chocolate Chips
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Almond Butter, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein), Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Fair Trade Chocolate Chips (Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Cocoa, Organic Cocoa Butter), Organic Unsweetened Coconut, Organic Almonds.
Blueberry + Cashew Butter
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Cashew Butter, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein), Organic Cashews, Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Sunflower Seed Butter, Organic Blueberries (Organic Blueberries, Organic Apple Juice Concentrate, Organic Sunflower Oil), Organic Blueberry Flavor.
Dark Chocolate + Almonds
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Almond Butter, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein), Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Almonds, Organic Fair-Trade Chocolate Chips (Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Cocoa, Organic Cocoa Butter), Organic Sunflower Seed Butter, Organic Cacao Powder, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Vanilla Flavor, Sea Salt.
Mocha Chocolate Chip
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Almond Butter, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein), Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Sunflower Seed Butter, Organic Fair-Trade Chocolate Chips (Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Cocoa, Organic Cocoa Butter), Organic Cacao Powder, Organic Coffee, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Vanilla Flavor.
Sunflower Butter + Chocolate
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Sunflower Seed Butter, Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Crispy Brown Rice (Organic Brown Rice, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Sea Salt), Organic Cacao Powder, Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Sprouted Flax, Organic Natural Vanilla, Organic Cinnamon.
Peanut Butter
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Peanut Butter, Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Peanut Butter Chips (Organic Peanut Flour, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Cocoa Butter, Salt), Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Peanuts.
Cherries + Berries
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Gluten-Free Rolled Oats, Organic Cherries, Organic Almond Butter, Organic Dates, Organic Cranberries (Organic Cranberries, Organic Apple Juice Concentrate, Organic Sunflower Oil), Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Raisins, Organic Natural Cherry Flavor.
Cashew Butter
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Cashew Butter, Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Cashews.
Almond Butter + Carob
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Almond Butter, Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Carob Powder, Organic Coconut Oil.
Banana + Almond Butter
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Almond Butter, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein), Organic Bananas, Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Sunflower Seeds, Organic Walnuts, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Cinnamon, Organic Natural Banana Flavor.
Granola + Coconut
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Gluten-Free Rolled Oats, Organic Unsweetened Coconut, Organic Walnuts, Organic Almond Butter, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Sunflower Seed Butter, Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein).
Cashew Caramel
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Cashew Butter, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein), Organic Cashews, Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Sprouted Flax, Organic Mesquite, Organic Coconut Oil, Organic Cinnamon.
Apple Cinnamon
Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Apples (Organic Apples, Organic Apple Fiber), Organic Walnuts, Organic Almond Butter, Organic Sunflower Seed Butter, Organic Gluten-Free Rolled Oats, Organic Crispy Brown Rice (Organic Brown Rice, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Sea Salt), Organic Coconut Sugar, Organic Protein Blend (Organic Sprouted Brown Rice Protein, Organic Pea Protein), Organic Puffed Brown Rice, Organic Vanilla Flavor, Organic Cinnamon.
Conclusion
Overall, the Gomacro protein bar is one of the best vegan protein bars the market offers. With organic, plant-based ingredients you cannot go wrong with this as a part of your diet. The only aspect we do not like, is the high sugar content of each bar.
Each bar has a double digit sugar count and sometimes it outweighs the protein the bar by a significant amount. Too much sugar can lead to a variety of health problems. That does not mean if you eat these you will get the health problems we spoke about above.
Those kind of probelms come from your hollistic diet. If you eat other foods with high sugar content throughout the course of each day, you may be more susceptible to certain health problems and diseases. If you eat very little sugar, these types of problems most likely will not affect your life.
So, would we recommend this protein bar for you? This depends on what your diet looks like. Is it going to hurt you to have these bars once in awhile? Of course not. Could it be problematic if you eat a few of these a day with other sources of refined sugar? Potentially.
As with most aspects of life, you should do them in moderation. Follow that ideal with sugar and we think you’ll notice a difference in how you feel.
