PowerBar Pria CarbSelect

[cjsmith]

I got a coupon for a free PowerBar Pria CarbSelect, so I tried it. My thoughts:

- Is "Pria" the feminine of "Prius"? If so, this pair fits many stereotypes about the sexes: the Pria is smaller and can't carry nearly as much, but tastes a whole lot better.*
- They're inventing even more excuses for carbs now. This thing has 2g "Impact Carbs", which is the remainder when you've taken the total carbs and subtracted off fiber and (get this) "sugar alcohol". Tellingly, there's a note on the wrapper cautioning diabetics that Impact Carbs aren't intended for YOU. I deduce that "Impact Carbs" are a lie marketing trick and "sugar alcohol" means "the manufacturer wanted a smaller Impact Carbs number".
- It doesn't taste like a protein bar, which is wonderful. However, it has an odd smell.
- At my local Safeway, it's $1.99 for this 110-calorie thing. I wonder how many Impact Carbs I'd get if I just ate two dollar bills.

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* I hope this will start several interesting arguments in the comments.

Comments

[firecat]

I'll say sugar alcohol isn't intended for diabetics. To diabetics it tastes FOUL. Like some kind of cleaning solution.

(Well, to this one, anyway.)

And I understand you're correct about females having more sensitive taste buds than males.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Oh wow. I didn't catch that "cleaning solution" taste from the Pria, and it had a lot of sugar alcohol. But then, maybe I have male taste buds ;-)