Boundless Nutrition Review and Giveaway

This review and giveaway is very timely for my current weight loss and health goals for the year.  Although my food will be provided by Nutrisystem, there will be times when I will want or need a snack or meal replacement when I can’t get to my provided foods.  I have always carried some sort of cracker or granola bar in my bag or car just in case.  You never know when you might get stuck waiting for longer than expected somewhere and end up being hungry!  Boundless Nutrition has a great solution for this that provides not only a tasty snack, but extra protein, fish oil and green tea.  

The Oatmega3 Wellness Bar is a quality protein bar/meal replacement with the added benefits of 300mg of DHA and EPA Omega-3 in each bar, the equivalent of 3 cups worth of decaffeinated green tea plus organic dark chocolate for added antioxidants and an excellent source of fiber and calcium with 5 grams of prebiotic fiber and 25% RDI of calcium that helps you stay full longer!   Boundless Nutrition uses 100% ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS and they verify that their ingredients are non-genetically modified.  Their high quality whey protein is truly in the highest standards out there – sourced from high quality milk that contains no antibiotics or growth hormones.  Due to the high quality of the Oatmega3Wellness Bar, Boundless Nutrition is able to promote their products to those who have special diet needs as well.  They are organic, gluten-free and low in sugar.  Their overall fat content is moderate and derived only from the protein not from added sugars and fats. 

They also offer the Perfect Fit Protein Cookie as an alternative to the more traditional protein bars.  The Perfect Fit Protein Cookie is just that – a traditional cookie just like your mom would bake – except it has all the added benefits listed above that you find in the Oatmega3 Wellness Bar!  

I received a sample box that included 4 of the Oatmega3 Wellness Bar’s and 3 Perfect Fit Protein Cookies:

Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmega3 Wellness Bar

Mocha Oatmega3 Wellness Bar

Dark Chocolate Mint Oatmega3 Wellness Bar

Blueberry Pomegranate Crunch Oatmega3 Wellness Bar

Chocolate Chip Perfect Fit Protein Cookie

Peanut Butter Perfect Fit Protein Cookie

White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Perfect Fit Protein Cookie

My first taste test was with the Mocha flavored bar.  First reaction: tastes like chocolate covered cherries.  I know – there is no “cherry” in the name, but to me it tasted just like those cheap chocolate covered cherries taste – and since we had a box from a Christmas basket sitting there – I popped one in my mouth and sure enough – VERY close in taste.  Don’t know if that was what they were going for, but it is the taste it had.  Otherwise, yes a very typical protein bar flavor and a bit on the grainy side.  Was it something I could sit down and easily eat the whole bar?  No – honestly it wasn’t.  In fact, I barely ate a few bites of it.  This was my least favorite flavor overall – the combination of graininess, the protein bar flavor in the background and that strange “cherry” undertone made it a hard one to swallow for both me and my boyfriend.  

My boyfriend helped with the Perfect Fit Protein Cookie tasting after that but kindly declined the option of sharing any further protein bars with me.  Thanks Larry for being a good sport anyway!

The Blueberry Pomegranate crunch bar was more like a granola bar type protein bar to me.  Although I don’t care much for the blueberry/pomegranate combo that seems to be popular these days, it was significantly easier to eat than the other bars.  Texture and flavor were decent.  The Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter had a nice peanut butter taste but a bit underwhelming.  The Dark Chocolate Mint was probably the best flavor overall – but due to the mint aspect – still not a bar I could eat all of in one setting.  

The Perfect Fit Protein Cookies were indeed easier to eat than the Oatmega3 Protein Bars.  They too still had that “protein bar flavor” that you can’t seem to avoid in this genre of health foods – but it was much more tolerable.  The cookies were cooked to a nice tenderness – not underdone but not overcooked.  Actually, they were rather in line with what I consider the perfect “doneness” for a cookie.  Of the three I received I think the peanut butter had the most traditional cookie flavor.  These are definitely much easier to eat and more pleasing taste wise to the novice protein bar consumer.  

Overall, the Oatmega3 Wellness Bars and Perfect Fit Protein Cookies are good quality and nice sized for the calorie and fat content in them.  They are satisfying as a snack or meal replacement – but as a caution to those not familiar with the protein bar world – the flavor is definitely not like a regular meal replacement bar, candy bar or granola bar.  It DOES take some getting used to.  

The company is located near Austin, Texas and has gained much popularity with one of the larger grocery store chains in Texas as well as a popular presence in Central Market and Whole Foods grocery stores.  You can order online at their website www.boundlessnutrition.com or via Amazon.com.   

NOW – that I gave my rather verbose review – on to the best part for YOU my readers!!!  Boundless Nutrition has offered one of You Brew My Tea’s readers the chance to win one box of 12 bars or 12 cookies!  Yay!  

**As there have been problems in the past with not being able to locate/contact winner due to lack of email listed in their profile (or no profile) I do require that a valid contact email be listed in each comment.  If you have a Google Profile that shows your email as public, I will accept that – but please verify prior to leaving comment so as not to take a chance in losing out on winning.  Each entry requires a separate comment.  If an action is worth 3 entries, it requires 3 separate comments. Thanks for your understanding and patience!  I hope to switch to Rafflecopter soon! **

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