Energy Bars For Rider With Food Allergies

[KnottedYet]

I'm pretty fond of Bumble Bars. Most of their flavors have nuts, but you could write and ask them about trace contamination. Lemon doesn't have any nuts.
http://www.bumblebar.com/lemon.php

My favorite is Chai, but it has almonds in it.

[Eden]

an allergy sufferer posted this to another forum

As for Bars and stuff, go for ODWALLA BARS. Although one or two of the varieties do have nuts, the others don't say "may contain traces of nuts" on the label. I've called the company to make sure there's no cross contamination. I've been eating those bars in mass quantities for years and haven't had a problem -- taste pretty reasonable too. They have a few varieties which are without either nuts or chocolate -- cranberry is pretty good, and they have ok protein bars too.

I've had Odwalla bars too - they are pretty tasty and easy to find, even Safeway carries them

[Alex]

Thanks for all the suggestions. It sounds like the Fruit Trekker bars and Sport Beans are good options. The Odwalla bars have date paste, so those are out. Fresh fruit would be great, but I am also allergic to many fresh fruits and vegetables. Once they are frozen or cooked, however, they don't cause an allergic reaction. Frozen blueberries would probably be a bit messy on a ride!

I do have to worry about cross-contamination from other products, as I have actually experienced that with some allegedly nut free granola. Oh, yeah, and then there was the time I kissed a college boyfriend after he had eaten some nuts. Twasn't pretty...

I'll check with my allergist on the bumble bars. I'm allergic to soy milk and I'm trying to figure out what forms of soy are problematic for me. The lemon bumble bars sound good, but they do contain soy.

Great suggestions! Thanks so much!

Alex

[emily_in_nc]

I'd suggest making your own bars. It's less expensive, and then you know exactly what is in them. I'm sure you could find recipes online -- we hardly use cookbooks any more for all the online recipes these days. Good luck!

Emily

[EBD]

Alton Brown did a show on making your own granola and protein bars - the recipes are here: http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show..._38665,00.html. He also did nutritional breakdowns on the show, although I don't see the in the recipes. Anyway you could use these as a starting point and then make substitutions . . . although I'm not sure what you would substitute for nut butter.