I've come to the unfortunate conclusion that these bars are not safe, at least not for me. I've felt lousy ever since I started eating them, and I haven't added anything else to the FODMAPS diet I have been following (which seemed to be doing well for me up to this point).
Upon looking at the ingredients, the only other questionable ingredient is organic cocoa butter. While my book doesn't address it, internet research seems to indicate it is FODMAP free, although its fat content can present a problem. But I eat a small amount of dark chocolate almost daily (not the last few days though) with no problems. And since this bar's primary flavor is peanut butter (and again, up until a few days ago I've been eating quite a bit of PB almost daily, no problem) with very small chocolate chunks, I wouldn't think the amount of cocoa would be large. The amount of calories from fat in these bars is around 31% - I usually try to shoot for 30% or less - would that small amount over be causing a problem? I'm sure I've had small amounts of other foods that were over that since going on this diet, without this much distress.
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Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Peanut Butter, Organic Brown Rice Protein, Organic Fair Trade Chocolate Chips (Organic Evaporated Cane Juice, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Soy Lecithin, Organic Natural Vanilla), Organic Peanuts, Organic Puffed Brown Rice.
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IBS-A and GERD since 1983
Low FODMAP since 2012
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