Go bars - feedback thread

[simonsimon]

Hi everyone! I looked around, tried search, but see nobody talking about Go bars, apart from the preorder-thread.

I think they deserve a special feedback thread!

[simonsimon]

Should I already share my experience, or wait for others to chime in first?

(As a sneak-preview, I can say that so far, I suspect they will sell well.)

[Onno_Queal]

Hey Simon, thanks for starting this thread.
I'm really curious what people think too, so please, share your experience!

[Skymirrh]

Not sure if you had seen, but there's already plenty of feedback in the preorder thread...!

[simonsimon]

Oh, no, in december when I looked it was mostly hungry people commenting I see now you made a review that you nicely linked, here's your link again https://np.reddit.com/r/soylent/comments/7oo5nh/queal_go_bar_review_pics_inside/

And @Dejay and @SilentException seem very happy about their Go bars.

Stil, this does give me a feeling there is a silent majority out there, still waiting for a small push to say something.

[SilentException]

I'll just say this, even though I normally try to eat food with the closest expiration date first, one of my GO bar boxes is GOne. And they have the longest date

[Skymirrh]

I'll just say this, even though I normally try to eat food with the closest expiration date first, one of my GO bar boxes is GOne. And they have the longest date

Are you me?

[iBar]

Hi folks, would like to share my personal feedback on the new GO bars. What I like very much is the chocolate like look with the shiny thin vanilla layer on top. Texture and taste is pretty nice. There is just one thing I would really like to be tuned on the GO bars which is the sweetness. For my taste it is too sweet, sweeter than the WundrBars. So if in the future the GO bar can be adjusted to taste not so sweet it is going to be the perfect bar for me

[joshzam]

I love the new GO Bars.

They are delicious and have a very nice mouth feel. Surprising, actually! They're like mini cakes. I found that the inside of the bar actually felt like it was melting in my mouth before I even started chewing. Not sure if that was great or not, but it was interesting.

As @iBar said above, I do believe GO Bars may be a little too sweet. It's like eating a chocolate bar. My brain thinks it's unhealthy. Like I'm not eating properly. It might be because of the outside layers of chocolate and icing. My kids certainly prefer these bars.

I like them much better than Wunderbars, mostly because Wunderbars were too dense/hard and got stuck in my teeth.

I'm not sure if I like GO Bars better than Twenny Bars. They're just different. Eating a few Twenny Bars does not make me feel as guilty as eating a few Go Bars, because of the aforementioned sweetness and candy feeling.

I'm looking forward to ordering more GO Bars (and for new flavors to become available!)

[simonsimon]

I have to agree my intuition is that Go bars are not as healthy as the alternatives I have stocked up on. A Wundrbar I'd normally eat in two sessions (unless I'm completely starved, i.e. waited too long between meals) while a Go bar is easier to gulp down - the first half just disappears, and then to avoid issues with melting chocolate in my pocket I finish it off

[Floris_Queal]

Thanks @iBar @joshzam and @simonsimon for the great feedback!

The amount of sugar in the GO bars is actually lower than in the Wundrbars
But we might have overshot a bit with the sweetness

[joshzam]

It's very good to know that GO bars have less sugar than Wundrbars. And you can taste it. While Go bars are very sweet, Wundrbars were way too sweet.

But if you decreased the amount of sugar and still think you may have "overshot a bit with the sweetness" are you adding other ingredients beside sugar to make them taste sweet?

[joshzam]

A few more things about Go bars...

While I really do like them a lot, Go bars don't fill me as much as I'd like. Both Twenny Bars and Wunderbars satiate more.

It'd be great to not include glycerol in any bars to remove the laxative effects, but I have heard said that this is necessary to make the bars stick together. Shame.

I'd also like to see the price lowered. 25 Go bars cost €62.50 while 25 Twenny Bars cost €49. That's a big difference and definitely effects my buying decisions.

Keep up the good work!

[Floris_Queal]

Thank you again for the feedback!

Yes it's the syrup that keeps the bars together that is also sweet. @Onno_Queal doesn't agree with me that they are too sweet, but we will fight it out here

With the additional flavour/bar we will have significantly lowered the amount of syrup needed

[SilentException]

I'm with @Onno_Queal, they are not too sweet at all. Bittersweet, they are perfect!

[Andreas]

Imho its also the maltitol thats sweet isnt it?

[Plusi]

I grabbed some bars in my last order and tried one the other day. I like them a lot! Much better than the hard-as-hell and flavourless Wundrbars. Go Bars are actually edible and I like their sweetness. It's not that sweet though.
The only part that I don't like is their low calorie content. At 350-something kcal, it's less than a Wundrbar (450+) and less than a bottled RTD liquid soylent (500 kcal).

Please don't remove the sweetness of the Go bars ;_;

[zindran]

The dark chocolate is delicious ! But I don't find it very filling considering its ~360 kcals. I fill pretty hungry as fast as a couple of hours after having had one.

[Jiska_Queal]

Thanks for sharing your feedback @zindran ! Did you have the GO bars as snacks or as meals so far?

[zindran]

Mostly as snacks.

To give you some perspective, I find a peanut butter sandwich or a generic protein+oats bar from another manufacturer (both of which have lesser calories ) more satiating than the go bar.