New Go bars too salty

[david]

The new nut and seasalt bars are too salty for my taste. Almost double the amount of salt as the shakes. I find the taste overpowers the taste of the nuts.

[Floris_Queal]

Thank you for the feedback @david

It's feedback that we've heard from more people (although some also find the saltiness perfect for their taste). And we're already starting development on the new version and testing out how to best keep it tasty (and still a bit salty )

[Dejay]

I got a sample and really liked it but also noticed the salt intensity. I suspect (!) it's not really too much salt, but concentrated salt crystals (sea salt) that create intense but sparse salt sensations. They are too intense for me too. It's not too bad but distracting. I hope they tweak it a little bit, making the salt particles a bit smaller should be perfect.

But it might also be a matter of getting used to it. I can eat very salty snacks but I always brush off the salt off prezels for example. Just too concentrated.

[Spook]

I love the saltiness of the nuts & seasalt bars. If I order a bar with salt in the name, I like a bit of a salty punch. Since there is no sweetness at all in my experience (compared to other nutty bars which often have some sugar/honey/caramel coating) I would be concerned about the bars being too flat in taste if the saltiness was reduced.

[SilentException]

Quite like the new bars! Both the texture and flavor. The surprise salt bombs are awesome Go bars keep raising the bar!

[Jiska_Queal]

Glad to hear you like them! 🏻

[david]

I might add that at 1.5g salt per bar these deliver proportionally 50% more salt than the RDA limit when considering delivered calories.
i.e. 6 bars would supply the RDA for calories (2100) but 3g more salt than the RDA for salt (6g)

[Floris_Queal]

Good point david! And for anyone who wants to go 100%, we don't encourage you to do this with the bars. Although they can be a perfect addition in a 100% diet, we recommend using the shakes as the primary source of calories.

[PieterK]

I actually quite like the taste and saltiness of the go bar. I might try the dark chocolate one with my next order!

They are much better than the Wunderbar (vanilla / white chocolate) which I just tried. Did not like the taste of that one at all! But I see they are no longer offered on the site (so they were probably no fan favorite :)).

[trtr]

Ive now tried both and whilst I agree the first bite of the salty one is a bit too salty, once I got past that I thought it was fine. I also was drinking a coffee at the time - that likely helped.

Re the chocolate, then that wasn't as chocolaty as I imagined, but I actually prefer it that way.

To explain, for me I don't want a meal / bar to be too 'more-ish' as its not a treat, its a meal stand in.

So from that perspective, they both hit the taste good enough to eat again on the odd occasion. But not so good, that I stock my cupboard full of them and I want to eat one each time I have a hot drink!

[ElectroDan]

I loved the Wundrbars, and found them maybe a bit too nice and hard to resist! So probably better for me they've run out

[Jiska_Queal]

Glad to hear you liked the Nuts & Seasalt Please let us know your opinions on Dark Chocolate once you've tried it!

[Jiska_Queal]

They're quite salty indeed Glad you gave it another go after the first bite!

I understand why you say the chocolate bar should not be too chocolaty, as it then might lose the meal-idea. Great perspective, good to hear you like them this way!

[Dejay]

So after getting my first box of Nuts & Seasalt bars and trying some more I like them much more. Not sure if I got used to the saltiness after two bars, or if it got reduced from the first test bar sample I received, or if "slightly aged" the salt crystals diffuse a bit.

Anyways, the Nuts & Seasalt bars are awesome! Thanks Queal!

[Lynx]

same for me the first two bars where a bit to salty but then... well.. i have eaten over 100 i believe¯_(ツ)_/¯

[4hot]

I like the GO bars Nuts & Seasalt. It´s the right amount of salt for me.

[Therese]

I really like the amount of salt taste wise also, it's PERFECT!

[RandomCanadian]

I got one of these free in my first order (taste tester - thanks for the free bar btw!) and I had the bar for breakfast this morning and found it amazing. I like that the saltyness pushed it farther toward savoury than most other meal replacement bars. I want to buy more but waiting to see what flavours of the powder I like so I can reorder everything at once...

tl;dr: my vote is also for keep-it-salty!

[Jiska_Queal]

Yay, pleased to hear you think they're amazing!

[Latestfuels]

For preface, I prefer the Nuts & Seasalt to the Dark Chocolate, which I found a little dry and artificial. The first is fairly pleasing and nutty. I know many nuts are sold with tons of salt (almonds and peanuts), so I was not surprised.

As if they are too salty or not, I think GO Bar Nuts would have been very good on its own. I was interested on knowing how they would taste without salt. I think they could be better than with salt.

That said, I got used to the salty version pretty quick and quite enjoyed it.