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A couple of months ago the lovely guys at We Are Bear sent me a few goodies to review.

We are Bear products are all 100% natural with no added sugar or preservatives. There are three main categories of products:

Fruit Yoyos

 

These come in raspberry, strawberry and peach flavours and each one counts as one of your five a day. Each pack is around 50 calories. I loved these, they reminded me of retro sweets you would get in a pick and mix when you were little (but way healthier of course!) I used these as snacks and as a fuel for short workouts. I liked the fact that they were only 50 calories, and as they are so chewy you feel like your getting more than 50 calories worth. The packaging is lovely and you also get a little fun card inside each pack. Obviously these would be great for kids. Purchasing them in bulk from the website would work out at 49p per yoyo which may be a little on the expensive side. Personally I think these are a great fun product but they are not really something I would purchase in bulk. If I was hungry for a snack and saw them in a shop (I’ve noticed Boots the Chemist stocking the Fruit Nibbles, not sure on the Yoyos) I would pick them over more calorific packs of dried fruit which would probably have oils and sulphites added to them.

Granola Nibbles - 

I actually purchased a load of these Granola Nibbles myself, when I received them I was really shocked at how big the packs are! Each pack is under 100 calories and gives you a serving of whole grains. They come in three varieties – Cherry Coca Pie (my favourite), Apple Crumble and Tropical Crunch. I’ve mainly been using these to add to yoghurt for breakfast or snacks. I really like knowing that I as long as I stick to one pack I can’t go over 100 calories so these make perfect unplanned snacking material (I should really make better use of them in this way!)  Like the yoyos the packing is great too. These work out at 69p a pack when bought in bulk from the website, which considering the quality of the product, the packaging and the convenience of having the granola in handy packs of 100 calories I think is ok. As I said, I actually bought a big haul of these for myself – the website and delivery service was spot on.

Fruit Nibbles

These are individually packaged selections of dried fruit that come in two varieties - Mango and Pineapple or Cherries and Berries. I loved these for pre workout fuel. Both varieties tasted great and each pack I sampled had a good mix of all the ingredients, for example I didn’t have a pack with all just dried mango and the pineapple missing. These are also under 100 calories a pack and provide one of your 5 a day servings of fruit and vegetables. They also workout at 69p a pack when purchased in bulk from the website.

Overall

I would certainly recommend these products to anyone looking for healthy and convenient snacks that are pre calorie counted, completely free from artificial nasties and give you either one of your 5 a day or a whole grain serving. They are a little on the pricey side, but if its convenience your after these are great. Its good to see them in Boots and Waitrose but I still think they are a little difficult to get hold of. Bearing that in mind the fun website is probably the most cost effective way of purchasing them anyway, and the service is very good.

GIVEAWAY – a pack of each variety of the granola nibbles has been added to my big blog GIVEAWAY which will be coming soon – watch this space!

Have you tried any of these We are Bear products? What did you think?