Produtos Importados dos EUA
- Descrição:
- As barras de proteína vegana de chocolate amargo com hortelã Zing são uma opção deliciosa e nutritiva para quem busca uma alimentação saudável. Feitas com ingredientes de alta qualidade, essas barras são livres de glúten, laticínios e açúcares alcoólicos, além de serem ricas em proteínas e fibras.
- Com um sabor irresistível, as barras de proteína Zing Dark Chocolate Mint combinam amêndoas torradas cobertas de cacau com manteiga cremosa de amêndoa e castanha de caju, repletas de hortelã fresca e envoltas em chocolate amargo de verdade.
- Desenvolvidas por nutricionistas profissionais, as barras Zing fornecem proteínas à base de plantas, gorduras saudáveis, fibras substanciais e carboidratos de baixo índice glicêmico. O resultado é uma barra nutritiva que fornecerá energia ao longo do dia.
- As barras de proteína Zing são livres de soja, laticínios, glúten, resíduos de pesticidas (glyphosate), não contêm organismos geneticamente modificados (OGM) e não possuem sabores ou cores artificiais.
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- Sabor irresistível: A combinação de hortelã fresca e chocolate amargo proporciona um sabor delicioso e refrescante.
- Ingredientes de alta qualidade: As barras Zing são feitas com ingredientes selecionados, garantindo uma opção saudável e nutritiva.
- Proteína à base de plantas: Ideal para vegetarianos e veganos, essas barras fornecem proteínas de origem vegetal.
- Sem aditivos indesejados: Livres de glúten, laticínios, soja, OGM, sabores e cores artificiais, as barras Zing são uma escolha segura para quem busca uma alimentação mais natural.
- Energia duradoura: Com carboidratos de baixo índice glicêmico e fibras, essas barras fornecem energia sustentada ao longo do dia.
– Sugestão de Uso:
As barras de proteína Zing Dark Chocolate Mint são ideais para serem consumidas como um lanche nutritivo entre as refeições ou como uma opção de pré ou pós-treino. Basta abrir a embalagem e saborear essa deliciosa combinação de sabores. Armazene em local fresco e seco.
Rozlyna –
The Zing Bars Are very delicate with this hot weather in Texas packing them with an ice pack was an excellent idea!
G. Parker –
Bought with 12 packs of Cashew Cranberry and 12 pack of Almond Blueberry. I am not a fan of chocolate, but this flavor in particular is my favorite of the 3. Easy to eat, not to chewy. I hear dark chocolate has a very bitter taste, and i can vaguely remember the taste pure dark chocolate. This wasn’t bad, I think the hazelnut evened out the taste really well. I would recommend this product to those who find zing bars hard to consume and love chocolate. Would I buy this again though? Probably not, because i really am not a fan of chocolate… =/
Cashew Cranberry Orange::::
Product if very chewy. I do not have a sweet tooth, so this one in particular was very sweet. Out of the 3 I bought, this is the one i like the least. I bought this for my work to keep at my desk for snacking. After a while I started giving this flavor away to my co-workers. I’m sure its good, but for my taste buds, it was way to sweet for me. I did not mind the gum chewing texture, but I wouldn’t prefer it. It took some time to consume this.
Almond Blueberry::::
This flavor was my 2nd best of the three i bought. You can really taste the almond and blueberry, it is very distinct. The only downside to this flavor for me was that it was very chewy and hard to bite. It would often get stuck to my teeth and i have to pry really hard with my tongue to get it off. Other than that, the flavor was great. I would put this above the Dark Chocolate Hazelnut, if it were easier to consume. Overall I would recommend this to others if you don’t mind that chewing battle.
Kindle Customer –
[DISCLAIMER: I have no medical expertise whatsoever. Some of my conclusions may be wrong, so I encourage you to look up this information from other sources and make your own assessment]
I hesitated a lot about writing this review. On one hand, something made me seriously ill, and I feel a strong obligation to warn others. On the other hand, I don’t want to be unfair to the company that made this product. While I do have my suspicions, I can’t definitively say that their product made me sick.
In the end I decided that I’m just going to share some established facts about tapioca, an ingredient in this protein bar. There’s something interesting about tapioca that I think everyone should know before they make it a part of their diet.
Tapioca comes from a plant called Cassava, which normally contains Cyanide, a dangerous poison. My understanding is that Cassava always has Cyanide in it, the questions is how much. In any case, Cassava is unsafe to eat until it goes through a cleaning process, and even then, it’s not guaranteed that all the Cyanide has been removed.
If you ingest a very small amount of Cyanide, depending on how small, and depending on your individual body, your system may be able to get rid of it. However, if you ingest a large amount from a plant that wasn’t properly cleaned, you can get seriously sick: “vertigo, vomiting, and collapse. In some cases, death may result within one or two hours.”
Another way you can get seriously harmed is through long exposure; ingesting small amounts over an extended period of time. “Chronic, low-level cyanide exposure is associated with the development of goiter (enlarged thyroid gland) and with tropical ataxic neuropathy, a nerve-damaging disorder.” There’s more horrible stuff, but I’ll stop here.
I didn’t know any of this until recently when I got sick and needed to investigate the cause. For over a year now, I have been regularly eating protein bars that contain Tapioca. The product I bought and consumed most frequently was the Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Zing bar. I have also been consuming similar protein bars from another brand called “ALOHA,” which also contain Tapioca.
About a month ago, I ate half an ALOHA bar from a new box (and a new batch) that I had just opened. A few hours later I got extremely sick. I have a mild food allergy, and the symptoms I had were similar to my allergic reaction, but much more severe, and this sickness was worse than anything I’ve experienced before.
The next day, when I started feeling well enough, I went back and checked the label on the ALOHA bar to see if it contains my allergen food, but it wasn’t in the ingredient list. Of course, the protein bar was not the only thing I ate prior to getting sick, so it was difficult for me to pin-point the cause. I decided not to eat any ALOHA bars until I know more, but I continued to eat the Zing bars almost daily. The Zing bars never made sick at that point, and I have been buying them for over a year.
A few weeks later I started noticing bizarre and extremely alarming symptoms. Things like vertigo, vomiting, and headaches are too vague, but the new symptoms were unusual, so the search quickly lead to Cyanide. My new symptoms were a close match to symptoms of long-term Cyanide exposure.
To be clear, I make no claims that this product, or any other product I mentioned, contains toxins or had anything to do with my sickness. I still don’t know for sure, and I’m keeping records and samples of both products until I know more.
What I’m sure about is that I’m staying away from Tapioca, and any other type of food made from the Cassava. While it appears that a lot of people consume it regularly, and that in some countries it’s a fundamental food source which they can’t go without, it’s also clear that Cyanide poisoning is a familiar condition. Everywhere Cassava is mentioned, there’s always a warning attached about adequate cleaning and processing. For Tapioca specifically, I saw conflicting statements, some claiming that Tapioca is safe because it’s a highly processed form of Cassava, while others give a general that includes Tapioca.
I have no doubt that the companies who make these bars want to provide a good and safe product to their customers. What I worry about is unintentional contamination. This is a dangerous plant by nature, and it’s not far-fetched to think that they might receive a bad batch from their supplier. Do they test the ingredients they use every single time to ensure that they are safe? How much leftover Cyanide is considered safe and acceptable? Maybe the average person can tolerate a certain amount, but how do you know you’re an average person?
BigTangTheory –
The packaging is excessive and wasteful.
Or –
These are great for a pre-gym snack, a snack break at work or just if you’re feeling hangry ( tuck one in your purse). About 200 calories a bar and curbs my craving for chocolate so I won’t eat way worse foods. Feels like cheating on my nutrition, but I’m not! Try them for yourself at least once.
N. Truman –
Love these bars. Everyone in my family loves them. Low on sugar, good ingredients, low on allergens, tastes good, and has only natural sweeteners like tapioca, agave, and monk fruit. Finally a bar that meets the needs. Mint and the peanut butters are our favorite. The mint one tastes like a delicious chocolate covered brownie. So good. Thank you!
N. Truman –
These are some of my favorite protein bars but sometimes it actually cost more online than it does at my local grocery store. So just keep an eye on the price. You may be able to find it cheaper locally depending on where you live. Also these are chocolate coated so if you order them during the summer in a hot location, they may melt.
Besides those issues these bars taste great and have good quality ingredients. Glad to find one that doesn’t have all the bad artificial sweeteners in it.