No one likes being woken up by a Ranger at 7 am with his tazer drawn but if this were to happen and one was to be ticketed for illegal camping in Moab, one may need a pick me up.
What could possibly go wrong?
As I sifted through my pack this weekend I saw the wholesome goodness of a delicious Garuka Bar. With one bite my whole outlook on the day changed. I looked around and took in the natural beauty of the canyon, taking in the natural nourishment of my delicious Garuka bar as well.
Breakfast of Champions
‘Garuka bars are packed full of simple, wholesome ingredients, and a percentage of each sale goes towards gorilla conservation. ‘ Garuka Bars are made with Vermont raw honey, peanut butter, 7 whole-grain flakes, dried cranberries, brown rice puffs, light brown sugar, whole peanuts, and a teeny tiny bit of Vermont’s own Cabot butter.
GARUKA BARS helped me to see some of them there Arches
They are currently releasing limited edition flavors as well- email subscribers get early access. They plan to release more flavors throughout the summer, but only limited runs available online. If you are ever bonking or need something nutritious to release your ‘primal energy’ at the begining of the day, these things really work! A special thanks to Mike Rosenberg for providing the nourishment and for inventing such a cool product.
Nutrition Facts:
Healthy as Health itself
what??
A gear review is a review of a product that is useful while skiing or in the backcountry, a. Garuka bars have saved me from bonking on a pow day and are an excellent way to start the day with plenty of energy.
Garuka bars are seriously amazing! Not only do they keep you going all day long, they are also the best tasting bar there is. Everyone should get themselves some bars! There worth every penny!
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I want to hear more about the taser / Ranger story.
ditto
we dont need a bar plug, get us the goods.
Really all you need to know is that I don’t always go to Utah but when I do I get in trouble. My dog is meaner than he looks and the guy was scared, that’s all. Seriously though these bars are different than anything you’ve had and they’re a great start-up company, definitely nothing to hate on.
shameless advertisement… too bad ad block plus didnt filter this one
Their allergy labeling is insufficient. Cannot find it on their websites. They are not calling out what the “7 whole grain flakes” are composed of. By law, if a food contains one or more of them, the top 7 allergens must be called out on the label, these are:
1. Milk
2. Egg
3. Soy
4. Wheat
5. Peanut
6. Tree nut
7. Seafood
from the Graruka home page:
“Garuka Bars are all natural and made with only 8 ingredients: Vermont raw honey, peanut butter, 7 whole-grain flakes, dried cranberries, brown rice puffs, light brown sugar, whole peanuts, and a teeny tiny bit of Vermont’s own Cabot butter.”
If they are using the Kashi brand 7 Whole Grain Flakes, which is the most popular brand, they still have to call out the allergens on the label, as the Kashi 7 Flakes contain Wheat Bran as their first ingredient, and Soy protein. Because they are using dairy in the form of “Cabot’s butter,” they may also get in trouble for not saying, contains: Milk, Wheat, Soy
The “Kashi 7 Grain” cereal is one of the most successful junky, sugar laden, allergy bearing ingredient marketing ruses of health food of all time. My guess is that Kashi also does not want them using their trademarked name on the label, and that is why they are not showing that, nor a picture of the full Garuka ingredients label on their website. If they are using a different cereal blend, they still must call out the allergens it contains (if any) on their label.
If you could pass this info on to the company so they could correct this, before somebody busts their chops on it, it would be a great idea. It is no use tripping over the small stuff if you’ve got a good product but are not packaging it in a way that’s going to work out.
(The first thing I thought was oh, crap, that could make the dog throw up in the car. Yes, your pet can have problems with some of this stuff, too. )
^This is what’s wrong with Merica
“garbage in, garbage out….. ”
Athletes can’t eat mystery foods. Neither can 20% of the general population. Many distributors are going to tell them to get lost, because of liability issues because of this.
Just looking at it from a business standpoint.
Lawyers love this sort of petty bullsh*t. So does the FDA. Don’t say you weren’t warned.
You sound just like my girl…
moon cycle my ass.
Who the fuck cares. Just be a good girl and stick it in your mouth like the nice man said to do.
Didn’t these used to be called Gorilla Bars, and the name was just changed ?
If you’re not disclosing all the ingredients, you’re not kosher, dude.
This is getting sketchier and sketchier.
whoever said this is what’s wrong with america was right, get over yourself. these were changed in name because someone had a copyright or some other BS on the gorilla name. it shouldn’t be so goddamn hard for someone with a good idea to get a start with their small business.
No matter how legit the food is, these ad hominem attacks you’re waging in its defense is pretty weak and looks bad for them and you… (assuming you aren’t one and the same, because that would be even worse).
No matter how overzealous Geriatic S Gurl comes across; It’s the manufacturers responsibility to label their ingredients, and regardless of how indignant you are of those that are ‘litigation happy’…Garuka will be held legally responsible if someone is hurt through consumption.
Who’s still sleeping at 7 in the morning.
You can camp anywhere if you show up late and leave early
Tahoe Trail Bars pack more of a punch than any bar out there. Get some. Tahoetrailbar.com.
Label compliant
A lot of fans of mystery ingredients here. Wonder if they use generic bindings on their no brand skis.
“mystery ingredients”? they’re listed right on the site. if you’re so worried about allergies, don’t fucking eat them. if you’re allergic you should probably just avoid any questionable foods instead of falling back on bullshit liability and suing after your stupid ass ate something you were allergic to. don’t blame someone else for your stupid goddamn mistakes.
My, my, we’re getting a bit …. defensive, aren’t we ?
They aren’t listed. Looked at photos of the bar wrappers. Not listed. Looked at their facebook page. Not listed.
Shouldn’t be too hard to list the what’s really in the “7 flakes,” or what could be in the “7 flakes,” unless it’s something like imported Chinese bulk generic cornflakes, bran, or sawdust and sugar. But it doesn’t do that. Very curious !
Hope someone isn’t trying to hide something.
In Soviet Russia, shameless advertisement pretends not to be gear review
totally agree. especially since unofficial now posts a marketing survey. “Unofficial” should change name to “Officially a commercial.” what a bunch of shameless sell-outs. I guess every cool idea gets bought and played out by Da Man.
Yeah, I wish I could write corny advertisements for free trail bars
To all the whiney bitches:
No shit this is an ad. Great observation. Now here’s the funny part. Most normal people will be affected by and ad through a TV show or a Radio program, maybe even a pop up. Most normal people are able to deal with this issue by changing the channel or turning down the volume but you idiots got ass hurt when all you had to do was not open the link or even hit the back or home button. Instead I feel most of you just kept on reading. Now I know most of you are used to full commitment because you can’t really back out of that cliff once your launching off that edge. Here with these type of lame Unoffical ads you can completely ignore them by reading the header, thinking for a moment then continuing on to the next artical that has to do with shredding or boobs or anything more interesting than derka derka bars.
By the way, if you can’t handle wheat just skip the bar, don’t complain that the maker does not tell you about every last ingreadent. I am a strong beleave of they only sold it because YOU bought it.
In Soviet Russia, spam rants about whiny bitches
Product is very bad for folks like me on a low carb diet.
of course if you are on a low carb diet then you are probably sitting at home sipping on some Diet soda. These bars are made for people who go out and exert themselves everyday. THAT is why it is bad for your Low Carb Diet
The low carb diet is very bad for folks like you. ^^^
Geriatic S Gurl: I think there too scared to try one because of how fucking good they are….
Geriatic S Gurl: all the ingredients are clearly labeled on the bar’s back wrapper. i know this because i ordered a sample after seeing this post, and it was delicious. and seriously people, this is a free web publication…if you don’t like it, just read something else.
Raw Honey, Peanut Butter Spread (Peanuts, Sugar, Palm Oil, Salt, Molasses), Dried Cranberries (Cranberries, Sugar), Whole Grain Flakes ([Whole: Hard Red Wheat, Oats, Brown Rice, Triticale, Rye,Barley, Buckwheat, Seasame Seeds], Long Grain White Rice, Evaporated Cane Juice, Wheat Bran, Barley Malt Syrup, Oat Fiber, Brown Rice Syrup, Salt), Peanuts, Brown Rice Puffs (Organic Brown Rice, Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Sea Salt), Brown Sugar, Butter