The comparison is between a Quest Cookies and Cream Bar, a Clif Chocolate Chip Bar, a Kellogg’s Double Chocolate Bar, and a Zone Perfect Chocolate Mint Bar. For all four people in my household, we all prefer four different meal bars.
For simplicity sake I only evaluated a few criteria in the meal bars. Those criteria are total calories, protein, fat, carbohydrates, sugar and fiber. I did not dig deep into the ingredient label. Let’s take a look:
Quest Bar | Clif Bar | Kellogg Bar | Zone Perfect | |
Calories | 200 | 250 | 180 | 220 |
Protein | 21g | 9g | 12g | 14g |
Fat | 8g | 5g | 5g | 6g |
Carbs | 21g | 45g | 22g | 30g |
Sugar | 1g | 21g | 13g | 15g |
Fiber | 15g | 7g | 3g | 3g |
Based on these variables, and in my opinion, the Quest Bar is the best by a mile. The fat content is higher than the other bars, but not by a whole lot; especially when you take a look at how far superior the Quest Bar is in other categories. Most notable is the protein at 21 grams and fiber content at 15 grams. These two categories speak to how well this bar can fill you up and keep you feeling full.
Although not extremely significant, the Quest Bar is also the lowest in carbohydrate content. However, net carbs are very low. Net carbs are calculated by subtracting the fiber content from the total carbs. The net carbs content is Quest is 6g, the next lowest net carbs in all the bars is the Kellogg bar at 19 net carbs. Quest dominates this category as well.
Another category that the Quest Bar is outstanding in is the sugar content. With only 1 gram of sugar in a bar, it blows the other bars out of the water. The bar with the next lowest sugar content is the Kellogg Bar at 13 grams. I highly doubt there is another meal bar out there that even comes close to beating Quest in this category.
The one negative against the Quest Bar is the cost. Quest Bars are definitely the most expensive meal bar out of these four and probably more expensive than other meal bars in the market.
