Fiber One, 90-calorie chewy bars, available at most grocers, $3.59 for five .82-ounce bars
Fiber One has added two 90-calorie options to its chewy bar product line. These chocolate and chocolate-peanut butter bars have 50 fewer calories and 15 percent less fiber than the original bars. They're also a half-ounce smaller.
The bars are still enjoyable, however. The chocolate bars aren't rich - some testers compared the taste to Cocoa Pebbles cereal - and the 5 grams of fiber don't give them a tree bark flavor. It's a decent snack for people looking for a sweet break, or for people who struggle to get enough roughage.
Mary Shedden
Breyer's Yo Crunch 100-calorie yogurt, available at most grocers, $2.99 to $3.19 for four 3.75-ounce cups
Yo Crunch is making the most of its distinction as the first light yogurt to use Truvia, the natural sweetener made from the stevia plant. It's been a few years since stevia sweeteners entered the market, and it's likely only a matter of time before consumers see it in a slew of low-cal, low-fat snacks and foods.
The stevia sweetener does its job in the yogurt, removing the aftertaste most people expect from a food containing the more synthetic aspartame. The lack of bitterness was noticeable, especially when compared with another name-brand light yogurt containing aspartame.
The drawback is that Yo Crunch isn't quite sweet enough. At least, not until you added the granola mixer, which is sweetened with more traditional (and not low-cal) ingredients, including sugar, molasses and corn syrup. Perhaps that's why Breyer's launched the Yo Crunch as its first light yogurt, to continue to please those who expect a sugary flavor from their low-calorie yogurt.
Mary Shedden
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