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We Taste Tested 14 Dairy-Free Yogurts to Find Out Which Ones to Try or Skip
Ditching dairy doesn’t mean you have to give up yogurt. Nor should you. In fact, dairy-free yogurts have many of the same digestive benefits dairy-based yogurts do, as long as you’re buying brands that contain live probiotics and cultures.
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The GFB Bar Dark Chocolate Coconut Protein Bar
Made with organic ingredients including dates, vegan protein powder, and fair trade chocolate, these coconutty bars are so loaded with flavor you’d be forgiven if at first taste your instinct was that they’re more splurge than a staple. Each glute...

Why Bars Superfood Snack Bar Cherry Chia Protein Bar
Made with superfoods such as inflammation-reducing dried cherries and omega-3 and calcium-rich chia seeds, this oat-based bar is gluten-free, soy-free, and dairy-free, but has plenty of flavors. Its whopping 39 grams of carbs makes it a great choice for endurance athletes, but anyone minimizing sugars or following a plant-based keto-style eating regimen might want to find another option...
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Thunderbird Real Food Almond Apricot Vanilla Protein Bar
Hemp seeds are growing in popularity for their rich nutritional profile; they’re loaded with dietary fiber, vitamin E, magnesium, and omega-3 fatty acids, among other vitamins and minerals. In this bar, they’re blended with only four other flavorful ingredients—apricots, almonds, vanilla, and Himalayan sea salt. Though this bar ...

Lärabar Protein Apple Cobbler Bar
Lärabar makes their delicious fruit and nut-based bars out of just a few wholesome, easy-to-pronounce foods—for example, the Peanut Butter Cookie bar from their “Original” line contains only three: Peanuts, dates, and sea salt. Lärabar Protein bars ...

No Cow Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bar
Like many Americans, I believe that the combination of chocolate and peanut butter is one of our country’s foremost culinary achievements, so I had high hopes for this bar—especially since it also packs 21 grams of protein and 16 grams of dietary fiber at only 190 calories. But the ba...

Kind Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt Protein Bar
This bar ranks a little lower on the health meter than the competition solely because it has a bit less protein than others on our list. However, the 6 grams it does contain comes naturally from almonds and peanuts. Combined with antioxidant-rich ingredients like honey and dark chocolate (which contains happiness-increasing tryptophan...

GoMacro Macrobar Power Banana + Almond Butter
Bananas and almond butter are a fantastic combination on their own, but how do they measure up in a protein bar? The answer, according to GoMacro Macrobar’s Prolonged Power Banana + Almond Butter, is pretty good. Made with organic, non-GMO, gluten and soy-free ingredients, the bar’s blend of pea and brown rice protein, sunflower seeds, and organic walnuts will help keep you full for hours, while t

Bob’s Better Bar Peanut Butter and Apple Spice & Oats
The first taste that hit me when I bit into this bar was neither peanut butter nor apples, but rosemary. Come again? I checked the ingredients, and sure enough, rosemary extract is on the list. The herb has been used since ancient times to boost concentration and digestion, but here it also provides an herbaceous balance to the sweetness of organic honey and dried apples while brightening up the h

So Delicious Oatmilk Yogurt
It’s no surprise that this oat milk-based yogurt is oh, So Delicious. The berry flavor and color look just like the real thing. If you love berries, start your day off with this healthy yogurt which has no fat, 16 grams of carbs and 3 grams of protein. One downside: The c...