Personalized Energy
Looking for an energy bar that’s chock-full of the goodies you love, and none of the extra calories and preservatives you don’t? Create your own bar—exactly the way you like it—with You Bars, a customized energy bar company created by mother and son team Ava Bise and Anthony Flynn.
“We had been making our own bars for years because [we wanted bars] with more protein and freshness, less sweetness, and wanted to avoid ingredients like chemical preservatives,” says Flynn. After taste-testing their creations, friends and family began requesting their own concoctions and You Bars was founded. On their website you can “Build a Bar,” choosing from such ingredients as nuts, seeds, dried fruit, protein, sweeteners, and seasonings like cinnamon, cocoa, or coffee. Supplemental vitamins are also available. After you’ve created your personalized bar, a nutrition calculation is made, letting you know the calorie, fat, protein, fiber, and sugar count in addition to information on specific vitamins. “With our website we can offer new ingredients immediately, thereby keeping up with the latest trends in nutrition,” adds Flynn. “For example, goji berries and cinnamon are two bar ingredients that have surged in popularity with recent reports of their health benefits.” The hard part about the site is narrowing down the plethora of choices. The recent order my husband and I customized together, was a unique blend of my favorites—dates and almond butter—and his picks, including granola and coffee. Yum! For more information visit youbars.com
