Bars "Roots": benefits and harm

Many healthy eating enthusiasts prefer to make their own muesli for breakfast. A mixture consisting of cereals, dried fruits, nuts, bran, seeds, sprouts and other ingredients is considered very beneficial for the body.

Muesli can be raw or baked. Raw muesli consists of thermally unprocessed products. At the same time, the muesli baked during the production process is mixed and baked with juice, honey, and yogurt. They can have a crumbly consistency or come in pressed form. “Roots” bars are exactly those same pressed and baked muesli. Meanwhile, regardless of the form of release, their benefits do not become less.

History of Roots bars

The history of “Roots” bars began back in 1900 with the preparation of a tasty and healthy muesli mixture by a Swiss doctor, which he offered to taste to the patients of his clinic. They became especially popular in the 60s of the same century, and 10 years later the world’s first candy bar based on a mixture of cereals, nuts and dried fruits was made in America.

It was these events that served as the impetus for the creation of the Corny bar. This happened in 1984 at a confectionery factory in the city of Bad Schwartau (Germany), where delicious and healthy “Roots” bars, known throughout the world, have been produced for many years. To this day, all products of the brand undergo strict quality control to ensure compliance with high European requirements.

Varieties of “Roots” bars

You can find 2 types of “Roots” bars on sale. These are two completely different products, which are produced under the same brand name Corny, but at the same time they differ from each other in production technology, composition, taste, and packaging.

The Corny Big bar is available in a 50 g package. This is a real cereal product that tastes like baked and compressed muesli. On sale you can see the Corny Big bar with the flavors of cranberry, banana and chocolate, coconut and chocolate, milk chocolate, hazelnut, peanuts with chocolate, raisin and nut. Products with the word “chocolate” in their names are half covered with delicious glaze.

Milk bars (Corny Milk) are produced in packages weighing 30 g. They contain no more than 40% cereal flakes and a lot of milk, but this does not make them any less tasty and healthy. Korni Milk bars are produced with cocoa and classic milk flavors.

Lose weight with Corny Big bars

For many people, the problem of excess weight turns into a deeply hidden personal drama. Almost any person who has excess weight would like to become slimmer and more graceful.

I once already wrote about how I lost 5 kilograms during a two-week creative business trip to St. Petersburg. Spending most of the daylight hours on my feet, walking around the sights, I myself didn’t notice how well I had lost weight.

Unfortunately, not every person has the opportunity to devote enough time to physical activity. Sedentary work, traveling home and to the office by car, weekends spent on the couch - all this does not contribute to maintaining a healthy weight.

Let's try to calculate what will happen if we replace regular sweets, baked goods and other “bad excesses” that we regularly consume with tea with Corny Big bars.

There are 438 kilocalories in 100 grams of a cereal bar. Since the weight of the bar is only 50 grams, we divide 438 by 2 and get 219 kilocalories.

There are 507 kilocalories in 100 grams of a Snickers bar. Since the small bar weighs 50 grams, divide 507 by 2 and get 253 calories.

There seems to be little difference. But if we consider that during the day we sit down to drink tea about 4 times (breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack and dinner), then the total difference is 136 kilocalories. In 30 days we go through 4080 kilocalories. But this is two daily norms!

And this is a simple Snickers. There are more energy-intensive treats for tea.

Of course, simply “switching over” to cereal bars for successful weight loss is clearly not enough. However, such small and seemingly insignificant “drops” add up to success in the fight against excess weight.

Large bar “Roots”: composition and calorie content

Corny bars come in different flavors and have different ingredients. For example, cranberry-flavored candies are made from roasted whole grains, honey, sugar and dried cranberry pieces. In addition, this product contains: glucose syrup with fructose, cereal and corn flakes, sugar, coconut oil, acidity regulator citric acid, natural identical flavoring, emulsifier sunflower lecithin, salt. The calorie content of this bar is 388 kcal per 100. In general, the composition is not so harmless compared to a natural cereal mixture.

The “Roots” chocolate bar, which already has 448 kcal, has a slightly different composition. It contains not only valuable cereals, but also delicate milk chocolate. In addition, the product contains the following ingredients: glucose syrup, glucose syrup with fructose, crushed roasted peanuts, sugar, coconut oil, corn flakes, honey, salt, emulsifier sunflower lecithin, natural butterscotch flavor.

The calorie content of “Korni” bars with other flavors is 418-482 kcal.

Corny milk bars

Corny Milk bars are available in two flavors and differ slightly in composition and calorie content. At the same time, they are equally tasty and healthy.

The traditional Corny Milk bar is made with roasted whole grains, honey, rice flour, milk and corn flakes, as well as other ingredients that increase the shelf life of the product in the package. It is enriched with calcium, and its calorie content is 442 kcal per 100 g.

Cocoa-flavored Korney Milk bars will appeal more to those people who do not like milk. The calorie content of this product is 457 kcal. Cereal flakes, cocoa, milk, syrups, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, etc. are used in its production.

Main conclusions

As you can see, not all diet bars are suitable for weight loss. When choosing and consuming healthy treats, you need to follow these recommendations:

Study the ingredients before purchasing a store-bought diet bar. Avoid products with a lot of sugar, fats, and chemical additives.
Choose a diet bar with whole grains, honey, dried fruits, quality protein, a small amount of nuts and seeds.
Give preference to a product that contains more proteins, complex carbohydrates, low fat and simple carbohydrates.
Use diet bars instead of a snack or replace them with a full meal.
Consume no more than 30-50 g of product per day.
If you have free time, prepare your own nutrition bars. A personal nutritionist will tell you the proportions of BJU and calorie content separately for each client.

If you follow these recommendations, diet bars will help you steadily and safely lose weight and saturate your body with useful substances.

If you have your own proven recipes for healthy sweets that have helped you get rid of extra pounds, then share them in the comments.

“Roots” bars: benefits and harm to the body

The beneficial properties of the “Roots” bar for the body are as follows:

pressed muesli is a valuable source of fast and slow carbohydrates, which help instantly satisfy hunger and maintain a feeling of fullness for a long time;
the bars contain five valuable grains (oats, rice, corn, wheat and barley), which are rich in fiber and coarse dietary fiber, which have a beneficial effect on the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract;
cereals, nuts, seeds, milk are important sources of vitamins necessary for the normal functioning of the heart, building the bone skeleton, and strengthening the nervous system;
Thanks to Corny bars, vitality increases, performance increases, immunity is strengthened, and mood improves.

Meanwhile, tasty bars can bring not only benefits to the body, but also harm, since such nutrition often leads to weight gain. This, in turn, can negatively affect your health. Roots bars are contraindicated:

people with diabetes, since such products are characterized by a high sugar content and have a high glycemic index;
Persons with diseases of the stomach and intestines can only use the bars after consulting a doctor.

All other people are recommended to use them as a snack in moderation.

Corny bars: customer reviews

Most of the reviews that customers leave about Roots bars are positive. They consider them the healthiest snacks, unlike chips, crackers, etc. Buyers consider the composition of Korni bars to be balanced, with a high content of cereals and a minimal amount of vegetable fats. The bars have practical packaging; they are convenient to take with you to work, to school, and to use as a snack at any time. Their taste is pleasant.

The large “Roots” bar, which most often receives positive reviews, is liked by customers due to its cereal composition. This is a source of both fast and slow carbohydrates, which satisfy the feeling of hunger for a long time. In addition, coarse dietary fiber has an extremely positive effect on intestinal function.

Negative customer reviews about the bar are mainly associated with its high calorie content. Therefore, it is better for anyone who is watching their weight to avoid such a snack.

Conclusion

Corny Big cereal bars are a good substitute for traditional treats. They are quite tasty and easy to switch to. You know, when you force yourself to eat some tasteless rubbish instead of your usual food, sooner or later you still return to your normal diet. As a rule, no self-hypnosis about the usefulness of rubbish works.

Corny Big - delicious. I especially liked the cranberry one. A very bright and real taste that you want to return to again and again. Moreover, unlike other Corny bars, cranberry has only 194 kilocalories. As they say, it’s a small thing, but it’s nice.

Separately, I would like to note the absence of any harmful additives in the bars. At least that's what it says on the wrapper. I hope this is true.

The cost of the bars, of course, is slightly higher than traditional chocolate ones, but, as I mentioned at the beginning of the article, you have to pay for the pleasure.

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How to choose the healthiest muesli bar?

Among the entire range of Korni bars with different flavors, choosing the best one will not be easy. And yet, everyone who monitors their health and adheres to the principles of proper nutrition should give preference to the following bars:

Without glaze, since they have the most natural composition and the lowest calorie content. For example, a cranberry-flavored candy bar has a calorie content of 338 kcal, which is much less than that contained in a peanut-chocolate flavored bar (482 kcal).
The best bars are those containing cereals in the first place. Korni products fully comply with these requirements.
It is desirable that the number of calories be less than 400 kcal, and the amount of carbohydrates in the composition should not exceed 70 g.