CLIF Bar Cool Mint Chocolate is a 68 g oat bar flavoured with cocoa, unsweetened chocolate and mint. Vitasave sells it as a single bar or as a box of 12. Each bar has 250 calories, 10 g of protein, 43 g of carbohydrate and 6 g of fibre, and 70% of the ingredients are organic. On the French side of the wrapper it reads Chocolat à la menthe.
What is in a Cool Mint Chocolate bar
The Canadian ingredient list opens with organic sugars (brown rice syrup, tapioca syrup, cane syrup and cane sugar) and organic rolled oats. Soy rice crisps, made from soy protein isolate, rice flour and barley malt extract, and organic roasted soybeans give it texture. The chocolate side comes from cocoa, unsweetened chocolate and organic cocoa butter, and natural flavours bring the mint. Chicory fibre, organic soy flour, sunflower and/or soybean oil, salt, organic soy lecithin and tocopherols complete it.
Per bar, the Nutrition Facts table lists 6 g of fat (2 g saturated, 0 g trans), 17 g of sugars, 140 mg of sodium and 250 mg of potassium, with no cholesterol. It lists 2.5 mg of iron, 70 mg of magnesium and 50 mg of calcium.
Allergens
The bar contains barley, oats and soy. It may contain peanuts, tree nuts, milk, sesame, rye, triticale and wheat. Nuts are not in the ingredient list, which makes this a common pick among CLIF flavours for people who avoid them by choice, though the may-contain line still applies.
Single bar or box of 12
Pick the single bar to try the flavour, or the box of 12 to stock a gym bag, car or office drawer. The box holds twelve individually wrapped 68 g bars, 816 g in all. Each wrapper has its own Nutrition Facts table and ingredient list.
How to enjoy it
CLIF suggests a bar one to three hours before exercise with water, during long and lower-intensity activity such as a day hike or a bike tour, or afterwards. It also makes a snack between meals or a mint chocolate bite after lunch. Keep it at room temperature; the chocolate softens in a hot car. The full directions are under How to Take.
Who it suits
It suits people who like a chocolate and mint flavour and want a filling oat bar to carry. The ingredient list has no animal products, which fits a plant-based diet if the may-contain statement is not a concern. Its oats and barley mean it is not for anyone avoiding gluten.
CLIF Bar Cool Mint Chocolate FAQ
How much protein is in one bar?
10 g in a 68 g bar, mainly from soy protein isolate, roasted soybeans and soy flour.
Does it contain nuts?
Nuts are not an ingredient, but the bar may contain peanuts and tree nuts.
Is it gluten-free?
No. It contains barley and oats, and it may contain wheat, rye and triticale.
Contains barley, oats and soy. May contain peanuts, tree nuts, milk, sesame, rye, triticale and wheat.
Directions Eat one bar as a snack, or one to three hours before exercise with water. On long, lower-intensity outings such as hiking or bike touring, a bar can be eaten during the activity. Store at room temperature.
