Living Foods bar

[Grible4]

Has anyone tried the Garden of Life Living Foods bars? Just last week I noticed The Vitamine Shoppe and Whole Foods started carying them. They have the Garden of Life probiotics and everything in them. I didn't think they were raw, because I looked at the ingredients and they didn't seem to be... and the package didn't say it was raw. So I e-mailed them asking if their bars were all raw, or what percentage they were, meaning if they were heated over 120 degrees, and specificaly how they made their oat beta glucan (which I figured wasn't raw, along with flavoring and vegetable glycerin). Each bar has a couple different ingredients.

Their response was:

Thank you for your email and interest in Garden of Life's products. I
am glad that you enjoyed our Living Food bars. The Living Food bars
are 100% raw and are heated using the raw food standards and temperatures.

Now does this mean their ingredients they buy are guarenteed raw? I don't know, but I know they taste good, and have great probiotics in them. What do you think?

Link:
http://www.gardenoflife.com/detail_food_bars.shtml

[lane]

i emailed them a couple of weeks ago, and received the same response. my guess is that their ingredients are sourced raw- the company seems to have quite a bit of integrity and i don't think they would risk using heated/processed ingredients and misleading people...especially when a large number of their buyers are well informed. i very rarely eat grains and was a little concerned about them in these bars, but i feel good after eating one and enjoy them--
cc

[Grible4]

yes, I felt the same way about the grains, but since they are all sprouted and fermented, I decided to give them a try. I Love Garden of Lifes products, I've been waiting for a company like them for years!

[Lay-Lay]

never tried them, maybe I will sometime if I run up on them. Thanks for the review.

[spicyfull]

Way to go..........Thanks...............