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“I’m a gym bro.
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I take protein seriously.
“180 calories for 21 grams of protein then 170 calories for 22 grams of protein.
Honestly best macros available.”
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“They seem to have a problem with consistency in production.
Sometimes they are soft, sometimes hard as a rock.
They’ve also been increasing in price recently.
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I’ve stopped buying them for now,” one personwrites.
“Sometimes I’ll nuke the rock hard ones a blip and they’ll soften,” onewrites.
“These were so disgusting that it was a rare time that I returned the product.
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YMMV,” onesays.
Another tells a story of how they would often bring food to give to the homeless every day.
Some Flavors Are Better Than Others
Consumers have their most and least favorite flavors.
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“The peanut butter chocolate ones are so damn good.
One of those and a black coffee is my work breakfast,” one personrevealed.
“My favorite is a chocolate chip cookie dough,“added a third.
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There is one flavor that a few people aren’t crazy about.
“The cookies and cream version is what evil tastes like,” anothercommented.
“My husband is a human garbage disposal and doesn’t even like those,” anotherchimed in.
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“For some reason these make me really gassy.
Like really gassy,” one person confessed.
“Erythritol is harsh on your gut.
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All of these ‘low carb’ things are loaded with sugar alcohols,” anothersaid.
“YES, weirdly nostalgic and taste isn’t too bad.
Definitely a unique texture though,” anotherconfirms.
“I got them for $19 back in October.
Now they’re almost $22.
One of the many Kirkland items that went up in price in recent times.
Not as much as the EVOO though,” onesays.
