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Vegan Rob's

Jenpoodee — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 23:14:55 GMT

Debating on buying these. Are they any good?

Re: Vegan Rob's

phoenixbrd — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 23:30:18 GMT

@Jenpoodee I'm sorry but I would classify this as junk food and, no, this is not something that would even taste good to me. (These highly processed foods are what can give a vegan a bad name.) If you are after health or weight loss, eat whole foods. If you are newly transitioning off of meat/dairy/oils/highly processed foods...be kind, eat lots, but stay with as minimally processed foods as possible. A yummy alternative treat might be rice cakes/apples/celery with a little almond butter or maybe baked apples with some cinnamon and a dash of almond milk. Wishing you much health and yummy eating!

Re: Vegan Rob's

Drythe — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 23:30:19 GMT

@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Jenpoodee I'm sorry but I would classify this as junk food and, no, this is not something that would even taste good to me. These highly processed foods are what can give a vegan a bad name. If you are after health or weight loss, eat whole foods. If you are newly transitioning off of meat/dairy/oils/highly processed foods...be kind, eat lots, but stay with as minimally processed foods as possible. A yummy alternative treat might be rice cakes/apples/celery with a little almond butter or maybe baked apples with some cinnamon and a dash of almond milk. Wishing you much health and yummy eating!

@phoenixbrd

Yummy! I’ll be right over.

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phoenixbrd — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 04:15:09 GMT

@Drythe You are always welcome in my home! Wouldn't it be fun for all the vegan/plant based sisters got together and had a feast!

Re: Vegan Rob's

ValuSkr — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 23:43:28 GMT

I read an article last week saying these sort of snacks - not Vegan Rob's specifically - aren't much healthier than other snacks. But they're less unhealthy than, for example, potato chips. It's nice to think beet puffs and spinach chips are healthy, and I fall into that trap too, but they don't provide great benefits. On the other hand, maybe they taste great and a purchase is worthwhile just for that.

Re: Vegan Rob's

Drythe — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 23:43:29 GMT

@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Drythe You are always welcome in my home! Wouldn't it be fun for all the vegan sisters to gather and have a feast!

@phoenixbrd

I must confess, I am not a vegan, but an egg 🥚 eating, otherwise vegetarian. Hope you don’t kick me out. 😟

Re: Vegan Rob's

phoenixbrd — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:48:10 GMT

@Drythe You're on your way and moving in the right direction....respect .

@Drythe wrote:
@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Drythe You are always welcome in my home! Wouldn't it be fun for all the vegan sisters to gather and have a feast!
@phoenixbrd

I must confess, I am not a vegan, but an egg 🥚 eating, otherwise vegetarian. Hope you don’t kick me out. 😟

Re: Vegan Rob's

Drythe — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 01:08:59 GMT

@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Drythe You're on your way and moving in the right direction....respect .

@Drythe wrote:
@phoenixbrd wrote:
@Drythe You are always welcome in my home! Wouldn't it be fun for all the vegan sisters to gather and have a feast!
@phoenixbrd

I must confess, I am not a vegan, but an egg 🥚 eating, otherwise vegetarian. Hope you don’t kick me out. 😟

@phoenixbrd

Have not eaten any form of meat in > 20 years.

Much Respect right back to you.

PS ~ I believe in the rise from ashes.

Re: Vegan Rob's

sidsmom — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 03:52:55 GMT

Looked at the nutritional value...48-50% fat.

Oooof.

Re: Vegan Rob's

loriqvc — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:46:35 GMT

I looked into these as a potential "healthy snack alternative" last time they aired and was quite surprised at the ingredient list. I don't eat potato chips often, but my Ruffles have just three ingredients—potatoes, oil, and salt, just like homemade—and are better than Vegan Rob's puffs in the categories of sodium and carbohydrates while being the same in terms of fats and calories. (And if I get reduced fat Ruffles, the ingredients are the same and beat Rob's in all the categories.)

I'm always annoyed when companies try to upsell snack foods as being healthy or catered to a specific diet when they're really just the same processed food you can get from virtually any brand at any store. I hope there are some truly great vegan snack options out there for those who want them...

Re: Vegan Rob's

Souperkrys — Mon, 21 Jan 2019 07:11:08 GMT

I have the Cauliflower puffs and they are delicious! I would highly recommend them for a small snack food. They are so tasty. I like that they aren’t made of rice as many gluten free snacks are, the first ingredient is sorghum flour.