Unfortunately, it looks like the METRX marketing department has succeeded. With 47g of carbs (tapioca starch, enriched flour) and 27g of it being added sugar (corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup), and then soybean and palm oil, this is not much more than a candy bar with more empty carbs and added protein. Even conservatively speaking, an actual meal replacement bar would not have greater than 50% of the serving be empty calories.

There is 30g of protein out of a 100g serving. You're getting 30% protein and 70% junk. Corn syrup and enriched flour wouldn't really make you full. It'll spike your blood sugar and make you hungrier and crave more food.

For comparison, this METRX bar has 410 calories, 12g of fat, 47g of carbs, 27g of added sugar, 30g of protein.
A regular Snicker's bar has 250 calories, 12g of fat, 33g of carbs, 27g of added sugar, 4g of protein.


Don't get me wrong, I'm not against the convenience of high protein meal replacement bars. There are cleaner options (though more expensive) like sans meal replacement. But personally I would go for an optimum nutrition individually packaged protein shake + a nuts and dried fruit trail mix.

TLDR: This METRX bar is just a glorified snicker's bar with added protein.

Whoa. 27 grams of sugar! Would rather have a standard protein shake and a bowl of ice cream.

for anyone that needs to know: 5lbs of isolate frontpage slickdeals typically work out to about 2-3cents per gram of higher quality protein. These contain soy protein. These work out to around 6 cents per gram, plus a huge amount of sugar they do look delicious though.