The David Protein Bar is one of the biggest innovations we’ve seen in the world of protein bars in quite some time on the nutrition side of things. The brand, from a co-founder of RXBar, wanted to create a product with the best protein-to-calorie ratio on the market. Not only did the innovative newcomer succeed, it did it so well that the macros on the David Protein Bar are on par with a protein powder, far from the typical 20g of protein for 200 to 220 calories in your average protein bar.
David squeezes an impressive 28g of protein into every flavor of its self-titled David Protein Bar, and it’s from quality sources in whey isolate and concentrate, collagen, and egg whites. The carbohydrates are where the product really shines at 14g, only 2g of that is net carbs, none of it is sugar, plus 2g of fat, and an almost impossible 150 calories. After discovering the functional food, we placed our order and have got our hands on several of each of the four flavors to find out exactly how it tastes.
Review
The catch with the David Protein Bar is that it is so incredibly functional, it really wasn’t going to matter how good it tasted; for many health and nutrition fans wanting something they can eat that’s ridiculously lean and convenient, it simply needed to be edible. Much to our surprise, and we don’t get surprised often, the David Protein Bar is good. It is a bare-style snack, similar to the classic Quest Bar, so there isn’t any chocolate coating or gooey caramel layer; it’s a doughy bar with tasty bits and pieces throughout.
The consistency of the David Protein Bar is almost as unbelievable as the nutrition profile, and it is that way because of the nutrition. The main body is as soft and smooth to bite through as a kid’s snack bar, where your teeth softly sink right through, and you finish each bite in seconds; no extended chewing like some of the dense protein bars out there. The consistency is on point, with just the right amount of moisture to make it edible whenever and wherever at a never-before-seen level of efficiency.
Throughout the product are indeed crispy pieces, helping pump up the protein, and depending on the flavor, there are also mouthwatering pieces, like Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough’s sizeable chunks of chocolate. Again, despite the almost impossible texture of the David Protein Bar and the incomparable nutrition profile, the individual tastes of the newcomer are enough to impress and, most of all, enjoy.
If we had to rank them, the winners would be David Protein Bar’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Blueberry Pie flavors. The former is as smooth as the others, and it is full of chocolate chunks, so much so you can easily get one in every mouthful, and in Blueberry Pie, you get a subtle but noticeable blueberry sweetness plus chunks of complementing white chocolate. Double Fudge Brownie and Cake Batter certainly aren’t bad, but their base tastes and fillings aren’t quite as standout or contrasting for us.
Summary
If you were expecting the David Protein Bar to taste like a stiff piece of cardboard due to how clean the macros are, it is the opposite. This is as close to a game changer as we’ve seen, where you get the protein-to-calorie ratio of a protein powder in the form of a pocket-sized bar that is soft, tasty, and easy to eat. We’ve experienced more bars than most, and the David Protein Bar has no competitors that are even close to offering what it does. When the Quest Bar burst onto the scene, it really started something, and this genuinely feels like the evolution of that, especially with it featuring a similar sort of build.
