Are Clif Bars Getting Smaller?
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Just like the Hersey Bar. They have a price-point they have to match so they just shrink the bar to stay profitable. Start comparing different bars on a cents per calorie basis and let us know what to switch to please.
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Originally Posted by ken cummings
Just like the Hersey Bar. They have a price-point they have to match so they just shrink the bar to stay profitable. Start comparing different bars on a cents per calorie basis and let us know what to switch to please.
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By law they're have to change the nutritional info on the back if it was infact smaller.
It is very possible that they are the same amount of food packed into a smaller area though. Which would mean they are more dense than they used to be....which is hard to believe because I've always found them to be incredibly dense.
It is very possible that they are the same amount of food packed into a smaller area though. Which would mean they are more dense than they used to be....which is hard to believe because I've always found them to be incredibly dense.
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Do they weigh the same? I thought standard Clif Bars were 68 grams...
Maybe weightweenies should start a nutrition bar section. Lots of nutty europeans with scales accurate to 0.10 grams there.
https://weightweenies.starbike.com/listings.php
Maybe weightweenies should start a nutrition bar section. Lots of nutty europeans with scales accurate to 0.10 grams there.

https://weightweenies.starbike.com/listings.php
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I have not noticed them getting smaller however at a ride I did last fall they had mini cliff bars at the rest stops that I thought were pretty cool. Nice in the back of the jersey, easy to eat quick.
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What weight are they at now? I have some old ones lying around as I don't care for them anymore and can check and see what they were (they must be at least a year old).
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Originally Posted by thewalrus
Do they weigh the same? I thought standard Clif Bars were 68 grams...
Maybe weightweenies should start a nutrition bar section. Lots of nutty europeans with scales accurate to 0.10 grams there.
https://weightweenies.starbike.com/listings.php
Maybe weightweenies should start a nutrition bar section. Lots of nutty europeans with scales accurate to 0.10 grams there.

https://weightweenies.starbike.com/listings.php
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Originally Posted by thewalrus
Maybe weightweenies should start a nutrition bar section. Lots of nutty europeans with scales accurate to 0.10 grams there. 

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Originally Posted by Mayonnaise
Has anyone else noticed that Clif Bars are smaller than they were, say, a year ago?
(Of course, the way those things taste only a real oinker would complain that they are small!)
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Originally Posted by Phatman
I stopped eating clif bars cause they give me gas hard core.
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Originally Posted by HigherGround
And if any of those "nutty Europeans" are unavailable, just ask your friendly neighborhood drug dealer! He's probably really familiar with converting from grams to ounces and vice versa. 

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I really love the Harvest bars now. I get them for 2/$1 at the local Big Lots store.
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