The Washington Post

February 16, 2005

New brands continue to appear in the crowded nutrition and energy bar category. Some are mealy and dry. Others are overly sweet. An Australian bar that is newly available in stores stood out in one of our recent tastings. KIND are hand made, all-natural, dried fruit-and-nut bars. There are ten varieties. Our favorites are Date & Walnut and Apricot & Almond.

About $1.99 each; available at Whole Foods Market and health food stores.

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The Oakland Tribune: My KIND

February 16, 2005

Most energy bars have strange ingredients, odd sweeteners, lots of calories. Most are too sweet, and don’t taste a bit like the ingredients that went into them. But I have discovered one exception: Kind Fruit & Nut Bars. The bars, made in Australia, are made of dried fruits and whole nuts stuck together with a little fruit juice and flour. They have 150 to 225 calories each, depending on the variety. The bars are $2, and are available at Whole Foods. Even better, the bars are distributed through PeaceWorks Foundation, which donates 5 percent of the profits to promote peace around the world.

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The Boston Globe: Go Nuts for a Good Cause

February 23, 2005

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you feel like ingesting large quantities of them, and on those days, a KIND Fruit + Nut bar ($1.99) is just the ticket. The Fruit & Nut Delight bar is packed, packed, with peanuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, and walnuts, along with dried fruit, pear juice, honey, and puffed rice. In fact, the most suspicious thing in this all-natural, preservative-free, and very tasty snack is humectant, which isn’t really all that suspicious — it’s vegetable-based and added to keep the goods moist. Other bar flavors include Macadamia & Apricot, Almond & Coconut, Walnut & Date, Sesame & Peanut with Chocolate . . . you get the idea. To top it all off, 5 percent of the profits from this wonder bar go to PeaceWorks Foundation’s OneVoice movement, which works for conflict resolution in the Middle East. What more can you ask from a bunch of nuts? KATIE JOHNSTON CHASE

Fruit & Nut Delight bar is at Foodie’s Urban Market, 1421 Washington St.,Boston, 617-266-9911; Harnett’s, 47 Brattle St., Cambridge, 617-491-4747; Pemberton Farms, 2172 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-876-2711; and Whole Foods, 15 Westland Ave., Boston, 617-375-1010; 15 Washington St., Brighton, 617-738-8187; 115 Prospect St., Cambridge, 617-492-0070; 200 Alewife Brook Parkway, Cambridge, 617-491-0040; 340 River St., Cambridge, 617-876-6990; 916 Walnut St., Newton, 617-969-1141; 647 Washington St., Newtonville,617-965-2070

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Snack for World Peace, Fitness Magazine

February 2005

Sink your teeth into a KIND Fruit + Nut bar and you’ll get a delicious, all-natural snack while contributing to a good cause: Five percent of profits go to OneVoice, a nonprofit foundation that promotes peace in the Middle East. Available in 10 flavors, like Banana & Oatbran or Sesame with Chocolate, each bar has 150 to 225 calories and can be found at natural-food stores or peaceworks.com.

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Candy with a Conscience, SHAPE Magazine

Bethany Gumper
February 2005

Give your valentine a KIND Fruit + Nut bar in honor of American Heart Month. The 10 all-natural varieties (like Nut Delight, Walnut & Date, Almond & Apricot and Banana & Oatbran) have 150-225 calories each and boast heart-healthy ingredients such as fiber and monosaturated fats. Plus, 5 percent of profits go to the PeaceWorks foundation, which fosters peace in the Middle East. Bars cost $2 and are available in Whole Foods or peaceworks.com.

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