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Cleveland Magazine: 0 to 100 in six bites
"I like to get my nutrition in the form of real food, well-prepared and minimally processed. But sometimes life makes that difficult. Good Greens has a solution: an energy bar. So what, you say. There are plenty of energy bars out there to choose from. But this one has three reasons to recommend it."
The Unintentional Vegan: 5 days of wellness
"Good Greens Bars are by far the best snack bar I’ve ever had - and they’re even raw! I have to say that I was completely surprised by these bars. Not only are they filling, but they only come in at around 190 calories each and to top it all off they each provide you with your daily servings of fruit and vegetables – all 5-9 of them!"
The Secret Life of Kelsey: Good Greens
"Texture was nice. I liked how chewy it was. It has a subtle Berry flavor with pieces of berries mixed in. The green superfoods weren't overly exaggerated in the taste too much, so that was great! Love that it has 10 g of protein and 5g of fiber!"
Dr. Bruce Says: Good Greens Bars, Delicious and Nutritious
"I’m sold on Good Greens bars as being the most tasty and nutritious energy bar on the market. So, I thought I’d put the bars to the test at last week’s Athletic Business Show, in Orlando, FL."
Macaroni Kid: Good Greens Bars
"Good Greens Bars (a portfolio company at the Shaker LaunchHouse), has created the tastiest and most effective nutrition bars that this mom has yet to come across. I am thankful that they sent me some to sample. (Now I can't buy them fast enough to keep in the house!)"
Examiner: Good Greens Bars
"Something happens when you have reviewed circa 547 different protein bars, energy bars, superfood bars, etc. You begin to see that they are not exactly “different” and that some companies seem to have thought, “Well, everyone is doing it, let’s just throw some ingredients together and get into the bar game.” In other words, “Yawn.”
Veggies For Me: Good Greens bars are wholesome and delicious!
"Good Greens make these bars that are like a candy bar morphed with an energy bar! It tastes like you are indulging, when you are actually getting a product filled with antioxidants, vegetables, fruits and berries…not to mention the GREENS!!"
The Springfield Paper: Cleveland startup unveils delicious and nutritious chocolate protein bar
"A candy bar that’s good for you? No way! you say, but you better believe it- Good Greens has created a local and truly revolutionary product that everyone can love. Gluten free, vegan, low glycemic and dairy free, our bars are perfect for celiacs, vegans and diabetics, and anyone who wants a delicious healthy whole food bar."
Good Greens Bars: Dr. Bruce tested and approved!
"Shout out to anyone and everyone who is looking for a good tasting, highly nutritious, and reasonable priced nutrition bar! I found it. Good Greens bars! If you are tired of insufferable medicine tasting, Sahara Desert dry and/or raw cookie dough consistency bars—go Good Greens."
Just About Greener Living: Cleveland startup unveils delicious and nutritious chocolate protein bar
"A candy bar that’s good for you? No way! you say, but you better believe it- Good Greens has created a local and truly revolutionary product that everyone can love. Gluten free, vegan, low glycemic and dairy free, our bars are perfect for celiacs, vegans and diabetics, and anyone who wants a delicious healthy whole food bar."
Pattycakes N Pancakes: Raising a baby and eating healthy on a budget
"Yesterday, after my lunch, I was needing a quick snack. I’m always on the lookout for an all natural snack bar. I just received a box of Good Greens Bars to try."
The Healthy Apron: Good Greens, is it Healthy?
"One thing I like to do while I’m out grocery shopping is find a new product I’ve never tried before, sample it, and review it on the blog. This week I found Good Greens bars."
Treats With a Twist
"When I received a box of Good Greens Plus Bars in the mail, it was like Christmas! I love getting packages in the mail, especially if they're edible!"
Examiner: Nutrition bar review
"Nutrition is a key element to any triathlete’s training regiment and on race day. Often times the quest for a nutrition bar that offers all the goodness of nutrients as well as taste proves as elusive as the Holy Grail. Good Greens bars meet if not exceed that nutrition baseline and fill the flavor gap with their product line of bars, powders, and coming soon cookies."
The Nutrition Translator
"If you are looking for a bar that does it all, then I have found it for you! This past weekend I attended the Cleveland Marathon Expo the night before the race to pick up my race packet. At the expo I came across this new company that is based in Youngstown Ohio that makes these Good Green Bars."
Plain Dealer: Cleveland-made Good Greens nutrition bars take off!
Three of the Good Greens flavors hold the No. 1, 2, and 3 rank in nutrition bar sales in the Cleveland metro area, according to retail analyst David Winter, of the SPINS data reporting service, eclipsing such brands as Powerbar and Larabar. Good Greens says its bars offer 100 percent of the daily fruit and vegetable requirement through its proprietary Z-52 superfood powder, which contains vitamins, dehydrated fruits and vegetables. Click Below to Read More.
Crazy Food Dude on Chocolate Raspberry Bars
"Biting in, the first thing I encountered was an ever so slight crunch from the rice crisps which was then balanced out by the soft and chewy factor of the bar. The balance that the two struck made each of them compliment each other beautifully."
Daily Candy Deal
Thanks to Daily Candy you can receive a discount on a box of Good Greens in any flavor you want. The offer ends Wednesday June 20 so act fast!
The Ride
"Competition compels entrepreneurs to innovate or fall behind. Four raw superfood bars manufactured by Good Greens, a nutraceutical company in Shaker Heights, Ohio (www.goodgreens.com), sit on a shelf with 192 others vying for shoppers."
Lucas County Chopper:
"If you’re like me, after hours of riding the backroads and highways, you find yourself with a bit of an appetite. Generally, I keep some of the cheese and crackers with the little red stick (you know the ones that I’m talking about) and candy bars in my saddlebags for just such an occasion. Lately, I’ve been looking for a healthier alternative."
Way 2 Good Life
"My bike ride is on average 20 miles long. I can’t possibly make it through the whole way without a snack. This is the time when I can’t just have any bar – it has to be a good one. 12 grams of protein, 14 grams of sugar, 195 calories is a snack that would give me enough fuel to pedal 10 miles."
Rawdorable: Good Greens are Good
"Thank "good"ness I received a box of Good Greens Plus Bars in the mail to sample. The company was so nice to send three of each of the four flavors for us to try. It was perfect timing, as I tend to pack bars along with me when I'm out and about. They are so convenient to toss in my purse for when hunger strikes (along with some veggies sticks and bananas, which always seem to pack well in a pinch)."
BananaBuzzBomb:
"Awhile back I happened upon Good Greens on Alicia’s blog. I was intrigued for several reasons. They operate out of a suburb of Cleveland (basically local to me) and all of their products are 100% vegan. I just had to try them.Thankfully while at the Arnold Fitness Festival I was able to meet them and try out there products. I wanted to Buzz about them and let you know what I thought."
Crazy Food Dude
"In terms of taste, this tastes almost like a soft and chewy brownie with peanut butter mixed in that is dipped in chocolate and it is quite a good flavor. I guess based on the external appearance, I was expecting the interior to have more of a chocolate flavoring but it was definitely peanut butter with a hint of chocolate."
About.com: Good Greens Bars Local Blogger Relationship Development
"We went from a PR0 (Google Page Rank) to a PR3. Our Alexa ranking is about 1.7 million and we are driving 2000+ visitors per month. A large chunk of our traffic is actually local and probably driven by many of these local blogs. This is really good considering we are available to them in stores and online."
About.com: Content Marketing
"Good Greens Bars content marketing plan was hyper-local (Cleveland, OH) executing a guest blogging campaign to increase impressions, traffic and Google rankings."
Health Kicker: Blogs about trying to live healthier
"You've seen me review all sorts of nutrition bars on this site, but I may have found my favorite. I stay pretty active, so a bar with protein, superfoods and a great taste is always something that appeals to me. If it happens to not be horrendous in calories also, that never hurts. Of course it's always more ideal to eat foods in their whole, natural state, but sometimes time and/or location constraints won't allow that. Enter Good Greens nutrition bars."
Vegan Vagrant: Good Greens Nutrition Bars
"If you want all the nutrients and superfoods contained in these bars but would rather have that candy bar taste, look no further than the chocolate peanut butter Good Greens bar. If you're anything like me, you know that chocolate with peanut butter is the all time best dessert flavor combination to ever be created, and these bars can really scratch that itch. Move over Reese's, there's a new choice in town, and it's healthy!"
Food Buzz: Good Greens Nutrition Bars
"You've seen me review all sorts of nutrition bars on this site, but I may have found my favorite. I stay pretty active, so a bar with protein, superfoods and a great taste is always something that appeals to me. If it happens to not be horrendous in calories also, that never hurts. Of course it's always more ideal to eat foods in their whole, natural state, but sometimes time and/or location constraints won't allow that. Enter Good Greens nutrition bars."
Poise in Parma: gluten free product review
"As the gluten-free market expands, I am always learning about new GF products. I had the opportunity to try two new-to-me brands recently. First up: Good Greens Bars." Read more:
Almost Vegan Chef: A girl bites into a bar... mega-review!
"The other three flavors, though, are a different story! The Chocolate Raspberry, Chocolate Peanut Butter, and Chocolate Coconut (shown below) taste more like candy bars than nutrition bars, with chewy, melt-in-your-mouth fillings and a light coating of chocolate on the exterior. I would buy these three varieties again in a heartbeat!"
Front Porch Reviews
"It’s 3pm and your tummy starts to growl, alerting you that you are hungry. It’s not really time for dinner yet but you know if you don’t eat something soon, you’ll be filling your face with anything you can reach and it might not always be the best option. I love keeping granola bars on hand for those type of hunger attacks."
Glamour Magazine: Afternoon Snack, Chocolate Raspberry Bites
"These Good Greens Chocolate Raspberry Bites will do nicely. They're 50 calories and filled with stuff like dairy free dark chocolate, wheatgrass juice, green tea extract, acai berry, and (of course) raspberries--but taste kind of like mini berry brownies."
Bite Buff
"Their secret is the Z52 Super Powder, which give the bars 52 superfoods and all of its nutrients. The bars are also low glycemic, vegan and gluten-free. They use all natural ingredients, proven to boost your energy, lower cholesterol, improve digestion, strengthen your immunity, and help increase brain power. All this packed into a yummy bar? Sign me up."
Celiac-Disease: Good Greens Review
"Energy and protein bars are exploding onto the gluten-free scene like crazy these days. I had the wonderful opportunity to sample some bars made by Good Greens over the past few weeks."
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Fox 8 News: Shaker Heights Company Creates Healthy Candy Bar
"It sounds too good to be true! A Shaker Heights company has created a chocolate candy bar packed with nutrients. Good Greens bars are also gluten free, vegan, low glycemic and dairy free so they are good for celiacs, vegans and diabetics."
Food, Nutrition, Science: Good Greens
"When Good Greens company founder Keith Pabley went in search of delicious tasting superfoods, he discovered that there was gap in the marketplace. As a result, Pabley was inspired to develop a product that tasted great while also providing necessary nutrients. Good Greens now makes real, whole food, natural and organic bars that are specifically designed to taste great and give customers the energy they need to take on the day."
The Plain Dealer: An energy bar that walks the walk, feeding your skin healthfully
"There's no question that as far as your body goes, whole foods beat processed foods. You don't need to be a Michael Pollan devotee to know that, even if you don't practice it 100 percent of the time. But life is busy, and sometimes you need something portable and nonperishable with, we hope, some nutritional value."
Cleveland.com: Good Greens Added to Shaker LauncHouse
"Shaker LaunchHouse has invested in Good Greens Nutrition Bars, promoted as “the healthiest, most delicious whole food bar on the market.” Good Greens provides tasty, nutrient-packed whole food bars that cater to a variety of consumers, including those with specific food restrictions, because they are 100-percent vegan, gluten-free and have a low-glycemic index."
Fresh Water Cleveland: Nutrition bar startup good greens is healthy and poised for growth spurt
"Keith Pabley is dedicated to providing a way for people to eat healthy on the go. As CEO of Good Greens, one of Shaker LaunchHouse’s newest investments, Pabley is marketing his nutrition bars around Northeast Ohio with huge success."
Shaker Launchouse: Launchouse invests in Good Greens
"LaunchHouse has made an investment in Good Greens™ Nutrition Bars, “the healthiest, most delicious whole food bar on the market.” Good Greens bars cater to a variety of different food restrictions because they are 100% vegan, gluten-free and have a low-gylcemic index. Good Greens joins the growing list of LaunchHouse portfolio companies."
Latest Videos
Good Greens Interview with Robert Cheeke
While at the 2011 Vegetarian Summerfest a number of speakers took the time to talk with us and answer some questions. Robert Cheeke is a renowned VEGAN competitive body builder who takes some time to tell us a little more about a plant-based diet.
Good Greens Interview with Julieanna Hever
While at the 2011 Vegetarian Summerfest a number of speakers took the time to talk with us and answer some questions. Julieanna Hever is renowned Vegan Dietitian who takes some time to tell us a little more about a plant-based diet.