Why most protein bars taste like s**t
Sugar overload
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Many protein bars claim to contain “no added sugars” but what they have in there is stevia, aspartame or Lo han guo and Sucralose. Lo han guo, also known as monk fruit, is the Chinese equivalent of stevia. Sucralose is an artificial sweetener that may or may not cause cancer, bowel disease, and DNA alterations in mice.