Shrewd Food Protein Puffs - High Protein, Low-Carb, Gluten-Free, Health Conscious Snacks, Keto Snacks, Non GMO, Soy-Free, Tree Nut Free, Peanut-Free, Never Fried - Variety, 0.74 Oz (Pack of 12)

I have been on the search for a great CRUNCHY, high protein, low carb snack since I am Keto. I have found it right here ladies and gentlemen! Yes, these ARE Keto-friendly even tho there is a small amount of sugar in the sweet flavors. The overall texture of these are like cheese balls, but crunchier! They have the perfect texture and amount of crunch. The snack balls are about the size of a normal grape (non-GMO of course). I purchased the variety pack so I could try them all to see which one I liked the best. If you find this review helpful, please let me know! :-) My top pick for flavor is: Brick Oven Pizza- 5 out of 5 stars!! Oh my!! YES! They hit the money mark on this one! These taste so close to my local pizza shop's pizza it's crazy! These are my favorite! The flavor is robust and savory. You feel like you're eating real pizza other than the fact they're crunchy little snack balls. Some may feel they taste like the Pizza Goldfish, Bagel Bites, or Pizza bites. I feel these taste better than ALL of those snacks and the closest snack that tastes like REAL pizza! Strawberry & Cream- 5 out of 5 stars!! My second favorite! As soon as I popped one into my mouth I was taken aback to when I use to eat cereal! These taste like Cap'n Crunch Berries! They are so delicious! Hard to put down kind of snack. These DO have sugar in them, a very small amount. These do not cause me to go out of Ketosis. I pace myself when I eat these, only about half a bag at a time. They are sweet, but not overly sweet. Parmesan Herb Croutons- 5 out of 5 stars These are a great replacement for croutons!!! If you love a cheesy GARLIC flavor you will love these! I love, love, love garlic and these have a strong yummy garlic flavor and so crunchy! I wish I could buy these in a larger bag or box. I loved adding these to my salads! YUM! Cookies & Cream- 3.5 out of 5 stars These taste like a weak version of Cocoa Puffs to me. My friend loved them tho... I personally wasn't "wowed" by them, not because of the flavor but because the flavoring was so weak on these ones. Some of the balls you could see the powder-coated on them and those tasted fairly good, but most of the balls had hardly any powder flavoring on them. The chocolate flavoring I would compare to dark chocolate. Nacho- 3.5 out of 5 stars These weren't bad, but they weren't great. At first, I thought they were really good, but after a few, I noticed a weird bitter-ish aftertaste that kind of threw my tasters off. They reminded me of a generic brand of a nacho flavored snack. I can't put my finger on which snack tho. I personally didn't care for them but my friend said it was one of her favorites. Baked Cheddar- 1.5-5 stars I did not care for these at all. I feel they tasted like you took the powdered cheese packet out of Kraft Mac & Cheese and dumped it on these. I feel it tasted exactly like that cheese powder. Don't confuse my flavor description with how the finished Kraft Mac & Cheese tastes with the milk and butter added... it's NOT that flavor at all. It's just the dry cheese flavoring packet itself sprinkled onto these little balls. You might like these, I personally did not. Note for Keto friends: They’re keto-friendly. Maybe not keto-ideal, but definitely edible on a keto diet as a snack every now and then. There is nowhere near enough sugar or sunflower oil in this product to break your ketosis. Do not sit down and crush numerous bags of these in one sitting! It is possible to do with some of the flavors lol. It's almost impossible to have any diet with absolutely no sugars or carbs because they are natural in many foods. Leafy greens have some amount of sugar and more complex carbs in them. Strawberries, Blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries all have sugar and carbs. Don't forget it's all about portion sizing when you indulge in a snack! There are three types of Keto- Strict, Lazy, & Dirty. You make the call if you feel you are or aren't able to eat these per your daily macros. As I said, they have never caused me to go out of ketosis, but I also portion out what I eat to fit my daily macros. I'm pretty strict about what I eat on Keto and I do not eat these every day or more than once in a day. They are just a little snack when I have a craving and don't feel like making something from scratch.

I wanted so badly to love these. It was with great excitement that I opened the bag of cheese puffs. They were really beautiful, and when I popped one in my mouth the powdery cheesy flavor was perfect! That was followed by a satisfying crunch! Yay! But then...the aftertaste hit before I was quite done chewing it up. I thought maybe I could get past it if I just ate them quickly, so I would only have to deal with the aftertaste when I was all done, but that didn't work. I thought perhaps the other flavors were better, but I honestly cannot bring myself to put them in my mouth. From the look on my husband's face, the cookies and cream flavor is just as bad. It was sad to see his expression fall as the aftertaste hit him. These are so close...but in the end, they let us down. I get it if you just need to try for yourself, but don't say you weren't warned!

The Strawberries and Cream taste like if you poured a protein shake made with coconut milk on your dogs feet and then you started licking it off. They're okay at first, but then it starts tasting like old Fritos and various feces. I didn't throw up so I'll give them a 2/10. The cookies and cream taste like you took a piece of water drenched cardboard, baked it, and then slightly sprinkled it with an off brand cocoa powder. Begrudgingly giving it 3.5/10. The nacho cheese ones taste like if you shook the nacho cheese powder off a dorito, mixed it with the dry skin shaved off people's feet when the get a pedicure, and stuck it to a spit wad from 1972. 3.6/10 The Brick Oven Pizza ones taste like a pizza was dehydrated by natural causes over a couple decades, added to the glucose drink you have to take to see if you have gestational diabetes when you're pregnant, then sprinkled on a ball made of literally nothing. 4.75/10 The baked cheddar ones aren't bad. Sort of tastes like if Cartman baby birded cheesy poofs to you. 6/10 (don't judge me that I'm okay with snacks that taste like another human's saliva) The croutons are pretty palatable, and by far the best flavor of the box. They're like the La Croix of croutons. Like they took these protein balls into an Olive Garden so that they could get the essence of parmesan herb on them. 7/10

I bought the variety pack so that I could try all the flavors. I'm not a fan of anything "cookies and cream," so that was the first bag I opened. I figured if it was awful, the rest would have to be better by default. If they were good, then I was in for a treat with the rest of them. I know, twisted logic, but it works for me. LOL Anyway, I was shocked that they tasted so good. They are VERY crunchy, light and airy though, not break-your-teeth crunchy. The Strawberries and Cream was delicious! Want more of them!!! I love the Brickyard Pizza flavor. No, it doesn't taste like "pizza," but it's a great Italian flavor. The Parmesan Herb croutons are great as a snack. I haven't tried them on an actual salad yet... but I will! Being on Weight Watchers, it's a nice treat to have something that "tastes" sinful, without depleting your points. Potato chips are 3-5 points for a 1-oz serving size (depending on whether they are baked or regular). These little gems are 2 points for 3/4-oz and the crunch is more than satisfying. With 12-14 grams of protein in each bag, they stave off the hunger very well. I will definitely buy these again. Sure wish the price was cheaper though. It shouldn't be more expensive to eat healthier than it is to eat greasy "junk food."

I'll start with the 1 good point. I had a gastric sleeve surgery about 4 months ago and these fit the requirements my dr set for me (less the 5% total fat and less then 5% in total carbs and has a good amount of protein and isn't high on calorie). So its something i could snack on Ina time where almost everything else doesn't fit the requirements The bad: The taste is not great, 3 other people in my house tried it and no one really liked it . They also don't really taste that much like what your expecting according to the flavor. It's not horrible and you could manage through a bag but it's not something you'll ever crave. The texture is also weird, i expected it to be like a classic cheese puff but they are weirdly crunchy which caught me off guard and for some reason i just don't like it. I didn't even get all the flavors in the picture, instead of the strawberry flavor i got done kind of caramel apple flavor, so not knowing what your going to get is a big turn off for me. And finally The price is really high for something that doesn't taste great, if it was closer to 1 buck a bag i would at least recommend for people to try it while also giving them a disclaimer on all i mentioned above but not at this price

After reading some of the reviews, I panicked. Several people mentioned they were tasteless. I took a break from full keto in September and then the holidays came and now here it is January and I am struggling to go back to Keto. I enjoyed flavored chips and crackers over the holidays that weren't just flat out a fake out or weird. I haven't been able to get the groove going again because I love my salty crispy snacks. I received this multi pack and a Brick Oven pizza pack same day. I have so far opened the croutons, cookies and cream and brick oven pizza flavors to try. The croutons taste exactly like a store bought crouton. I used them on a salad at lunch and will buy more. The pizza flavor was fairly close to the crouton flavor but there was something that gave it a different taste. Cheese possibly? Not sure. Either way, I will buy again because they did satiate my need for a salty snack. Cookies and cream were kind of blah. You get a hit of sweet right when you pop it in your mouth but then after 2 chews, it is like chewing a cheese less cheese ball. I am on the fence whether I will get these again or not. I have a bad sugar/carb addiction that I have to really cut myself down to zero grains, only erithmitol sweetener and zero fruits and only about 12 carbs for the first 45 days to clear my system. Then I am ok. These protein sweets may work for me since I am a crispy cookie person and all keto cookies seem to be soft and just yucky to me. All of the protein balls seem to leave behind a weird residue in your mouth similar to a corn cheese ball but it doesn't have any taste to it at all. I am sure after a week or 2 being back on keto, I won't care. I don't know how anyone thought the pizza or croutons were bland. They really taste like pizza Andy capp fries or croutons. If they started with the cookies, well then there is my answer. 5 stars for being a salty crunchy snack I can eat in front of the tv or sitting at my desk. Keto lacks "binge" foods, and I know. That's the point. But these work for snacking. Also super filling.

Gas pains, nausea. On keto with intermittent fasting. First thing that I grabbed that day was the Brick Oven Pizza flavor and in a little while I felt sick so thinking because that was the only thing that I had eaten it must have been the crisps. Also my kids got a little woosey in the car from the smell of this flavor too. Very strong odor for me it smelled kinda like barf. Sorry for being graphic but it is what it is. I then tried the Strawberry flavor, was pretty good tasting but again got the gas pains like a few minutes later as well as the nausea. On a side note another thing that I noted was that it sticks to your teeth like caramel. That's the only two flavors that I tried did not have the stomach to try the other flavors. Tried to do a return but was surprised to see the "This item isn't eligible for return" note that was next to my order...oh well live and learn.

I honestly do not understand some of these negative reviews. I have been using a wide variety of whey protein products for a decade. I cannot have soy protein and finding good whey protein snacks is difficult at best. Well, I have found them! I have now tried every flavor of Shrewd Food Protein Puffs and I am hooked! The ONLY flavor I did not care for was Sour Cream and Onion. The flavor was simply not strong enough, but a little ramping up would solve that. As for the rest, they are WONDERFUL! My favorite is probably the Brick Oven Pizza and I absolutely love the Parmesan Garlic Crouton Puffs. The snacks pack plenty of crunch, they stay crispy/crunchy even in hot soup. They add a wonderful crunch and flavor to salads and I do not taste much of a whey protein taste. FINALLY, a crunchy snack with ZERO SOY! I was really taken aback by the sweet flavors. The Dippers (also ordered) are amazing! Rich chocolate taste, not too sweet (Dark Chocolate variety) and no discernable whey protein taste. I usually detest any sort of strawberry flavor that isn't just from fresh strawberries. Shrewd Food's Strawberries and Cream Puffs are delightful. My diet is primarily vegetable based and accompanied by lean proteins and healthy fats. Starchy carbs (and thus, CRUNCH) are missing. These satisfy the urge to crunch AND they are filling and good for you! Their Customer Service is fabulous, prompt and courteous! I look forward to using these products for a long time! THANK YOU SHREWD FOOD!