Kind Pomegranate Blueberry Pistachhio bar: Kind bars have a consistent quality - once you’ve had one, you know what you’re getting yourself into. Here, we have a mix of crunchy whole pistachio and almonds with dried fruit, all bonded together with a sticky glaze and several types of grains for texture. It was a bit hard to bite into (more crunchy than chewy), which made me a little nervous for my teeth. Overall, decent but doesn’t quite pass the threshold for recommended. 3.0/5.0
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Kind Plus dark chocolate and cherry cashew bar: A nut and fruit bar dipped in a generous amount of chocolate. Classic flavor combination. Overall, a snack you can generally feel good about, but not exceptionally tasty. 3.0/5.0
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Kirks pasito passion fruit soda: Continuing my sampling of Australian carbonated beverages, I purchased this tropical soda to pair with some fish and chips. The soda is sickening sweet but does have a passion fruit flavor, even if it's artificial. On closer inspection, I found that Kirk's is owned by Coca-Cola, though it is from Queensland, Australia. 2.0/5.0
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Liberte peach and passion fruit yogurt: A tropical fruit-on-the-bottom snack. Slightly better than average. 3.0/5.0
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Liberté coconut yogurt: A rich, dessert-like yogurt made with whole milk. Contains coconut pulp on the bottom. Sweet. Whole milk + coconut = 44% saturated fat. Nonetheless, it was filling and quite good. 3.5/5.0
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Lush Gelato Mango Sorbet and Ricotta Lemon Zest Gelato: Located in the back of The Epicurious Garden in Berkeley, this Lush Gelato location has a rainbow assortment of sorbets and gelatos made with ingredients proudly sourced from local farms. (This all sounds very befitting for a spot in the Gourmet Ghetto, I know.) I sampled the Vietnamese cinnamon (which tasted like Cinnamon Toast Crunch) before deciding on their mango sorbet and ricotta lemon zest. For all three flavors, I found them to be overly sweet for my taste, and while the texture w... (read more) 2.5/5.0
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