OK, this product is just weird. Freeze dried green beans, somehow processed with canola oil, dextrin & salt to become a crunchy snack. I get it — a salty crunchy snack with a low glycemic index and lots of fiber. But i tried a few just now, from the box that I got from my parents for Christmas, and they’re just somehow *wrong*.
They do taste identifiably, if faintly, like green beans, which is nice, but with a faintly unpleasant sweet taste, and a few hard bits mixed in with the crunch, like when you get Corn Nuts that are a little over-cooked and you think you’re going to break your teeth. (I don’t eat Corn Nuts anymore either, so maybe I have a thing.) I had to put the lid back on the box and stop after like 4 beans, and i still have a little icky feeling on my tongue which i might have to drown with a few Utz Cheez Balls.
Yes, there is an odd sweet taste to them that I haven’t been able to figure out. I manage to remind myself of that every time I walk by the display, just before I snag a box and put it in my basket.
I LOVE Veggie Beans by Whole Foods…. and the carrots! It is sweet and salty and crunchy