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Contaminated Bars? Not sure what's going on here...
I love these bars... They are delicious. Perfect size, portion, etc. Exactly what I am looking for. I was a huge fan at first.
Now, I am finding a huge issue with quality control and contamination. I just discovered Epic Bars within the last 3 weeks. In that time, I have been to 5 different Whole Foods Markets around the country in 4 different cities because I travel a lot for work. In each store that carries Epic Bars, there was product which was puffed-up like little pillows. I am not sure what the issue is EXACTLY. It seems like some kind of bacterial problem. I Emailed Epic to tell them about it but they assured me there were no issues going forward. In fact, they let me know about two chicken flavors that they have: sriracha and sesame BBQ, which was exciting to me.
So, I trusted them and ordered some product from Amazon.
When I received the order, both boxes of chicken flavored bars had contaminated product. The pictures show an ok package, an infected package, and then both packages side by side; all from the order I placed on Amazon.
In both boxes, 9/12 bars were puffed up the day the delivery arrived at my house; i.e. they hadn't sat on a shelf for a long time or anything. So, there is definitely a problem with their packaging / manufacturing process at Epic.
August 2015 · Grocery and Gourmet Food · verified purchase