Detour

FAQ

Are Detour Products Safe For kids?

From a health and nutrition standpoint, our Detour products are very safe for children that are at least five years of age. Children should typically use our smaller size bars that have around 12 -15 grams of protein in them. Our Detour Buzz bars are not recommended for children, pregnant women, nursing mothers or anyone who might have any sensitivity to caffeinated products. You should always check our ingredient labeling to identify any ingredients that may be of interest to you from a nutritional and health standpoint and consult a qualified health professional with specific questions as they pertain to you.

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How Much "Soy Protein" is In Our Products and Do We Have Any Products Without "Soy Protein"?

All of our energy bars contain whey protein as the predominant source of protein. However, most of our bars do contain small amounts of "soy protein" and, in some cases; soy has been used as a processing aid in the manufacture of some of the minor ingredients. Our new all natural Detour Runner and Biker bars and our Oatmeal bars do not contain any "soy protein". You should always check our ingredient labeling to identify any ingredients that may be of interest to you from a nutritional and health standpoint and consult a qualified health professional with specific questions as they pertain to you.

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How Do I Calculate The "Net Carbohydrates" In Detour Products?

Counting net carbohydrates is based on the premise that certain carbohydrates contribute to increased blood glucose (sugar) levels, while others do not. Low carbohydrate diets (such as the Atkins diet) consider fiber, sugar alcohols, and other such carbohydrates to be "non-impact carbohydrates," meaning that our bodies can't metabolize or use them, so they simply don't count. Net carbohydrates are basically calculated by taking total carbohydrate grams and subtracting from those any indicated fiber or sugar alcohol grams. The remaining carbohydrates are considered the given product's net carbohydrates. On our products, we typically do not indicate the sugar alcohols contained in the product unless we make a specific "net carbohydrate" claim on our packaging. The FDA labeling requirements do not include any requirements to identify the sugar alcohol content of food products but do require sugar and dietary fiber grams to be identified on the nutritional panel. If you are looking for the lowest amount of sugar in Detour bars, try our Detour Lower Sugar Caramel Peanut and Lower Sugar Peanut Butter bars which come in 43g and 85g sizes. They should be available at your favorite retail locations nationwide.

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If The Detour Product I Purchased Has Exceeded It's "Enjoy By Date", Can I Still Eat It Or Will It Make Me Sick?

All of our Detour products contain an "Enjoy by Date" on the packaging. It is normally in the format of a three digit month, a two digit date and a two digit year (Example – January 01, 2007 would appear as JAN 01 07). Consumer use of the product before that date will result in the consumer getting our product at its very best.

We recommend our customers enjoy our product at its optimum quality and we do not recommend purchasing product after this date. Consuming properly stored product somewhat past the "Enjoy by Date" will not necessarily produce any kind of health safety issue or any type of illness. In general, the products flavor, taste and appearance will change slowly through time and sometime after the "Enjoy by Date", as with any food, spoilage (rancidity, etc.) will eventually occur.

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How Does Detour Assure The Ingredients They Use In Their Products Are Safe For Their Customers?

We apply the following quality assurance program elements to assure our Detour products are of the highest quality and safe for ourselves as well as our customers:

In general, all Detour bar ingredients are purchased typically through U.S. ingredient suppliers and brokers who have programs in place to certify the quality and safety of their ingredients. Our ingredient suppliers are normally U.S. owned companies who manufacture, purchase or import ingredients for sale in the U.S. In some cases, the ingredient suppliers actually own the manufacturing operations producing the ingredients. All food ingredients purchased from any source require a Certificate of Analysis (COA) signed by a technical or quality representative from the manufacturer to be included with the shipment as part of our ingredient receipt inspection process. We also request a certificate of origin from our ingredient suppliers.

The requirement for a COA is also a critical control point in our Hazards Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) program which identifies to us those processes that require special attention from our quality staff and our manufacturing facility management.

Forward Foods randomly tests and independently inspects ingredients on occasion to confirm they meet our quality and safety requirements. In addition, Forward Foods inspects and tests any ingredients that are identified in any manner as suspect during the receiving inspection, production processing or final product testing performed during the manufacture of its products. Based on their quality track record and performance, ingredient manufacturers may also be periodically selected to receive quality audit and / or supplier qualification verification from our quality group.

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Where Are Detour products Manufactured?

Most Detour products are manufactured in our own Forward Foods manufacturing facility. This facility is independently audited each year by Silliker Laboratories and the American Institute of Baking (AIB) to provide an additional level of confidence to our management and our customers that our products are manufactured in accordance with all FDA good manufacturing practices and nationally recognized industry product quality and safety standards. We presently hold the highest level (Superior and Gold ratings) of food quality certification available from both these independent audit agencies. There are not many food manufacturing facilities that can claim this level of quality performance.

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Do Our Detour Products Contain Gluten?

Most of our products do not contain added gluten. Those that do contain gluten (like wheat protein) in some form, as a basic ingredient, have their gluten content clearly identified in their ingredient labeling. Unfortunately, many ingredient suppliers do process gluten along with other ingredients in their facilities. As such, we are always concerned that small trace quantities of gluten could be in our products due to the potential of cross-contamination occurring during the ingredient supplier's processing activities. Though the amount of gluten contamination may be very small, the FDA and other health safety organizations have not been able to agree upon a low level of gluten concentration that might be considered safe from a health safety standpoint. As such, at this point, we have no products which we feel we can safely certify to our customers as 100% "gluten free". In the future, dependent upon the economic feasibility and the progress made by the FDA and other health safety organizations in setting standards for minimum gluten content, we may develop some products specifically designed to answer this growing consumer need.

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Why Do Some of Our Detour Products Have Hydrogenated Oils In Them and As Such, How Can We Claim They Are Trans-Fat Free?

We recognize that people would prefer not to have hydrogenated oils in their products and we have been working on replacing the small amounts that do exist in such a way that it doesn't impact our great taste profiles. The amount of the oils used in our products and their degree of hydrogenation is very small. In fact, due to the very small amount of hydrogenated oil in our products, the amount of trans-fat contained is well below that required to be indicated by anything but "zero" by existing FDA regulations and initiatives. You should try our new Detour "Activity" bars (Detour Biker, Runner & Core Strength). They have our great Detour taste, are formulated to promote enhanced activity performance, contain no hydrogenated oils; and are all natural.

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What Are The Difference Between Hydrogenated Oils and Fractionated Oils?

Hydrogenation is the process of adding hydrogen to the bonds of vegetable oils to convert them to solid fats and control their melting point. Hydrogenated fats have less susceptibility to slow oxidation, which would cause them to turn rancid. Fractionation is the process of physically separating the glycerol and fatty acid components of fat molecules and using various portions or combinations to control the melt point and mouth feel of the product.

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If I AM Lactose Intolerant, Can I Eat Detour Bars?

Detour bars are predominantly dairy-based from whey protein. On a percent basis, the bars are 99% lactose free and should be suitable for most anyone with lactose intolerance. You should always check our ingredient labeling to identify any ingredients that may be of interest to you from a nutritional and health standpoint and consult a qualified health professional with specific questions as they pertain to you.

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Do any Detour Bars contain Maltitol?

Our Detour White Chocolate Peanut Butter, Lower Sugar Caramel Peanut, Lower Sugar Peanut Butter, and Peanut Butter and Jelly bars contain small amounts of Maltitol in their coatings and layers.

It is unlikely the small amount of Maltitol contained in these Detour bars will cause any stomach distress in healthy individuals. In fact, one clinical study has showed that both regular and occasional consumption of Maltitol showed no difference on severe digestive symptoms when compared to regular table sugar (sucrose). Reference: Ruskone-Fourestraux, et al., European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003:57:26-30.

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Are Detour Bars certified Kosher?

Though many of the ingredients utilized in Detour bars are kosher-certified, the bars, as such, are not certified by a kosher certification body.

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Are Detour Bars All Natural?

Our new Detour Runner, Biker and Core Strength bars are all natural. Please check our web site for more details about these exciting new additions to the Detour bar product line.

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