Grit49

07/01/2025

It’s been a little bit. We were going to do the 30 day test of spoilage on the first week of June.

Well, my circumstances changed drastically so for those who don’t know my wife, Caroline unexpectedly passed away on June 3rd. We were actually planning to test the night when everything changed. I miss her so much as do the children, but I must continue on in her honor. I’ll share more about her soon in the Newsletter, but wanted to update that I went ahead and did the 60 day test.
Results: This did not turn out too well. These bags were even sealed with Nitrogen.
There is clear evidence of spoil and mold.
It looks a little moist in certain areas.
The smell is slightly fermented as though we made wine.
I tried to taste it before the kids practically slapped it out of my mouth so I don’t know about that one.
Didn’t even get to the pH strips before
we decided to rule this a bad batch.
Now one thing to note is that the one bar that had the obvious signs of molding had the least amount of Nitrogen. So there’s a factor.
I’m not 100%, but I’m going to say this is a combination of the dates and bananas along with the pumpkin seeds.
At any rate, back to the drawing board on testing for spoilage. Next batches we’ll test by week, and see how far we get.

Again these are sealed bags with oxygen displaced by nitrogen at room temperature.

From my understanding from feedback these bars FREEZE VERY WELL.

Stay tuned. And thanks for the patience and keeping up with us during this difficult time. Caroline’s heart was all in the GritBar so the show must go on!

Blessings and

06/03/2025

06/03/2025

DJ Micro SciTrek Atlanta 2000

06/02/2025

pH strips just arrived. We’re about to open our first nitrogen sealed bar and test for spoiling. If this passes we can update our expiration dates to 1 month. We’re going to be testing all year because I believe we’re going to get between 6 and 12 months maybe longer. But that’s just my guess. Only one way to find out!

06/02/2025

05/31/2025

Busy month. Good busy. Very successful progress. Working on the licensing in June. The website is back up now with a new look. Still lot of the work to do but it’s up and you can get on the newsletter and get 10% off your first order when we launch. See link in the comments.

05/29/2025

Left with 15 in the box this morning. I have 8 left now, but what’s comforting to know is had there been an emergency I have would been just fine with food for the week. 4 days comfortably.

05/29/2025

Was actually able to produce 32 of these last night. The batch can out exactly perfect. 15 are packaged and going out the door with me this morning.

05/28/2025

Batch 13 will be done in 2 batches of 16. For a total 32. Our 7.5 qt mixer can only do so much at a time. Also, we always do 1 extra bar in case we run short so we’re expecting a total of 15 complete bars each batch.

05/27/2025

The GRITBAR Leaves No Crumbs...

05/25/2025

My top 2 salespeople! I think we’re going to do just fine.

05/25/2025

Batch 12 just finished. We’ve pretty much perfected this bar at 143 grams, 500 calories. This bar is all natural, 10 grams of fiber and actually has 25 grams of COMPLETE protein with all 9 amino acids! 🔥🔥🔥
We are superior to any bar I’ve seen out there so far. We’ll just be updating the shelf life month by month over the course of the year. But I believe this product is ready for market. Setting up all the local licensing over the next few weeks and getting ready to start parking the Grit49 booth at whatever local festivals we get involved with. I believe it’s going to be a busy year! 🚀