Carman's Variety 12 Pack of Bars

Carmans Nut bars are now a joke. I am pretty sure they used to be a nice solid 60g and then I remember recently they were 45g and now 35g. Bought a box the other day and a couple of them if you put up to the light you can see through them. 35g and the width and thickness has changed and looks to be the length slightly as well. No longer on my… Read more

shopping list and suggest everyone steer clear of any products that are shrinking. Don't get me started on Chocolate!

These were substituted for protein bars in a delivery, they are horrible, very dry and flakey, a whole 3 cranberries in my fruity option. Very small bars, complained to store and got a refund. They will go in the bin and I'll be ordering protein bars with a note not to substitute these everv again Show details

Delicious and filling – This is a nice pack of different Carmans muesli bars to try. Carmans are mostly low in sugar and nowadays, they have high protein and even more low sugar varieties. They’re an Australian company and make delicious bars.

Nutritious, crunchy, filled with real nuts. Great – I am amazed at the negative reviews. Do people realise how hard it is for Australian food companies to compete against Chinese and overseas food companies and maintain their standards. Of course they have to try everything to keep their costs down. I’ve just eaten a Carmens Roasted Nut Bar. Absolutely perfect. Filled with nuts. Just wait until… Read more

they eventually have to sell their business to overseas companies and watch the standard go down. Remember the old Cascade black currant juice made in Tasmania. When it was sold to Coca Cola it became weak tasteless lolly water.

Healthy and tasty – I buy these for my partner for him to eat as a breakfast snack either before or during work! He seems to really enjoy them. According to him, he prefers these bars over the protein bars and he's always the most pleased with the cranberry flavour. I happily eat them all, though.

We've gone from 45g to 30g for the same price (which is already too high). Shrinkflation at its finest. Increase the price exponentially yet reduce the amount you buy by 15g. Are you effing kidding Carmen's? You were already on the high end for bars. You've lost us as customers permanently, and I hope you lose so many more!!! Show details

I have been purchasing Carmans nut bars for some years. I found the most recent shrink in the nut bars have reduced thickness. Quality is fine however it is a significant reduction in quantity and then having the audacity to increase prices and remove old lines to avoid customer scrutiny Show details

Have been a long time Carman's customer...but no more. I just bought a box of 12 Carman's Roasted Nut Bars, thinking I was countering the never ending price hikes of Carman's products by buying the value box of 12. Opened the box to find that the bars have been reduced in size from 45g to 32g - that is a whopping 28% reduction in size, yet the… Read more

prices continue to rise. The size reduction combined with the price rises, is well above inflation so don't tell me this is just inflation. This is opportunism. Nothing wrong with the taste, but this is the last Carman's product I buy.

Here we are blaming the supermarkets for shrinkflation but the supermarkets don't package the Muesli bars in their packets, the rip off manufacturer does that! With the ever decreasing bar sizes coupled with the "stale-as" ingredients of late, I think it's high time I found a better quality, worthwhile manufacturer -or- go back to wasting my time… Read more

making my own (GRR)! What a pity, particularly seeing I have been buying these product for the last 20+years or more!

Carmens Roasted Nut Bar has now been reduced to 32g – Unfortunately the Carmens Roasted Nut Bar has now been reduced to 32g. Still tastes good, but it is merely a mouthful.... Show details

Disappointed – Have eaten Carmen's products for years but oaty bars at 35 gms are too small, (shrunk in size from 45gms) and the bar just crumbles when removed from wrapping. What have you done, Carmen?! Search now on for better replacement. Show details

MISS CARMAN'S QUALITY – Hello Carman's bars used to be my favourite bars, but now very sad that they have made their products cheap and awful, just wondering if they have new management. I would rather pay a bit more for quality than cheap ugly ingredients. Not buying Carman's brand products any longer sadly.

5 bars that used to be 6 in the exact same box – Disgusted that Carmen's have reduced the amount of bars in a box...... And secondly, haven't even bothered to change the box they fit into. Won't be purchasing anything from them anymore and will be spreading the word

Tasted like faeces – Have had many Carmen's bars over the years but will never touch 1 again. Got halfway through a salted caramel nut butter bar and had to spit it out and wash my mouth out. Had the most horrible crap taste in my mouth. I got my wife to check a small bite and she thought it was ok, so I thought it must be something wrong with my taste. I tried… Read more

another small bit to check and the last bit tasted perfectly normal. Part of the bar was definitely contaminated with some sort of faeces. I will never touch them again. Revolting.

Not worth eating – Carman’s oat slice is horrible.Mainly sugar .All oats are very finally ground.Better to make Anzac biscuits and probably healthier. These are not worth the money.

MAGGOTS MAGGOTS & MORE MAGGOTS – If I could give a 0 I would. MAGGOTS, MAGGOTS AND MORE MAGGOTS. Plenty per mouthful. I contacted early in the month as I had just opened a Carman’s Protein Coconut, Yoghurt & Roasted Nut 10g pre packed in a box. Started pealing packaging back and eating, working away on laptop when pulling back for a 3rd or 4th bite and something caught my eye. … Read more

MAGGOTS teaming out of the bar from every angle. Disgusted and feeling sick (yes eventually vomiting), I pulled it out of the wrapper and found webbing and eggs and the bar was completely infested with some form of maggots. Some maggots can live longer than a few days and this was obviously the case. From the web and eggs, I think they were in there at packaging and continued to thrive with the food source. I have been eating 1 a day for many months but never again. I had already eaten 2 out of the box and because I only peel back a bit at a time, obviously didn’t see them, but if from the same batch, probably ate them all. I contacted your office, sent email. Someone called and asked for my address so they could send me some products as an apology. No way in hell am I ever going to be able to eat muesli bars or muesli products again, Carman’s, or in general. I was then asked if I would accept a Woolworths voucher, which I said okay to as it was a gesture considering the situation. This has not turned up. I sent a video of the bar, opening packaging more, breaking open the bar etc. Asked numerous times for the batch and best before, which was given each time and in the original email and on the video. Yes it was still before the best by date. When they got the video and I spoke to a female she agreed it was disgusting and understood why I would not want any of their product again, hence offering the voucher. I have been told to take this to food safety board. But was assured they would look into it. Considering I am still having thoughts of those maggots etc, even a voucher would have been nice, but in no way is it enough to get rid of the images and feelings that still pop into my mind. I went days without eating after this and now also can’t look at food without shredding it to pieces in case there are bugs in anything. If anyone includes a pre packaged product with their child’s (or anyone’s lunch) I suggest you break it apart before packing to ensure no one goes through what I have. I have never been subjected to anything as disgusting and it still affects me weeks later.

10 Bar value pack? I think not – Just bought what Carmens says is a 10 Bar Value Pack. The bars are 32g, but seem less. Extremely disappointed. A Value pack is at least 12 bars at 40g a bar. My own fault for not reading the pack, however will not buy Carmens for now, not until they improve their advertising and the quantity of their bars. I would prefer to pay the little extra. Show details

Good product but reduced value – Good product but why would they want to reduce the size? Most of their customer would see this as a dishonest ploy. I will go elsewhere from now on

another loyal customer – I am another loyal customer disappointed by size reduction. I’d rather pay more than have size reduced.Even considering making my own to lessen the disappointment. Hoping you will rethink this approach. Show details

Another 8gms gone but price not reduced – Roasted nut bars. Enjoyable. Have bought this product regularly for a long while now. However, I noticed that the latest purchase carton of 5 roasted nut bars, seems to be giving me 40gm less per packet for my $$. Each bar has been reduced from 40gms to 32gms. (effectively the weight of another nut bar per carton when they were 40gms each) On… Read more

principal, I will not purchase another Carmens product again. This tactic is just totally unacceptable, and just plain disappointing, as yet another food supplier adopts the practice of hoping their customers wont notice they are getting less value for money. Not impressed. Perhaps consider changing the carton label to **Proudly Australian made and owned and reduced!**

What happened to the size?? – Very disappointed in Carmans reducing the size of their muesli bars yet the price has stayed the same or even increased! I have been buying Carmans for years but wont be any more. Plus the 5 pack used to be 6 pack so Im sure it wont be long before the 12 pack is reduced to 10 for the same price! Show details

Overpriced – I have been buying Carmen’s for years, I always enjoyed the fruit and nut muesli bars but come on $6.00 a packet! Might be an idea to remove the words ‘Big Bars’ from the packaging, as big bars they ain’t anymore. I will be looking elsewhere for a muesli bar. Show details

Why change a successful formula!!! – These used to be the best muesli bar variety around in terms of taste, range and cost IMHO. Sadly, for some inexplicable reason (most likely a misguided and foolish attempt to save money), Carman's have changed the recipe across a number of the most popular bar's and now I have stopped buying them altogether. They don't look or more importantly, taste the same anymore and are much blander. Good work! :-( Show details

These are not the same! – I've noticed that with the new packaging the size and taste of the Gourmet Protein Bars Greek Style Yoghurt have changed. Not nearly as nice or as filling. Would rather pay a little more and have them back to how they were. Now I need to find another muesli bar for my morning tea. I used to eat these every day. Show details

Tasted like actual human faeces – Carmans bars were my favorite go to snack. I had my first one from the new packaging. I wasn't enjoying it like I always did, it had changed... I got to the last bite so almost the entire thing and I had to spit it out as it was rancid. The last bit actually tasted like what I assume is what human crap tastes like. At least it was what my senses… Read more

would assume it tastes like. It was so disgusting, I'll never buy them again. So so disappointed.

Not only the disgusting taste and change in taste but the size. Why ruin a good thing???

Disappointed – I was a huge fan of Carmens until I realised they have shrunk! Same size packaging and price but the bar has decreased in size, very disappointing! I also think they have changed the ingredients in the Dark Chocolate Espresso which was my fav but now it just isn't the same! I wont be going out of my way to buy them anymore... :-(

Shrinking Size of a good product – I love to eat a Carman's Nut bar. My concern is not about the products but the size reduction of the bars. I am very disappointed that the bar size has shrunk from 45 to 35gms without a downward change in price. The packaging remains the same to create the illusion that nothing has changed inside the box. It is all about increasing profits but that may be impacted by a reduction in sales by the disillusioned consumers.

Good product until they dropped portion sizes – No qualms with taste but I won't be purchasing anymore since they have dropped the portion size while maintaining box price. What once was a nice snack size has become just too small meaning where one was once enough now 2 bars are needed. Feels like just another move to increase profits at a cost to product quality. Real shame as I'd go through a few boxes a week. No longer.

When size does matter – Im so annoyed that the Carman bar suze has been reduced by almost a third. The price us the same! The box is the same! Even the wrapper is the same size! This makes it so obvious when you open it up to eat a third of yhe packet is air! It used to be satisfying to eat one but now you need two to feel satisfied then you go over the daily allowance! Size does matter!

Past times a plenty! – Over time, I have regularly bought the Carman's brand products, especially the The Oat Slice bars. However, I won't be buying them again, as other's have said, the bars have really shrunk in size (yet, the price remains the same) and they are excessively crumbley, they fall apart even before you get them out of the packet, really annoying!

Bars downsized – Very disappointed in the small size of the bars now Show details

They get smaller every 12 months – Roasted nut bar is now so small it's down to 35g Show details