You won't find a better tasting energy bar out there. (Trust us, we've tried them all).
It was after she returned home to Michigan that Deanne decided to combine her interest in health with her passion for baking. The decisive day was in the spring of 2003 while on a date with the man who was soon to become her husband. They had plans to fly up to Mackinac Island for the day since Michael was a pilot. Being sensitive to sugar and needing to eat often in order to keep her blood sugar even, Deanne decided to bake a high protein/complex carb snack to take along. It was based on her earlier experiments. Then it hit her! “I knew at that moment that I wanted to create a healthy, gourmet energy bar that could rival any that you’d find in stores,” Deanne said.
Michael loved the idea and shortly after asked Deanne if he could be her business partner. But the bigger surprise came when a week later he asked her to be his partner for life. Deanne now jokes that he married her for her Vivo bars.
After months of research to find the best natural sweeteners and nutritious ingredients, and then mixing dozens of healthful concoctions in her kitchen, the Vivo Bar was finally created. But Deanne was still restless to make other healthy baked goods. After reading that most Americans eat less than half of the USDA requirements for fiber (25-30 grams a day), she decided to make a bran muffin with 13 grams of fiber to help them get the other half. But these aren’t your typical bran muffins. While they pack a lot of fiber, they are also moist and tasty treats.
In the beginning of 2004, Deanne began baking for friends and family who helped spread the word to their co-workers, family members and friends. Shortly after, www.deannespuregourmet.com was launched. Now everyone across the country can enjoy the healthy baked goods from Deanne’s Pure Gourmet.
Deanne's Story - the Origin of the Vivo Bar
The creation of the Vivo Bar didn’t happen over night. It was a process that began while Deanne was working as a Capitol Hill staffer. During that time she had the chance to sample almost every energy bar imaginable. Because they were a convenient way to fuel up between work and working out each evening, they often were eaten in place of dinner. But those typical, tasteless bars didn’t seem like “real” food—and didn’t taste like it either. At times, Deanne would experiment in the kitchen baking her own energy bars that looked more like cookies.
