PowerBar Performance The Original Energy Bar, 2.29-Ounce Bars

by PowerBar

Product Features

• Delivers sustained energy for a performance edge
• Helps enhance the health and wellness of active individuals
• The original all-natural energy bar with only 230 calories

Product Description

Flavor: Chocolate | Size: 24 bars

From the Manufacturer

The PowerBar Performance Energy Bar is a great choice for use before and during training sessions and high-intensity competitions like running, cycling, and swimming. It's formulated with PowerBar C2MAX dual-source energy blend, a 2:1 glucose to fructose blend found to deliver 20 to 50 percent more energy to muscles than glucose alone and improve endurance performance by 8 percent. Performance Energy Bars also contain 200 milligrams of sodium--a key electrolyte lost in sweat that is associated with muscle cramping in some athletes.

Performance Energy Bar At a Glance: Provides more energy to muscles with C2MAX Contains 200 milligrams of sodium, a key electrolyte The original energy bar Low in fat, with 8 to 9 grams of protein per bar No preservatives or artificial flavors

Contains 200 milligrams of sodium to replenish electrolytes and prevent fatigue.

C2MAX formula provides your muscles with 20 to 50 percent more energy.

Energy to Fuel Your Workout
Fueling up right can make a big impact on how you feel and perform, no matter what you're tackling. PowerBar Performance Energy Bars are high in easily digestible carbs to top off your muscle glycogen stores before exercise. Each bar contains 3.5 to 5 grams of fat and small amounts of fiber. High-fat and high-fiber foods before exercise can slow down the gastric emptying rate, leaving you more susceptible to stomach discomfort during exercise.

Choosing a sports nutrition product like PowerBar Performance Energy bars before and during exercise will give you the energy your muscles need for optimal performance and leave you less likely to experience stomach discomfort. Eat one bar 30 to 60 minutes before exercise, and for events lasting more than 60 minutes, eat one to two bars per hour during exercise.

How C2MAX Works
Athletes and exercise enthusiasts need to eat adequate amounts of carbohydrates on a daily basis in order to load up on muscle fuel stores of glycogen before and after exercise. You also need carbs during exercise in order to delay the onset of fatigue. PowerBar Performance Energy Bars provide maximum energy delivery with PowerBar C2MAX dual-source energy blend.

Transportable carbohydrates--the combination of glucose and fructose found in C2MAX--have been research supported to outperform glucose alone.

Through an ever-growing list of published studies, researchers have made a compelling case for transportable carbohydrates as the fuel of choice during endurance exercise. Benefits in comparison to glucose alone include increased delivery of carbohydrate fuel to working muscles; enhanced emptying of fluids from the gut and improved delivery of fluids to the bloodstream; better reliance on ingested carbs as fuel in difficult, high-temperature conditions; and increased endurance performance.

This groundbreaking research on transportable carbohydrates is the basis for the muscle-fueling innovation known as PowerBar C2MAX dual-source energy blend. Seeing the incredible performance potential in this cutting-edge research, and, in fact, collaborating with the researchers pioneering this scientific work, PowerBar scientists have incorporated the research-supported 2:1 ratio of glucose and fructose into PowerBar sports nutrition product intended to fuel and hydrate athletes during higher intensity exercise.

What's in the Box
PowerBar Performance Energy Bar, Chocolate (Pack of 24).

Performance Energy Bars

Trademark Information: PowerBar® Performance Energy Bar

Product Description

100% DV energy releasing B Vitamins. 320mg Electrolytes [Electrolytes: Sodium, Potassium and Chloride (Chloride 30mg per bar)]. 24g Complex carbohydrates.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B001G7RAGS
• UPC: 097421050202
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,144 in Health & Personal Care (See Top 100 in Health & Personal Care)
  • #79 in Health & Personal Care > Diet & Nutrition > Nutrition Bars & Drinks > Nutrition Bars

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Use if you race or train long/hard., February 3, 2011

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Necmiye Eren (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PowerBar Performance The Original Energy Bar, Vanilla Crisp, 2.29-Ounce Bars (Pack of 24) (Health and Beauty)

I am an endurance athlete who does long distance events. Powerbars are a staple of my pre and post-workout fueling regime. They are calorie dense (250 per bar) and combine protein and carbs (40 g. carbs, 8g protein) which the current research says is most optimal for performance. You are feel "full" during your training without discomfort or cramps. Plus, I just like the way they taste, but they all taste similar. Avoid the berry varieties and fruit flavors:) The downside of the bars is that they are not for "on the run"--they are rather chewy and need to be well digested. They also get hard in the cold, so do not bring with you on runs in the winter:)
Dieters, beware: these bars are not for weightloss, but performance. 250 calories is about the equivalent amount of calories in a donut, so make sure you're working out, too:)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Expiration Date Long Past, October 3, 2011

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jbcd - See all my reviews

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This review is from: PowerBar Performance Energy Bar, Chocolate Peanut Butter 12 - 65 g (2.29 oz) bars [780 g (1.7 lb)] (Health and Beauty)

Disappointed. Did not expect to receive expired product from Amazon. PowerBar food product arrived with product expiraton date four (4) months expired. Am returning product to Amazon. As usual, with Prime, shipping was fast and returns are easy (but irritating). From now on I'll consider non-food items only. PowerBar product is good, when fresh.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great source of energy, TASTE DISGUSTING, April 10, 2011

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Xun Ao "diablaris" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PowerBar Performance The Original Energy Bar, Cookies & Cream, 2.29-Ounce Bars (Pack of 24) (Health and Beauty)

I bought the cookie N cream energy bar. I work out about 6 hours a day. This bar really help me get through my workouts but I definitely drink a lot just to get the bar in me. Without water, I CAN NOT get it in no matter how hard I try. The "cookie" just gets stuck in my throat. It doesn't taste like cookie but some black solid dots. Without water this bar taste like sugary mud. If you are someone who value energy over taste, then this bar is definitely a 5 star but to me, the taste and texture really dropped a star for me.

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