TORQ Bars:
- Moist and chewy
- Very low in fat
- With TORQ ribose*
- Flavoured with fairly-traded fruit
- Organic (Soil Association Certified) option**
- No colours, artificial flavours or preservatives
TORQ Bars have been painstakingly formulated to produce a food that is ultra high in carbohydrate, very low in fat and with ingredients wide-ranging in glycaemic index for immediate and sustained glucose release. Just as important, this bar has been designed to taste great with a cup of tea too! All too often energy bars are dry and difficult to eat - and those that aren't contain far too much fat. TORQ Bars are delicious, moist and chewy, containing just over 2grams of fat per 100 (a little over a gram per bar) and packed with usable carbohydrate. This makes it the perfect food and fuel choice before, during and after exercise.
TORQ Bars were developed to satisfy the needs of athletes and physically active people. Many energy bars on the market cater for some of these needs, but we don’t believe they have addressed them all. Here is what athletes and physically active people need:
Carbohydrate: They ‘need’ carbohydrate full stop. They ‘need’ it whilst they exercise to spare their limited glycogen reserves and at rest to top their valuable stores back up again. TORQ Bars contain over 70 grams of carbohydrate per 100g (in excess of 45 grams per bar) and TORQ bar’s unique blend of Maltodextrin and Fructose Syrup maximises ‘available’ carbohydrate
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Glycaemic Index: They ‘need’ a food with ingredients wide-ranging in glycaemic index for immediate and sustained release of glucose into the bloodstream. TORQ bar has been carefully formulated to include ingredients with low, moderate and high glycaemic indices for this purpose.
Ultra low fat: They ‘need’ a food that is ultra low in fat to guarantee rapid digestion and minimize the intake of ineffective calories. TORQ bar contains only 2 grams of fat per 100g (just over a gram per bar). Check the fat content of other energy bars on the market.
Easy-to-eat: They ‘need’ a food that is easy to eat, or they won’t eat enough of it to derive the benefits. There are too many dry energy bars out there, making it difficult to supply sufficient carbohydrate calories - the ones that aren’t dry tend to contain too much fat. TORQ Bars are delightfully moist and chewy, yet they remain ultra low in fat and high in carbohydrate.
Tasty: They also ‘need’ a food that tastes so good that they choose to snack on it in preference to high fat, less effective alternatives. Some energy bars are encapsulated with chocolate to entice the customer into buying. Many of these bars taste great, but you can’t coat a bar with chocolate and keep it low in fat. Therefore the product becomes compromised and less effective in supplying useful energy. The careful formulation and preparation of TORQ Bars has ensured a delicious deep flavour, with a mouth-feel more commonly associated with a higher fat food.
Ribose: Finally, athletes and physically active people ‘need’ to recover quickly if they are to maintain a lively performance day in day out. The simple and complex carbohydrates in TORQ bar will rapidly re-stock the body’s depleted glycogen stores, but will do nothing to address the actual energy charge of the muscle cells. After particularly heavy physical training, full recovery at a cellular level can take many days. Research has proven that supplementation with ribose can boost cellular recovery by a staggering 340-430%
*. Ribose is natural sugar present within every living cell of the body and is used to manufacture ATP (the energy currency of the cell) from scratch. Whilst the body can manufacture its own ribose from glucose, this requires energy and is a very slow process. Supplementing with ribose simply bypasses this course of action.
TORQ Bars are made with a high proportion of fairly traded fruit and our ingredient listings are simple and NATURAL. TORQ Bars weigh 65g each, are sold individually or in packs of 24 and are available in the following flavours:
TANGY APRICOT // SUNDRIED BANANA // RASPBERRY & APPLE // PINEAPPLE & GINGER // ORGANIC MANGO
***References:1. Wallis, GA; Rowlands, D S; Shaw, C; Jentjens, R L; Jeukendrup, A E (2005). Oxidation of Combined Ingestion of Maltodextrins and Fructose during Exercise. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 37(3): 426-432.
2. Roy L. P. G. Jentjens, Katie Underwood, Juul Achten, Kevin Currell, Christopher H. Mann, and Asker E. Jeukendrup (2006). Exogenous carbohydrate oxidation rates are elevated after combined ingestion of glucose and fructose during exercise in the heat.J Appl Physiol 100: 807-816.
3. Burke, E.R. PhD (1999). D-Ribose, what you need to know. Avery Publishing Group.
* 4. Burke, E.R. PhD (2002). Serious Cycling. Human Kinetics. Pages 167-169 (Ribose), 171-172 (L-Glutamine), 173-174 (HMB).
***TORQ’s new Organic Mango bar is certified ‘Organic’ by the Soil Association. TORQ’s Organic bar does not contain Ribose or a Vitamin/Mineral mix.
