PowerBar ProteinPlus is a trademarked nutritional product of Nestle. The ProteinPlus bar comes in "Cookies n Cream" flavor. There is also a reduced-sugar bar, which comes in "Chocolate Peanut Butter" flavor, and a 30-g bar, which has "Chocolate Brownie" flavor. These products are marketed for building lean muscle mass and providing sustained energy levels for athletics.
Protein Content
One ProteinPlus bar contains 23 g of protein, almost half of your recommended daily intake. According to the PowerBar website, this is the same amount of protein as a 3-oz. chicken breast, a 4-oz. steak or 3 cups of 2-percent milk. The reduced sugar version of the ProteinPlus bar contains 22 g and the 30-g version contains 30 g.
Protein Blend
The protein in a ProteinPlus bar is made of a blend of whey, soy and casein. By combining these natural sources, the ProteinPlus bar offers a nutritionally complete protein source containing all of the essential amino acids. Because these different types of protein are digested and absorbed at different rates, the protein in a ProteinPlus bar is also metabolically available for a sustained period.
Fat
One ProteinPlus bar contains 6 g of fat, more than half of which is saturated fat. The other versions of the bar have significantly higher fat levels, with 9 g in the reduced-sugar bar and 11 g in the 30-g bar. There is no cholesterol in the regular ProteinPlus bar, but the reduced-sugar and 30-g versions each have 5 mg cholesterol, or about 2 percent of your daily intake, per bar.
Carbohydrates
There are 38 g of carbohydrates in a ProteinPlus bar, 18 g of which are sugar. The reduced-sugar bar has only 1 g of sugar, but 26 g of sugar alcohols. The 30-g bar has 30 g of sugar. All varieties of the ProteinPlus bar are negligible sources of dietary fiber, with 2 g or less per bar.
Other Nutrients
ProteinPlus bars are fortified with significant levels of vitamins and other nutrients. One bar contains 100 percent of your recommended daily intake of vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, biotin and pantothenic acid. Each bar also contains 100 percent of your calcium, 45 percent of your iron, and roughly 33 percent of your daily phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, copper and chromium needs.
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