TORQ bar has 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. Tangy Apricot TORQ bar 1 is a delicious moist and chewy bar containing just over 2grams of fat per 100 and packed with usable carbohydrate. This makes it the perfect food and fuel choice before, during and after exercise.

TORQ bar 1 also contains TORQ ribose:

Ribose is natural sugar, which when taken in small quantities has been found to significantly enhance recovery from heavy exercise. It is 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. Research suggests* that supplementation with ribose increases the manufacture of ATP by 340-430%.

*For further information on the conclusive research into ribose supplementation read "D-RIBOSE, what you need to know" by Edmund R. Burke, Ph.D. Avery Publishing Group (1999). Also, in Edmund Burke's latest book "Serious Cycling" published by Human Kinetics (2002) he dedicates a couple of pages to the positive and significant properties of ribose (pp 167-169). These books are both available for order through www.Amazon.co.uk.

Ingredients:

Oats, Raisins, Maltodextrin, Fructose Syrup, Apricot (12%), Puffed Rice, Ribose (0.77%), Vitamin & Mineral Mix.

Nutritional Information (per 100g):

Energy 1346KJ / 322KCal
Protein 3.8g
Carbohydrate 71.7g
(of which sugars) 33.6g
Fat 2.1g
(of which saturates) 0.7g
Fibre 5.9g
Sodium 49mg

Niacin 6.5mg (36%)*, Vitamin E 4.0mg(50%), Pantothenic Acid 2.3mg (38%), Vitamin B6 1.0mg (50%), Riboflavin 0.9mg (56%), Thiamine 0.7mg (50%), Vitamin A 400mg (50%), Folacin 100mg (50%), Biotin 75mg (50%), Vitamin D 1.5mg (30%), Vitamin B12 0.8mg (80%), Zinc 7.5mg (50%), Iron 7mg (50%).

*(%) = Percentage of Recommended Daily Allowance