HIGH5 Slow Release Energy Bar - low GI energy bar with real fruit and oats for longer-lasting energy

Best Before Date : Apricot - 01/2024, Blueberry & Raspberry - 02/2024

Slow Release Energy Bar is a low GI energy bar with real fruit and oats for longer-lasting energy. Enhanced with Ocean Minerals for an invigorating hit of magnesium and over 70 minerals and trace elements. 

Product Details

Longer lasting fuel for Sport
Slow Release Energy Bar contains Isomaltulose, a slowly digested low GI carbohydrate that provides you with a stable and sustained energy supply for longer lasting fuel during sport. This avoids spiking blood sugar levels and the insulin response that comes with other sugar-containing products.

New electrolyte complex
Our new low GI Energy Bar has also been enhanced with Ocean Minerals. This is our most advanced electrolyte complex, providing you with an invigorating hit of magnesium and over 70 minerals and trace elements, to help you balance your electrolytes during sport. At HIGH5, we’re always looking to use natural ingredients where possible and it doesn’t get more natural than sourcing minerals from seawater.

Developed and tested in partnership with BORA – hansgrohe
As part of our thorough development work, we’ve also been putting the products to the test with our partner BORA – hansgrohe to ensure the products deliver in the real world, under the toughest conditions.

‘My energy levels feel a lot better throughout a ride. When taking Slow Release Energy Products, I can really notice how my energy is more stable. And the new flavours taste great!’
- Pascal Ackermann, BORA – hansgrohe

Key features:

• Low GI Energy Bar
• With real fruit & oats
• For longer-lasting energy
• Natural Ocean Minerals for electrolyte balance
• Developed with BORA – hansgrohe
• Suitable for vegetarians and vegans
• Contents: 1 x 40g bars

Slow Release Energy Bar is designed to be taken BEFORE and DURING exercise.

Please consider the environment and keep the countryside clean by taking your empty bar wrappers with you after use.

Dosage & Usage

One of the key benefits of Slow Release Energy is that it slowly provides your muscles with energy. To take advantage of this, it’s important to start fuelling early on to drip-feed your muscles throughout your ride or run.

“We use Slow Release products in training for example to reduce the VLamax (lactate building rate) and therefore increase the efficiency of a rider. When racing, the Slow Release Energy products are used in the first 1 or 2 hours of a race when the intensity is rather low, for sparing muscle glycogen and increasing efficiency of fuel supply again.”
- Robert Gorgos, BORA – hansgrohe Head Nutritionist

How much should you consume?
When taking Slow Release Energy you should aim for around 60g carbohydrate per hour. This can be from the drinks, bars and gels so you mix it up. For example, you could drink 500ml and take a bar every hour to get to 60g carbohydrate.

Carbo-loading
Before an event or competition, pre-load your muscles by taking Slow Release Energy 90 – 120 minutes before the start. This will keep your energy stores filled for when you need it most.

High intensity exercise
There is a benefit using Slow Release Energy even when you take part in short and high intensity exercise but when you need energy quickly (for example, during high intensity sport), you should take fast-release energy products to provide you a quicker energy boost. When you take part in short and high intensity exercise, you can use Slow Release Energy in the 90-120 minutes before to pre-load your muscles with a steady energy supply. If you are doing an event or race, use Slow Release Energy early on before switching to fast-release energy products during the latter stages when the intensity is higher.

Full ingredients list

Blueberry & Raspberry

Dried Fruit (Apricots, Sultanas, Currants, Rice Flour, Sulphites), Oats 16%, Sunflower Seeds, Isomaltulose* 10%, Cashew Nuts, Oatbran 8%, Humectant (Vegetable Glycerol), Fruit Juice Concentrates (Raspberry, Blueberry) 2%, Ocean Mineral Source† (Magnesium Citrate) 1.5%, Sunflower Oil, Natural Flavouring, Vitamin B6.

For Allergens, see ingredients in bold. May contains traces of nuts and peanuts.

Apricot

Dried Fruit (Apricots 24%, Sultanas, Rice Flour, Sulphites), Oats 14%, Sunflower seeds, Cashew Nuts, Isomaltulose* 9%, Oatbran 8%, Humectant (Vegetable Glycerol), Sunflower Oil, Ocean Mineral Source† (Magnesium Citrate) 1.5%, Vitamin B6. 

For Allergens, see ingredients in bold. May contains traces of nuts and peanuts.

*Isomaltulose is a source of glucose and fructose.

 †Minerals and Trace Elements: Sodium, Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium, Chloride, Manganese, Iron, Zinc, Chromium, Selenium, Carbon, Antimony, Barium, Beryllium, Osmium,Bismuth, Boron, Cadmium, Cesium, Cobalt, Copper, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Fluoride, Gadolinium, Gallium, Phosphorus, Gold, Holmium, Silicon, Indium, Scandium, Iodine, Terbium, Iridium, Lanthanum, Lead, Rhodium, Lutetium, Mercury, Molybdenum,Tin, Neodymium, Nickel, Niobium, Palladium,Thorium, Germanium, Platinum, Praseodymium, Arsenic, Rhenium, Rubidium, Lithium, Ruthenium, Samarium, Silver, Strontium, Tantalum, Tellurium, Cerium, Thallium, Thulium, Aluminium, Titanium, Tungsten, Vanadium, Sulfur, Ytterbium, Yttrium, Hafnium, Zirconium.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this product contain electrolytes?
Yes, we’ve enhanced Slow Release Energy Bar with Ocean Minerals, our most advanced electrolyte complex. This provides you with an invigorating hit of magnesium and over 70 minerals and trace elements.

Are these bars gluten free?
Slow Release Energy Bars contain oats which themselves do not contain gluten. However, there is a small risk they could be cross contaminated with other cereals which do contain gluten.

Does this product contain caffeine?
Slow Release Energy Bar does not contain caffeine.

Is this product Vegetarian/Vegan?
Slow Release Energy Bar is suitable for both vegetarians and vegans.

Is this product natural?
Slow Release Energy Bar is made with real fruits and grains. It contains only natural flavours with no artificial sweeteners or colourings. Ocean Minerals are sourced from seawater

Is this suitable for carbo loading?
Yes Slow Release Energy Bar can be used for carbo-loading.

Can you recycle HIGH5 packaging?
We’ve partnered with Terracycle ® to help recycle our single-use packaging (this includes Energy Gel and Energy Bar wrappers) which aren’t widely recyclable through traditional recycling facilities. Read more about the scheme here.

Is Energy Bar drug free/free from banned substances?
We do not use banned ingredients in HIGH5 products and have a 100% proven track record: no athlete has ever tested positive from using a HIGH5 product. The main manufacturing site for HIGH5 products, where we make our gels and powders, is Informed Sport certified.