Name: Nitro-Tech Hardcore Bar
Flavor: Double Chocolate
Sweeteners: Sucralose (Splenda), Maltitol Syrup, Glycerin, Acesulfame-potassium
Protein Sources: Whey Protein Concentrate, Acid Casein, Calcium Caseinate, Hydrolyzed Collagen
Taste (out of 5): 2
Initial Satiation (out of 5): 4.7
Satiation after 3 hours (out of 5): 4
Overall (out of 5): 2.5
Review:
Despite a flavor billed as “double-chocolate” and a package declaring that this bar had “candy bar taste!” the Nitro-Tech Double chocolate bar earns a place on the bottom of the taste list. It’s great that the bar is so low in sugar (only 1 gram), but taking the place of the sugar is not 1, not 2, but 4 different artificial sweeteners, which gave the bar a bitter taste and an unpleasant aftertaste. It was a solid, dense, chalky bar and didn’t taste at all like chocolate. It made my stomach feel queasy, especially a couple hours later after an intense workout. And it didn’t keep me satiated as long as a similar, but slightly better tasting bar, the Myoplex Carb Control bar.
Pros: Low in sugar
Cons: Yucky, bitter taste, made with hydrolyzed collagen, a low quality protein made from boiling the tendons and ligaments of animals-yuck
Ingredients:
Protein Blend (Whey Protein Concentrate [Featuring Nano-Diffuse(tm) Technology], Acid Casein, Calcium Caseinate) No Sugar Added High Protein Milk Chocolate Coating (Maltitol, Fractionated Palm Kernel Oil, Whey Protein Concentrate, Cocoa [Alkalized], Calcium Carbonate, Natural Flavors, Soy Lecithin [As Emulsifier], Sucralose), Maltitol Syrup, Glycerin, Hydrolyzed Collagen, cocoa [alkalized], sugar-free chocolate chips (lactitol, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin [as emulsifier], vanilla, acesulfame-potassium), Water, cocoa creme (fructose, water, maltodextrin, cocoa [dutch process], salt, carageenan, natural flavors, tocopherol [as preservative], ascorbic acid), natural and artificial flavors, salt, maltodextrin, soy lecithin, wheat germ, peanut flour, natural almond meal, sucralose, xanthan gum.