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Huel Bar Review: Pretty Nutritionally Epic!

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⭐ Updated 28 January 2024

💥 Published 28 January 2024

Huel Bar Review: Pretty Nutritionally Epic!

Update March 2022: You can now get the Huel drinks on Amazon. This has made ordering a lot easier for me with Amazon Prime!

I thought it was about time I wrote my review of the Huel Bar, since I said I would write about it on my Huel Powder Review.

I’ve been using these Huel Bars since it launched at the end of 2016, and in a nutshell, I think the bar is pretty nutritionally epic!

Huel Bar Review

What is Huel?

I’ve already covered this, so save from duplicating this, check out my general Huel Review – has a bit more about the background, the company, and so on.

What’s this Huel Bar?

Basically, other than a few ingredients, a little bit of baking, and a sprinkle of nutritional magic, the Huel Bar is just Huel in bar form. Well, it’s a little more than that to be fair, and I’ll cover those differences below.

What types of Huel Bar are available?

As it’s just launched (v1.0) there is only 1 flavour available – chocolate.

It’s not the best-tasting thing I have ever had, and I hope that the company develops something a little tastier down the line, but after a few bars, you get used to the taste and very subtle flavour.

Ingredients: What’s actually in these Huel Bars?

The main ingredient in Huel Bars are oats at 20% (containing gluten, no gluten-free version available yet, sorry!).

I’ve attached a full specs list below of Huel Bars (v1.0).

Macros: 41:22:25:12

The macro split is 41:22:25:12. Which is 41% of the energy comes from carbohydrates, 22% from fats, 25% from proteins and 12% from fibre.

Suped up with fibre!

There is a massive 15.1g of fibre per Huel Bar. Make sure you have no more than 2 in any 24 hour period, otherwise you’ll be constipated like heck!

I have 2 a day if I am running, 1 just before a 10km run, and 1 just after.

With each Huel Bar, I make sure I drink a pint of water or squash at the same time. This will help keep everything moving inside.

Huel Bars are Low-FODMAP :D

Having 2 a day, I have had no problems on a Low-FODMAP diet. There’s at least 1 ingredient which contains some FODMAPs, Apple Fruit Juice Concentrate, but this seems to be in low quantities and I’ve had no issues.

If you are on the Low-FODMAP diet and want to try these, then I recommend having half a bar and seeing how you are. Then take it from there.

Loads of other benefits…

These bars are nutritionally epic, and they hold a few extra surprises, such as:

  • 15.7g protein per bar
  • 26 vitamins & minerals squeezed in
  • 100% vegetarian
  • 100% vegan
  • Source of phytonutrients

Summary: Are the Huel Bars worth it?

For the past month, I have hardly touched my Huel Powder and have just been nibbling away on Huel Bars. I guess it’s partly because I’m pretty busy and it’s so much more convenient.

I’ll definitely continue to buy these Huel Bars as they are spot-on for me, my general diet and training routine.

I think they’re also proper handy to keep a box in the car for the emergency snack – no more junk food needed.

Lastly, I also take a couple of bars with me hiking, and will probably take a couple of boxes when I next go travelling. Just makes eating right that little bit easier.

All in all, as you can see in my Huel Bar review, I think these Huel Bars are amazing and would definitely recommend them!

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