ESN Designer Bar Hazelnut Nougat | 12 x 45g
14 grams of protein per 45-gram bar. No added sugars, no palm oil. Produced in Germany by ESN. The Designer Bar Hazelnut Nougat has a soft, creamy core with a hazelnut nougat filling (12.3%), coated in milk chocolate and crispy hazelnut pieces. 12 bars per box.
What is in the bar and what does it taste like
The outer layer is milk chocolate made with maltitol as a sweetener instead of sugar. The core consists of 12.3% hazelnut nougat cream: hazelnuts (11% in the cream), milk protein, cocoa butter, and whey powder. This is surrounded by a soft layer of milk protein and beef collagen peptides. Roasted hazelnut pieces (6%) add a light crunch to the outside. The texture is soft and melt-in-the-mouth, not dry or powdery like many protein bars. Reviewers describe it as the closest-tasting and closest-textured protein bar to a real chocolate bar.
14 grams of protein from milk protein and collagen peptides
The protein sources are milk protein and beef collagen peptides. Milk protein provides a complete amino acid profile with both casein and whey. Collagen peptides provide the amino acids glycine, proline, and hydroxyproline in particular. Per 45-gram bar: 14 grams of protein, 15 grams of carbohydrates, of which 1.5 grams are sugars, 8.1 grams of fat, 170 kcal. No added sugars: sweetened with maltitol and sucralose.
When to use a Designer Bar
The Designer Bar is not a sports nutrition product for during exercise, but a high-protein snack for the rest of the day. Use it as a snack at work, as something sweet after dinner that still provides protein, or as a quick protein boost after a workout if you don't want to make a shake. The bar is compact, individually wrapped, and keeps well at room temperature. In warm weather, the chocolate coating may become softer, but this does not affect the quality.