Working as a Category Manager focused on great tasting, low sugar, high protein, bars & snacks it can sometimes be hard to leave the day job behind. With so much consumer interest in nutrition and performance management, it’s easy to get caught up in researching new trends and suppliers which give me ideas for innovative new branded products my customers can take to market.
This sometimes means my family are left waiting outside a health food store on a weekend mini break as I dive in to scan the shelves, or find I still haven’t booked our airport parking because I’ve been side-tracked by an article on the world’s first chocolate patent for weight and cholesterol management.
My daughter recently competed in her first swimming club championships and beforehand her club arranged a presentation for parents by OWNutrition on performance nutrition.
I hadn’t appreciated just how demanding swimming is as a sport and just how hard it is to achieve energy balance. One study quoted showed that, with 19 year old female swimmers 5-6 hours training a day burned 5,500 calories, whereas the average calorie intake was 3,200, leaving a negative energy balance of 43%.
My daughter isn’t swimming as much as 5 hours a day but I could see why other parents were bringing along tins of flapjack and smoothies for their children to consume between races.
Opalbond have a range of great tasting low sugar, high protein, vegan, organic bars, balls, cookies & snacks to help maximise performance & recovery
If you are interested in any Low Sugar, High Protein Bars & Snack products – please get in touch at enquiries@opalbond.co.uk