Introduction Plenny Bar v3.0

Plenny Bar is a 100% vegan meal bar that has exactly 400 kcal. It’s made from natural and plant-based ingredients like oats, rice, soy, tapioca, rapeseed oil, brown linseed and chicory. We’ve also added a custom blend of 26 vitamins and minerals and probiotics. As a result, each bar contains a whopping 172 health benefits . And no, that’s not a typo! That’s backed up by research from the European Food Safety Authority.

You can get Plenny Bar in 7 delicious flavors.

• Vanilla
• Chocolate
• Sea Salt Caramel
• Almond & Fig
• Apple strudel
• Mocha
• Cherry

At this point, you're probably wondering what exactly is inside the bar. Well, read on!

Nutritional breakdown

Ingredients

All Plenny Bar flavours contain the following ingredients:

• Oatmeal
• Dehydrated rice extract
• Soy protein crisp (soy protein isolate, tapioca starch, stabilizer: calcium carbonate, salt)
• rapeseed oil
• Ground brown flaxseed
• Soy protein isolate
• Custom blend of 26 vitamins and minerals.
• Probiotic: Bacillus coagulans
• Sweetener: sucralose

Depending on the flavour, Plenny Bars may also contain:

• true fruit
• Walnuts
• Cocoa
• Ground coffee
• Sea salt

Protein

Proteins function as essential building blocks for different structures in your body. To ensure you get enough of this nutrient, the European Food Safety Authority recommends an amount of 0.83 grams of protein per kg of body weight per day.

Plenny Bar contains 20g of protein per serving, which fits perfectly with this recommendation. The main source of protein is soy, which is considered the best vegan protein source due to its digestibility and absorption rate, and because it contains all nine essential amino acids. You can read more about this here !

Per serving (100g)

Amino acids	Mg per serving*	% of WHO recommended daily intakes**
Alanine	897	-
Arginine	1530	-
Aspartic acid	2190	-
Glutamic acid	4200	-
Glycine	903	-
Histidine	535	76%
Isoleucine	911	65%
Leucine	1620	59%
Lysine	1220	58%
Methionine + Cysteine	562	54%
Phenylalanine + Tyrosine	1765	101%
Proline	946	-
Serine	1170	-
Threonine	944	90%
Tryptophan	283	101%
Valine	1020	56%

*latest laboratory results

**based on an average adult (70kg). The requirements are determined by the person's weight.

Fat

Among other things, fat contributes to the proper functioning of the brain and muscles. That’s why Plenny Bars have an average of 18 grams of fat per serving (3). Although oats and soy contribute a bit of fat to the mix, canola oil is high in monounsaturated fats and contains more omega-9 than omega-6. It also provides omega-3, which when combined with flaxseed provides 1480 mg per serving.

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates provide your body with glucose, the main source of energy for your body. A daily intake of around 130 grams is recommended (4,5). One Plenny Bar contains 38 grams of carbohydrates, which fits perfectly within this recommendation. The main source of carbohydrates in Plenny Bars is oats.

As you may know, carbohydrates increase blood sugar levels after digestion. This can be measured by the glycemic index, which is high when easily digestible carbohydrates are consumed and lower when carbohydrates with a more complex structure are consumed (6,7). Plenny Bar has a low GI of 33.8, which means a slow release of energy – carbohydrates will enter the bloodstream slowly and steadily. No energy spikes or crashes! Plus, oats are rich in beta-glucan, which slows down digestion (8).

So what about sugar? Plenny Bars have an average of 4.8 grams of sugar per 100 grams. This is well below the recommended upper limit of 10 E% sugar (9) and close to being “low sugar”.

The following flavors are low in sugar:

• Vanilla (4.9 g)
• Chocolate (4.7 g)
• Sea Salt Caramel (4.3 g)
• Mocha (4.6 g)

Fiber

With an average of 8g of fiber, Plenny Bar is high in fiber! The fiber comes from oats, chicory fiber, and soy protein crisps. Fiber increases satiety, helps with digestion, and improves the health of gut bacteria. Read more about that, here !

Micronutrients

Each plenny bar has 26 vitamins and minerals in ideal amounts for absorption and recommended by the European Food Safety Authority (10). These micronutrients play an important role in most of the processes that occur in your body, such as cellular functions, neurotransmission, fluid balance and tissue structure (11,12).

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Per serving (100g)

Vitamins-Minerals	Per serving		RI* (%)
Vitamin A	160	μg	20%*
Vitamin D	5.0	μg	100%*
Vitamin E	4.0	mg	33%*
Vitamin K	16	μg	21%*
Vitamin C	40	mg	50%*
Thiamine	0.40	mg	36%*
Riboflavin	0.32	mg	23%*
Niacin	3.6	mg	23%*
Vitamin B6	0.40	mg	29%*
Folic acid	60	μg	30%*
Vitamin B12	3.2	μg	128%*
Biotin	10	μg	20%*
Pantothenic acid	1.2	mg	20%*
Potassium	400	mg	20%*
Chloride	279	mg	35%*
Calcium	185	mg	23%*
Phosphorus	140	mg	20%*
Magnesium	75	mg	20%*
Iron	3.2	mg	23%*
Zinc	2.0	mg	20%*
Copper	0.40	mg	40%*
Manganese	1.0	mg	50%*
Selenium	18	μg	33%*
Chromo	8.0	μg	20%*
Molybdenum	13	μg	26%*
Iodine	30	μg	20%*

*% of the daily reference intake for vitamins and minerals

Last but not least, probiotics

We wanted to add additional functional benefits to our meals. Probiotics came into our thoughts because of their ability to possibly improve and strengthen our gut microbiome. Because of the high fiber content in Plenny bars, they have a symbiotic effect, meaning that the probiotics become more resilient and provide a more substantial health effect thanks to the fibers they eat and live off of, so basically, one ingredient strengthens the other. Sweet, right?

Official Nutri-score A

Plenny bars get an A on the Nutri scoreboard. And yes, that is the highest score.

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