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Best Energy bars by Caffeine
The small caffeinated corner of the bar shelf, ranked by caffeine per bar.
Only a handful of the bars we track carry caffeine, but where they do the dose is real, up to around 80 mg per bar. That is a full caffeinated-gel dose in solid form, so it deserves the same treatment rather than being eaten absent-mindedly because it happened to be in the pocket.
The dosing band is 3 to 6 mg per kilogram of bodyweight across the race, with plasma peak 45 to 60 minutes after ingestion. Place a caffeinated bar 45 to 60 minutes before the part of the race that matters, count it against your total, and keep your default bars caffeine-free so the budget stays yours to spend.
The full argument, with references: Caffeine for endurance, by dose and timing
The top 10
Read caffeine per bar as a placement decision, not a snack: it needs 45 to 60 minutes of lead time to do anything.
80 mgCaffeine
-Carbs
-Sodium
€2.50Price
80 mgCaffeine
45.6 gCarbs
165 mgSodium
€2.99Price
80 mgCaffeine
45.6 gCarbs
165 mgSodium
€3.49Price
Crown Sport Nutrition
No. 4: HyperBar 45 (1:0,8), Barrita de gominola alta en carbohidratos Caffeine
glucose_fructose · jelly
80 mgCaffeine
45.6 gCarbs
165 mgSodium
€2.99Price
80 mgCaffeine
45 gCarbs
130 mgSodium
€3.50Price
80 mgCaffeine
45 gCarbs
130 mgSodium
€3.50Price
65 mgCaffeine
42 gCarbs
180 mgSodium
€1.46Price
65 mgCaffeine
22 gCarbs
170 mgSodium
€3.50Price
64.4 mgCaffeine
23 gCarbs
112 mgSodium
€1.79Price
0 mgCaffeine
26 gCarbs
70 mgSodium
€2.73Price
The full ranking
All 143 energy bars we track, ranked on the same number. Positions 11 onward are listed below, 25 at a time.
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