Alimentation

Test: + Watt New Energy

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Parent Category: Alimentation

Category: +Watt

Published on Thursday, 06 August 2009 08:19

Written by Luca Salvatelli

A good integrator of carbohydrates, simple and secure assimilation effect

The Company

+Watt was established in 1997. The founders and current owners are Marco Favaron and Guido Vantini, reached this milestone by pharmaceutical research: both graduates with relevant experience in prestigious research institutes in Milan, in the United States, Switzerland and then in primary pharmaceutical companies. The curriculum vitae of Mark and Guido is also found in the philosophy of production + Watt, where the materials of the highest quality and each product should see the light only on the basis of scientific research bases.

+Watt’s Products

The range + Watt is comprehensive and wide, suitable for all sports and special needs that may go by increases in muscle mass, energy recovery, reduction of fat, etc. Rich range of energy bars and protein: Carbo+, bars with maltodextrins and fructose, New Energy, with fruit pulp and puffed rice, Fruit Energy, with dried fruit, and finally Marzaenergy+, with almond paste.

The product on test: New Energy

New Energy is a product made of dried nuts and puffed rice. This formulation allows for a product high in carbohydrates (maltodextrins, glucose and fructose) present in drie fruits and puffed rice, a small percentage of protein and low in fat. The bar is available in apricot,cherry, strawberry, banana, pineapple, pear, in the pack of 35 grams. The purpose of this composition is to provide the athlete a complete food, easily digested and assimilated to provide an appropriate amount of energy during workouts or races of long duration.
This composition declared by +Watt:
Average analysis per 100 gr ---------------------- media analysis for a bar (35 gr)
energy-----------------379 kcal (1610 kJ )-------- 133 kcal (563 kJ)
carbohydrates---------78 gr------------------------ 27.3 gr
protein------------------1 gr------------------------- 0.35 gr
fat-----------------------7 gr------------------------- 2.45 gr

The test

The bar being tested has a composition very similar but not equal to the product Carbo+; unfortunately samples at our disposal were reduced and we could not conduct a more thorough test to fully understand the practical differences between the two integrators. Indeed, taste aside, the New Energy product sports a number of common lines integrator Carbo+, as the ease of ingestion, the excellent tolerability by all, with no heaviness or intestinal discomfort. Perhaps the difference lies in a lower rate of assimilation, but if this is not very clear, although a direct comparison, the product appears to Carbo+ actually succeed in less time to restore the stocks of carbohydrates consumed. Clearly, the increased presence of fat in the New Energy bar, could has its influence; presence absolutely ridiculous, however. But it is impossible to fully verify these feelings. Remains, however, the feeling of a good product that we eat nicely and assimilates quickly, filling your stomach, but without weighing.

Conclusions

New Energy has proved an excellent integrator of carbohydrates, which is useful whenever the athletic effort exceeds 60 minutes. Its calorie food and the principles it up make it a very good product. Its intake can easily vary by moments before the race / training, with its ingestion at least 30 minutes before, until the terminal stages, that is always about 30 minutes earlier.

The price

As the other energy bars +Watt New Energy also has a price of Euro 1.75 each, in line with other similar products.

Is suitable for

Athlete: an excellent food supplement, with excellent tolerability and assimilation.
GF Cyclist tourist: even the amateur will benefit from the use of this rod in the longer exits.

Positive aspects

Tolerability of the product by all
Easy assimilation
Excellent contribution of carbohydrates

Negative aspects

None

For further informations:

+Watt
Viale Portogallo, 1/A
35020 Ponte San Nicolò (PD),Italy
Website: www.watt.it
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