There's no mincing words...
Most bars are S***
Unwrap any of the major player's protein bars in a store and you will find a mix of compressed goop or protein crisps wrapped in a sugar-candy shell. And they're highly injected with preservatives.
And it's no surprise! Aside from the fact candy bar companies are buying-up major protein bar brands, all these chemical fillers make their bars last longer on store shelves and make them cheaper to produce.
But it isn't real food.
More than Protein.
Aside from the fact that we bake and ship our bars fresh without the fillers (which is a BIG aside), we also lead the way in macros and nutrients.
We could confidently expand this chart to cover every top brand on the market, but here's some names you've heard of.
When we don't compete with goop, we can bake better bars.
organic Wholefood fuel, delivered fresh.
Our bars aren’t built for store shelves—they’re engineered for the real world. Made with recognizable, organic ingredients you’d find in your own kitchen, not a chemistry lab.
Born on the front lines by a Marine who needed more than empty calories, C1 exists to redefine convenient nutrition—fuel that feeds performance, not just hunger.
C1 bars are designed to be a meal replacement
With 380 nutrient-dense calories, our bars go beyond the typical snack. Built with a Naval Special Warfare nutritionist, they’re designed to keep you full for hours and fueled for anything—without the crash.
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Let's establish a baseline
C1 Bar Price, Ingredients, & Nutritional facts
Price/Bar: $4.90
Blueberry Ginger Ingredients: Protein blend (grass-fed whey protein concentrate, whey protein isolate), water, organic rolled oats, organic cane sugar, organic avocado oil, organic flax meal, dried blueberries, organic brown rice syrup, organic brown rice flour (water, natural koji enzymes), pumpkin seeds, powdered milk, organic almonds, organic coconut oil, organic oat flour, eggs, vegetable glycerine, distilled vinegar, vanilla extract, beet powder, blueberry powder, blueberry extract, ground ginger, cinnamon, citric acid, potassium sorbate, salt
NUTRITIONAL FACTS: Pay special attention to the calories, low sodium count, high protein, and the high daily values of our 16 nutrients and vitamins. This is power of wholefoods at work!
Mountain House® Beef Stroganoff
The holy grail of freeze-dried camp meals! To maintain maximum fairness we used their highest quality line (Pro-Pak) and most popular flavor to draw comparison to our bars. Admittedly, these are some tasty noodles, but with significantly more calories you only get 2 more grams of protein and a quarter of the nutrients of a C1 bar... not to mention that sodium content!
Oh and did we mention? C1 bars have no prep time which means you don't have carry excess water to prepare your food!
Ingredients: Beef Stroganoff: Beef (beef, rosemary extract, salt), Corn Starch, Vegetable Oil (high oleic sunflower oil and/or canola oil with rosemary extract, and/or corn oil with rosemary extract), Sour Cream (cultured milk, cream, skim milk, enzymes), Nonfat Dry Milk, Onion, Beef Stock, Sea Salt, Seasoning (natural flavor [yeast extract], salt), Mushroom, Brown Sugar (cane sugar, cane syrup), Yeast Extract, White Pepper, Lemon Juice (lemon juice concentrate, lemon oil), Garlic Powder; Precooked Noodles; Durum Semolina, Whole Egg, Salt
Subway® Cold Cut Combo® 6”
We’re founded in New York—home of the sandwich lovers! Cold cuts are a deli classic, no doubt. But why wait in line or pay sky-high delivery fees when you can get better nutrition on-demand with a C1 bar? Take it anywhere, eat it anytime. No need for refigeration.
You’ve got better things to do than wait for a sandwich to get wrapped!
Ingredients: Subway has a lot of components and their ingredients list can be found here. Of note is their processed meats which include sodium phosphate and sodium nitrate.
Progresso™ Protein Mediterranean-Style Meatball & Chicken
Soups are a classic go-to for quick meals, so in the spirit of fairness, we scoured the internet in search of a soup that could go toe-to-toe with our bars. This one came the closest nutritionally (and trust us, we looked at a lot of soups). Technically, it’s two servings per can—but for a fair fight, we used the full can’s nutrition facts.
So for just $1.02 more, you’re getting over 5x the vitamins and minerals, plus clean-burning energy from real whole foods—no preservatives, no weird stuff. Honestly, we’ll take a lightweight C1 bar over lugging around a can any day.
Ingredients: Chicken Broth, Cooked Meatballs Made with Pork and Turkey (pork, turkey, water, textured soy protein concentrate, romano cheese [romano cheese (pasteurized sheep's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), powdered cellulose added to prevent caking], bread crumbs [bleached wheat flour, dextrose, salt, enzymes], corn syrup, onions, salt, spices, sodium phosphates, garlic powder, onion powder, natural flavor), Enriched Mafalda Pasta (semolina wheat, egg white, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Cooked White Chicken Meat, Carrots, Celery. Contains less than 2% of: Tomatoes, Corn Protein (hydrolyzed), Modified Food Starch, Soy Protein Isolate, Spice, Water, Onion Powder, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Flavoring, Garlic Powder, Sugar, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Tomato Extract, Olive Oil, Sodium Phosphate, Soy Lecithin, Maltodextrin, Calcium Chloride, Citric Acid, Beta Carotene (color).
Fresh Baked Bars
Sample Pack of High-Protein Bars
Real Food.
Real Reviews.
Karil HawthorneMy husband and I do a lot of hiking and mountaineering and these bars are a staple in our food kit. Durable, sustainable, and delicious. We’ve been asked about them many times on our adventures. Thanks for making such a nutritious choice for on the go.
Matt CampbellThese are super clean and taste amazing!!
Yuval HadadiGreat post-workout or mid afternoon healthy protein snack. Tastes great, not too sweet, good consistency, feels home baked.
Nina AuerbachI really enjoy all the flavors I have tried. They are substantial bars with a really good amount of whey protein. Have bought them several times and will continue to do so.