ORIGINAL energy bar

The wild blueberry energy bar

Energy without the afternoon slump.

Wild blueberries, Brazil nuts and guarana in Swiss chocolate. No added sugars, gluten-free.

With Brazil nuts and guarana in Swiss chocolate. Instead of that second coffee.

  • No added sugars
  • Gluten-free
  • Swiss chocolate

Wild blueberries Brazil nuts Guarana

50%wild blueberries
10–12 gfibre per box
0 gadded sugars
gfBar ORIGINAL, a wild blueberry energy bar 2 bars per box

Fatigue is not a normal operating state.

At two in the afternoon, the slump hits. Coffee or something sweet holds it off for twenty minutes, then it's worse than before. Sugar is behind that crash.

gfBar adds no sugar. The sweetness comes only from blueberries and dates, with fibre, fats and protein alongside. It isn't a bar built on sugar.

Marek Veselý, founder of gfBar
The founder's story

Blueberries saved my life

A few years ago I hit rock bottom. The doctor said ‘incurable’, and the body I had relied on all my life turned against me. For eight months I tried to put it right, and nothing worked. My energy drained away, life shrank to simply getting through the day, and I stopped planning anything beyond tomorrow.

Just before Christmas I flew to Puerto Rico. The laptop stayed at home. The next day, in a supermarket, I bought a two-kilo bag of dried wild Canadian blueberries. No reason. I just did.

I ate them by the handful, almost as a ritual, all week. On day three I walked to the beach. On day five I ordered dinner and finished it. On day seven, people back home told me on the phone that I sounded different. I don't know how much of that was the blueberries, how much the sun, and how much the fact that for the first time in a year I wasn't rushing anywhere. I only know that I kept waiting to slip back to where I'd been – and I didn't. Once home, I ordered more blueberries. And I started reading everything about them I could find.

I could have left it there. Instead, I spent three years working out how to turn those blueberries into something you can take with you. Not a powder, not a supplement. Food. That's how gfBar began: half wild Canadian blueberries, coated in Swiss chocolate, looked after from the bush in Nova Scotia all the way to the box. I'm there in person for every production run. Wild energy. Swiss precision.

Marek Veselý, founder of gfBar

Which gfBar is for you?

The base never changes: 50% wild blueberries. What differs is what we add to them, and what you need them for right now.

gfBar ORIGINAL bar on limestone, with blueberries scattered around it
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ORIGINAL energy bar 80 mg caffeine

Wild blueberries Brazil nuts Guarana

For when you need to keep going. Caffeine from guarana, plus taurine. Not suitable for children or pregnant women.

I'll take this one
gfBar COCOA bar on kraft paper, surrounded by cocoa beans and nibs
COCOA energy bar Caffeine-free

Wild blueberries Suhum cocoa beans (organic)

Roasted cocoa beans instead of caffeine. Calm focus, with no buzz and no crash. No caffeine and no taurine, so it's suitable for children too.

I'll take this one
gfBar COCONUT bar on sand, next to a halved coconut
COCONUT energy bar Contains milk

Wild blueberries Organic coconut White chocolate with no added sugars

A sweet taste with no added sugars. Contains milk powder, so it isn't vegan.

I'll take this one
gfBar PROTEIN bar on a dark stone slab with a dusting of chalk
PROTEIN energy bar 12.4 g protein

Wild blueberries Hemp protein 100% cocoa

The most protein in the range. Hemp protein contains none of the 14 major allergens.

I'll take this one

When to have one

It isn't a sports gel or a meal replacement, and you don't need to eat it every day. It works best now and then, at the moments when you genuinely need energy.

  • Morning

    When there's no time for breakfast and you don't want to leave the house on an empty stomach.

  • Mid-morning

    Instead of that second coffee. 80 mg of caffeine from guarana per box, roughly one espresso.

  • Afternoon

    Right when the slump usually arrives and your hand reaches for something sweet all on its own.

  • Before training

    About half an hour beforehand. Energy from fibre and fats lasts longer than energy from sugar.

  • On the move

    In the car, on the train, on the bike. No fridge needed, and it won't melt.

What the people who eat it say

Start with yourself.

Twelve boxes (24 bars) for 429 zł, which works out at 17,87 zł a bar. Choose a single flavour, or VARIETY to try all four. Orders for the next batch close on 8 November.

Why wild blueberries

Wild blueberries from Nova Scotia can't be cultivated. They grow on their own in harsh conditions and are harvested from the wild. The blue pigment in them, anthocyanins, is the reason blueberries have been studied for more than twenty years.

A cluster of wild blueberries on low bushes among granite and lichen
Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab. 2011, 36(6)

What was studied: the effect of blueberries on oxidative stress in trained runners after a 2.5-hour run.

Open the study
Nutrients 2019, 11(7):1510

What was studied: a review of human intervention studies on the bioactive compounds in blueberries and strawberries.

Open the study

The studies cited concern wild blueberries as an ingredient, not the gfBar bar. gfBar is a food, not a medicine, and is not intended to prevent or treat any disease.

What's inside

Half the filling is dried wild blueberries from Nova Scotia. The rest are ingredients with a reason to be there. The sugars in the table come from the blueberries, dates and chicory syrup. None are added.

Wild blueberries Brazil nuts 100% cocoa Date paste Chicory syrup Guarana

gfBar ORIGINAL2 × 28.5 g
Wild blueberries
50%
Fibre per 100 g
19.3 g
Added sugars
0 g
Sugars per 100 g
29.7 g
Caffeine from guarana
80 mg per box
Energy per 100 g
451 kcal
Four gfBar bars in mid-air: PROTEIN, ORIGINAL, COCOA and COCONUT

Before you buy

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How often should I have one?

You don't need to eat it every day. It works best now and then, when you genuinely need energy: instead of a second coffee, before training, when there's no time for lunch. A case holds 24 bars – at four a week, that's roughly six weeks.

How does the gfBar Club work?

A case arrives with every batch – once a month – at the same price as a one-time purchase: no discounts, but real benefits. Your place in every batch is guaranteed, even when it sells out. Your price won't go up for as long as you're in the Club. You'll taste new flavours first. And we'll add a gift to your third delivery. Change flavour, move a delivery or cancel the Club at any time in your account, with no fees.

Does it contain caffeine?

Only ORIGINAL: 80 mg per box (40 mg per bar) from guarana, roughly the same as one espresso. COCOA, COCONUT and PROTEIN contain no caffeine at all.

Why Swiss chocolate?

The coating is the only part of the bar we don't take straight from the field. We chose Felchlin of Switzerland because it makes chocolate the way we need it: sugar-free 100% cocoa mass from organic cocoa grown in Suhum, Ghana, which it buys directly from the growers. No chocolate flavouring, no compound coating. Cocoa beans and cocoa butter, nothing more. That's why gfBar costs more than bars coated in vegetable fat – and why it tastes different.

Can children eat it?

COCOA, COCONUT and PROTEIN are all caffeine-free; for children we recommend COCOA or COCONUT (or the JUNIOR case, which has both). COCONUT contains no caffeine or taurine, and there are no nuts in the recipe. It may, however, contain traces of nuts, so we don't recommend it for children with a nut allergy. ORIGINAL is not suitable for children, or for pregnant or breastfeeding women.

Does it contain allergens?

ORIGINAL contains Brazil nuts. COCONUT contains milk and soya. All varieties may contain traces of milk, hazelnuts, almonds, peanuts and other tree nuts. None of the varieties contain gluten.

Why are there two bars in a box?

Because one bar is a serving and the other is a spare. The box fits in a pocket or a bag – eat one mid-morning and the second waits for the afternoon slump. And if you give it to someone else, that's one more person who knows what gfBar is.

What is Temper Protect®?

Our process for controlling temperature from the moment the blueberries are harvested to the finished bar – through drying, shipping, storage, production and chocolate coating. Heat takes more out of ingredients than anything else, so we keep it in check along the entire chain, to keep as much of what was in the blueberry in your gfBar as possible. It's a registered trade mark in the EU. Temper Protect® describes how we work; it makes no promises about your health.

When will my order arrive, and can I change it?

We make gfBar once a month in small batches and dispatch it straight after production. Nothing sits in a warehouse. Orders for the next batch close on 8 November and are dispatched on 16–18 November. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia they usually arrive within two working days; elsewhere in Europe it takes a little longer. We only send parcels Monday to Wednesday, so the chocolate never spends a weekend in a depot. Until orders close you can change or cancel your order free of charge – just email help@gfbar.com and we'll refund you in full. This doesn't affect your statutory rights when buying online. If we have a few cases left over from the previous batch, we'll send them out earlier: Club members first, then in order of purchase, always with the production date.

How should I store gfBar at home?

Somewhere dry and out of direct sunlight, ideally below 20 °C. No fridge needed. In summer, don't leave the case in the car or on the balcony after delivery – we've watched the temperature all the way to your door; the last few metres are up to you.

gfBar ORIGINAL – case of 12 boxes (24 bars)gfBar COCOA – case of 12 boxes (24 bars)gfBar COCONUT – case of 12 boxes (24 bars)gfBar PROTEIN – case of 12 boxes (24 bars)gfBar VARIETY – case of 12 boxes (24 bars), all 4 flavoursgfBar POWER – case of 12 boxes (24 bars), ORIGINAL + PROTEINgfBar VEGAN – case of 12 boxes (24 bars), COCOA + ORIGINAL + PROTEINgfBar JUNIOR – case of 12 boxes (24 bars), COCOA + COCONUT, caffeine-free
Wild blueberries can't be cultivated. They grow on their own on the barrens of Nova Scotia. Gathered, not grown.
Half the bar is wild blueberries. The rest are ingredients with a reason to be there. 50% wild blueberries, no added sugars, gluten-free, no preservatives or colourings.
ORIGINAL or PROTEIN? Per 100 g. Protein 4.4 g vs 21.1 g. Fibre 13.5 g vs 20 g. Sugars 53.7 g vs 32.2 g. Caffeine 80 mg vs 0 mg.
Google review by Libuše Veselá: After several days with no energy at all, I had a gfBar in the morning. I cleaned the whole house, weeded the garden and took the dog for a long walk. I'm 75.
  • Gathered, not grownWild blueberries from Nova Scotia, Canada. 50% in every bar.
  • Swiss chocolateOrganic cocoa from Suhum, Ghana, bought directly from the growers.
  • Temper Protect®Temperature controlled from field to box.
  • No added sugarsSweetness only from blueberries and dates.

Choose your gfBar

What would you like?
Single flavour
Mixed flavours

Wild blueberries, Brazil nuts and guarana. For when you need to keep going.

80 mg caffeine per box. Not suitable for children, or pregnant or breastfeeding women.

How to buy

Wild blueberries and organic cocoa beans from Suhum. Calm energy, no caffeine.

Suitable for children too.

How to buy

Wild blueberries, organic coconut and white chocolate. Sweet, yet no added sugars.

Contains milk and soya. Caffeine-free.

How to buy

Wild blueberries, hemp protein and 100% cocoa. 12.4 g protein per box.

Caffeine-free.

How to buy

Three boxes of each flavour. Try all four and pick your favourite.

ORIGINAL contains caffeine.

How to buy

Six boxes of ORIGINAL and six of PROTEIN. For training and tough days.

ORIGINAL contains caffeine.

How to buy

Four boxes each of COCOA, ORIGINAL and PROTEIN. Entirely plant-based.

ORIGINAL contains caffeine.

How to buy

Six boxes of COCOA and six of COCONUT. Both caffeine-free.

COCONUT contains milk and soya.

How to buy
Next batch · dispatched by 18 NovemberWe make gfBar once a month in small batches, so nothing sits in a warehouse. Orders close on 8 November, and until then you can cancel free of charge.
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SWISS PRECISION

Temper Protect®. From field to box.

Wild blueberries have the most to offer at the moment they're harvested. Everything that follows can take something away. Mostly heat. That's why we control temperature along the whole chain, not just for the chocolate: from the harvest in Nova Scotia, through shipping and storage, to every step of production. We make the coating from 100% cocoa mass by Felchlin, the Swiss chocolate maker in Ibach that has supplied couverture to pastry chefs since 1908, made with organic cocoa from Suhum in Ghana. We temper and cool it so it keeps its gloss and doesn't bloom. We call this process Temper Protect®.

  1. Harvesting and dryingWild blueberries from Nova Scotia, dried gently within a set temperature limit.
  2. Shipping and storageAcross the ocean and in Prague, at a controlled temperature.
  3. ProductionMixed and pressed without heating; Felchlin chocolate tempered and cooled without a cooling tunnel.
  4. ChecksTemperature and weight checked for every batch, with the founder present at every production run.
Temper Protect® means a blueberry never sees more heat than it has to – from the bush in Nova Scotia to the bar in your hand.
Marek Veselý

Temper Protect® is a registered trade mark of Light In Space SE. It describes how we work; it is not a health claim.