Low-Sugar Vegan Snack Bites

Our ingredients

All of our natural bites are vegan, soy, and gluten free. We’ve avoided the most commonly used proteins: whey (dairy-based) and soy. Instead we’ve gone for humble pea protein.

Pea protein is a bit of star. It doesn’t contain dairy or soy (common allergens), it’s sustainable (no cows required), and it’s alkaline forming which helps keep your body in balance. And because it is a “slow digesting” protein, studies have shown it keeps you fuller for longer than whey protein. Result.

Nibble also contains other healthy ingredients like gluten-free oats, toasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds, which help to create a “complete protein”. Then of course, there’s Nibble Protein’s secret weapon– tasty dried plum purée…

Dried plums

Dried plums (aka prunes) are the unsung hero of the fruit world– the original superfood. They might be well-known for their high fibre, but who knew they were the #1 food in antioxidant power? A study by Tufts University in Boston found that dried plums even beat out blueberries in the antioxidant stakes.

Nutrient-rich dried plums are also a good source of iron, potassium, boron (needed for strong bones & muscles), magnesium and vitamins K and A. What a little powerhouse!

Dried plums also contain more than 40% less sugar than dates.

And if all of that wasn’t enough, dried plums are deliciously low GI. . .Dried plum purée is the base of our our Nibble Protein range.

LOW CARB YUMMINESS!

Made with just a handful of the very finest ingredients, our new Nibble Simply range of luxury low carb/ keto-friendly bites taste like the real deal—but with 70% less sugar, 55% fewer carbs, and 160% more protein than their cookie counterparts. And you’d never know it!

Our cashew nut base adds an extra satiating protein punch. And unlike most keto snacks, these little gems contain no stomach-upsetting sugar alcohols or other nasties! We even created our very own dark chocolate chips for this range.

Now for the nerdy bit

Lower in sugar & low GI

Across our ranges, on average our bites contain less than 1g per piece (or just 1/2g in the case of our Nibble Simply range)! Our award-winning bites typically contain 50-70% less sugar than a lot high protein snacks or date balls. Yup, that’s a big difference.

And importantly we’re using the best kind of sugars– natural, low Glycemic Index (GI) options like dried plum purée and coconut blossom nectar.

Source of fibre

Fibre is good for your digestion and your heart health. But it also helps you feel fuller, longer. Fibre slows down the absorption of nutrients, reducing your appetite.

And importantly, fibre is crucial for good gut health, encouraging gut microbes/ friendly bacteria to thrive. This helps lower inflammation and improves immunity.

Nibble on protein

Your body is able to store some nutrients for use later on. Protein isn’t one of them! So if you don’t use it, you lose it.

But your body can only process so much protein at once. Complicated, right? Bottom line is it’s important to spread out your protein consumption through out the day, So, uh, nibble on protein.

About

Lower sugar yumminess!

For ages we hunted high and low for a deliciously healthy, protein-packed snack that was easy to eat on the run. You know, for those moments when your stomach is grumbling, you’re flagging and you’ve got 2 minutes to spare before you’re dragged into a meeting / about to hop on the train / stuck on the school run / (insert busy life stuff).

We didn’t want a snack that just sounded healthy, but was actually full of sugar. We were looking for a lovely, low GI option (What’s that?). Something really yummy – not worthy-tasting or weirdly unnatural.

In the end, we got tired of searching, so we made our own. You could say Nibble was born out of desperation!

The backstory

Nibble founder, Erin Moroney

I was a classic (delinquent) former-veggie. I really love vegetables and ate tons of them, but I was light on the protein front and it was starting to take its toll. I was constantly tired, my blood sugar levels were all over the place, and my nails and hair were breaking—a lot (don’t get my hairdresser started!).

In the run-up to the marathon, I decided I better nail my nutrition if I wanted to survive the training. After a serious look at my diet, I realised (finally!) that despite all the healthy food I was eating, I was getting it all wrong. It turns out, lo and behold, I was ‘protein deficient’. I had a lot of the classic symptoms.

Short of eating chicken & almonds all day, I needed a way to get more protein into my diet. A lot more protein. Protein bars seemed like the way forward, but I didn’t want tons of sugar (or dates for that matter).

So after a lot of aimless wandering around supermarkets, I thought sod it. I’ll make my own.

And truth be told, it wasn’t easy. There’s a reason why there aren’t many low sugar products around—making them is a massive technical challenge. But happily (a few hundred test batches later), we got there in the end!

Made in the UK, our bites are made with the finest natural ingredients including antioxidant-rich dried plum purée and our very own bespoke chocolate (tell me more. .. ). Our bites are super nutritious, with less sugar and more yummy flavours. Perfect for healthy eating on the go.

Enjoy!

(Before founding Nibble, Erin co-owned a leading photographic agency and most recently she was a creative agency art director and producer. So yeah, nothing to do with food :)!)

Getting a little technical

The tricky bits

Over the course of a year, we consulted with 4 different food scientists on two continents before we cracked this bad boy. So why was it so tricky?

Well, we didn’t make things particularly easy for ourselves. We had a long list of must-haves and they hadn’t all been achieved in one product before. We got the old “there probably was a reason no one has done it before yet” response from potential manufacturers. Hmm, not so helpful.

So if you really want to know why it was such a mission and why we’re different…

(The hard work was worth it– we won a Bronze Innovation Challenge Award 2017 and we’ve just been named finalists for two World Food Innovation Awards 2020— including “Best Healthy Snacking Innovation”!).

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