Bare Nature- Katherine Cronje
The company, Bare Nature Raw Treats, was born as a result of my personal journey as a professional triathlete to discover a natural and wholesome eating plan that would nourish my body for maximum performance in an extreme sport. I discovered that what I ate determined the quality of my sporting performance.
Initially, eating natural and healthy foods was not an easy task as there were not many products on the market that supported the nutritional content and convenience that an athlete on the go requires. In particular, healthy workout snacks or meal replacements that were wholesome, convenient and palatable for the sweet tooth did not exist.
Intense research and the consultancy with dieticians and nutritionists as well as much experimentation with raw food types, resulted in the innovative discovery of delicious snack –type and meal replacement recipes.
The Bare Nature raw products company started to supply a range of these products to various health shops in Gauteng.
I then started looking into protein/energy bars in the shops, and noticed there were so any “fillers” in them or ingredients that I couldn’t pronounce. Other people I spoke to complained about the flavours of them, certain allergies (nuts or gluten) or the need to follow eating plans (like the paleo diet) and nothing on the shelves met their requirements. I invented the Bare Nature Nutrition Bar as a unique food product that was a “raw”, tasty, nutritious, and convenient snack or meal replacement.
Latest studies have shown that when foods are heated above 47 degrees most of the nutrients are denatured, leaving us to eat empty calories. All the Bare Nature Nutrition products are dehydrated below 46 degrees, therefore they are still considered raw, and all the nutrients are kept whole. Because all the ingredients are natural and raw our bodies recognise them, allowing them to be used in their entirety which gives us that fuller feeling for longer.
Dinamic Coaching has tried the bars… and strongly recommends you don’t miss out! They are awesome!
Get cracking onto designing your OWN, personalised food bar…
DESIGN YOUR OWN PROTEIN/ENERGY BAR
BASE:
– Reccommended to use a combination of the dates and one of the nut butters or the seed butter
- Dates
- Peanut butter
- Almond nut butter
- Macadamia nut butter
- Sunflower seed butter
NUTS:
– choose up to 2
- almonds
- cashew nuts
- pecan nuts
- peanuts
DRIED FRUIT:
– choose up to 2
- Raisins
- Goji berries
- Mixed berries (raisins, cherries, cranberries)
- Dehydrated pineapple, apple or mango (all preservative free)
SEEDS:
- Pumpkin seeds
- Sesame seeds
- Sunflower seeds
- Chia seeds
- Mixed seeds (a combination of the above)
SWEETENER:
– please advise if there is another sweetener you would like other than the below options
- raw honey
- raw agave
PROTEIN POWDER:
- whey protein powder
- soy protein powder
FLAVOURINGS:
– choose the combination you would like
- Cocoa powder
- Coffee
- Chai tea
- Cinnamon
- Crystallized ginger
- Vanilla essence
- Almond essence
EXTRA’S:
– choose the combination you would like
- Cocoa nibs
- Dark chocolate chips
- Oats (gluten free or gluten)
- Unsweetened coconut
PRESENTATION:
– bars are either
- raw (need to be kept in the fridge)
- dehydrated (still considered raw but kept out the fridge and can be taken on rides etc)
* please advise if there are any other ingredients you would like to use (there may be an additional cost involved)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
– each bar is R17
– the bars are 60grams each
– there is a minimum of 10 bars per order
– bars are packaged individually
– there may be a delivery fee in the JHB area
– national delivery at the cost of a courier service
– please advise as to any allergies
– the calories, carbs, fats and proteins can be worked out per bar on request.
If you are interested in ordering your own bars, or have any questions then please email Katherine: kcronje@gmail.com