Are you ready to put your functional chocolate bar in the hands of consumers? Functional chocolate bars contain specialized supplements that deliver vital nutrients and may offer clinical advantages for different bodily systems. They can enhance bone, joint, skin, gut, nail, and immune health, while also aiding in athletic performance. In addition to their convenient format and delightful flavor.

Nutrition-rich bars remain a favored and versatile snack option, with snack bar formulators progressively adding ingredients that focus on specific health benefits such as brain function, hormone balance, and stress management, and sports nutrition focused ingredients. Today's offerings extend beyond simply labeling a functional bar as a protein bar. Consumers are now encountering nootropic ingredients like reishi mushrooms and probiotics.

Big Brands has the expertise to formulate and manufacture your functional energy bar. There is a wide range of functional bars available, including protein bars, green tea matcha bars, and functional chocolate bars. When deciding on the formulation of your functional bar, it's essential to consider the ingredients involved and their intended purposes. Additionally, ensuring a great taste and appealing mouthfeel for consumers is crucial when they sample your bar.

When manufacturing and distribution of a functional bar, many of these products are aimed at health-conscious consumers or specific target groups. Since there's a precise formula designed to address specific needs, thoroughly examining all components of your functional bar is vital. For instance, if you’re developing a breakfast bar for children, reducing the sugar content is likely essential. Including one or two servings of fruits and vegetables, along with kid-friendly vitamins and minerals, may also be important ingredients to incorporate.

Here are the five steps to creating a functional bar:

1. Expand on your idea - Hone your concept by researching the market, conducting focus groups, and collecting as much information as possible.

2. Create a scientific, manufacturing-ready formula for mass production - Once your ideas are refined, consult with our food scientists, manufacturers, and industry experts to ensure you develop the best functional bar that meets your specific requirements.

3. Determine the packaging option for your product - Various packaging choices are available for your functional bar. When selecting packaging, think about the size of your bar, label design, and the selling platform (whether you need a display box for retail or mailing boxes for online orders). The wrapper not only tells your product’s story but also highlights its benefits. Packaging design encompasses graphics, text, and nutritional information.

4. Manufacturing of your functional bar - After your functional bar formula and packaging are approved, you can proceed to manufacture your bar. This phase is particularly exciting, as your ideas materialize into reality!

5. Launch your product to the consumer- Once you have your functional bar ready, you can begin selling it. Big Brands can assist you with marketing strategies for your product.

The Role of Functional Nutrition Bars

Having a product that is portable, easy to take on the go, quick to grab and perceived as “healthy” are some of the benefits to manufacturing a functional nutrition bar. 

Ideas for functional bars include:

• Protein bars
• Fiber bars
• Probiotic bars
• Vitamin and mineral forward bars 
• Plant based bars
• Granola bars
• Breakfast bars
• Vegan bars
• Keto bars
• Palio bars
• Weight loss bars
• Energy bars
• Nutraceutical bars

Chocolate Covered Functional Bars

Big Brands can also manufacture your nutritional bar to be chocolate coated. Chocolate is known to have health benefits like improving heart health and blood flow and boosting brain function. Another benefit of a chocolate coated bar would be the taste or anticipated taste. Many functional bars get a bad wrap with their taste. Consumers may have tried protein bars 10 years ago and did not like the taste. They remember the “old fashion” protein bar and probably never want to try another nutritional bar. But, when you add chocolate the name chocolate to the lable of your nutrition bar and have it covered in chocolate, you are changing the consumers perspective and may have them reaching for your chocolate covered nutritional bar.

New Trends With Functional Bars

Some of the new trends include the flavor profile of nutritional bars. Avoid the traditional flavors of vanilla, chocolate, and peanut butter and think outside of the flavor box. Some nutritional bar flavors would be things like: chocolate raspberry, banana coconut, mango sesame, chocolate mint or salted caramel. Push the flavor profile more and consider ones like ube or matcha. 

For a more popular type of functional bar consider these options: hormone balance bar for women going through menopause, a stress less bar for those with higher amounts of stress in their life, a hair skin and nails formulated functional bar for a late afternoon snack, or a sleepy time bar with ashwagana and other adaptogens for night time relaxation. 

MOQ's for Functional Bars and Chocolate Covered Functional Bars

• Chocolate covered functional bars - 10,000 units
• Functional bars - 10,000 units

Big Brands is experienced in the development,  formulation and manufacturing of yourfunctional food bar or chocolates covered nutrition bar.