Frequently Asked Questions
What are protein balls, and what is in them?
Protein balls are a bite-sized snack built around dates, nuts and a protein source, rolled rather than baked. Ours use whole ingredients you can name: dates for sweetness, nut butters for texture, and plant protein for the numbers. Choc Almond brings almonds, cacao and chocolate chunks with a pinch of sea salt. Cashew Caramel uses cashew butter and vanilla bean. Peanut Butter is 44% real peanuts. No refined sugar in any of them.
What is the difference between protein balls, bliss balls and energy balls?
Mostly marketing, with one real distinction. Bliss balls and energy balls are typically dates, nuts and not much else, which makes them a whole food snack with sugar from fruit. Protein balls start from the same base but add a meaningful protein source, which changes what the snack actually does: more staying power, more use after training. Ours are bliss balls in construction and protein balls in nutrition. If you have been buying bliss balls, these will taste familiar and hold you longer.
How much protein is in one ball?
Our Peanut Butter Protein Ball carries 10g of plant protein per ball, in roughly a 40g serve. That is a real dose from a snack you can eat with one hand, and two balls will put you past 20g. Protein content varies slightly by flavour because the nut and protein blends differ, so check the panel on the flavour you are after.
What protein do you actually use?
Plant protein, specifically faba bean and brown rice, which together give a more complete amino acid profile than either on its own. Cashew Caramel also includes MCT powder. There is no whey, no casein and no protein isolate with a flavour system built on top. It is worth saying plainly because \"plant protein\" on a label can mean almost anything, and most brands do not tell you which one.
Are they vegan, gluten free and dairy free?
The Peanut Butter Protein Ball is vegan friendly, gluten free and dairy free. All three flavours are built on plant protein rather than whey or collagen, which puts the whole range in different territory to our Protein + Fibre and Protein & Collagen bars. If you are strict vegan, check the panel on Choc Almond, since chocolate chunks are the ingredient most likely to carry dairy.
Are any of them nut free?
No. All three flavours contain nuts: almonds in Choc Almond, cashews in Cashew Caramel, peanuts in Peanut Butter. Nuts are what gives these balls their texture, so a nut free version is not something we can do without making a different product. If you need nut free, our Banana Bread and Lamington Clean Bars are built on fruit, cacao and coconut instead. Full allergen panels are on every product page.
Should I just make my own protein balls?
Plenty of people do, and honestly, a homemade date and nut ball is a good thing to make. The catch is that most recipes call for a scoop of protein powder, so you end up buying a tub, blending, rolling and refrigerating for something that lasts a week. Ours are made in batches, portioned, and last in the pantry. If you enjoy the making, make them. If you want the same thing without the Sunday afternoon, that is what we are for.
How many should I eat, and are they good for a calorie deficit?
One ball is a snack, two is closer to a small meal replacement. At around 40g each they are portioned deliberately, which is most of the point: it is much easier to stop at one ball than to stop halfway through a bar. Protein and fibre are the two things that make a snack keep you full, so a ball between meals tends to do more for appetite than something the same size and mostly sugar. They are food rather than a diet product, so treat them as part of the day's total.
Should I choose protein balls or protein bars?
Depends on the moment. A ball is a snack: smaller, poppable, easy to eat at a desk or hand to a kid, and easier to stop at one. A bar is a bigger serve, better after training or when a meal is a long way off, and our Protein + Fibre bars carry 20g of whey protein and 10g of fibre. The other difference is the protein itself. The balls are plant based, the Protein + Fibre bars use whey, and the Protein & Collagen bars use egg white and beef collagen. Pick on the occasion first and the protein second.
Everything is out of stock. When are the protein balls back?
All three flavours are between production runs and marked as returning soon. We make in batches with real ingredients rather than running continuously, so there are stretches where a flavour sells out before the next run lands. Add your email to the alert on any flavour and you will hear the day it is back. If you need something now, our Protein + Fibre bars are in stock.
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