Chief Nutrition

Chief Collagen Protein Bar (12 bars)

Rating: 4.85 out of 5 (433)

Healthy collagen bars for healthy people. Low carb, low sugar, and packed with protein!

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Product overview

A clean, biscuity, nut butter-based protein snack to satisfy your sweet cravings. Low in sugar, with plenty of protein and healthy fats to keep you fuller for longer, try Chief Collagen Bars to support recovery, injury repair, and joint, skin, and overall health. These bars are perfect pre or post-workout or simply as a delicious shortbread treat to get you through to mealtime. Trusted by pros, these aren't just another snack bar. Eat like a Chief!

  • 11,000 mg of grass-fed collagen peptides for extra protein.
  • Approximately 16 g of protein per bar.
  • Keto and Paleo-friendly.
How are they different?

Chief uses collagen as a protein source for its researched benefits for longevity and recovery, and its environmental credentials too. But what really sets these bars apart is what's not in them.

The company was born out of a desire for clean, functional snacks because the founders were sick of only being able to find snack bars full of artificial thickeners, fillers, emulsifiers, sweeteners and sugar alcohols. Even the healthier ones are full of dates because they're cheap and sweet. However, dates and dried fruit also push the sugar content up above 40%. Don't let anyone fool you that it's "natural sugar", it's sugar... and it's the worst kind of sugar, fructose. There's nothing wrong with dried fruit in moderation, but dumping 4+ teaspoons of sugar into your system with each snack is not something you want to do every day.

Chief wanted to make healthy, everyday snacks, without any of this stuff - you know, made from real food. These bars are based on nut butter and being free from all the above mentioned artificial junk and dried fruit means they're not the chewy bar you might be used to, they're more of a delicious biscuity texture. Clean snacks that cut the cr*p! Better for you and the planet.

Ingredients

Cashew Shortbread: Cashews [61%], grass-fed collagen [25%], tapioca starch, pure organic maple syrup, MCT oil powder (MCT Oil, acacia fibre), camu camu, vanilla bean powder and monk fruit.
Hazelnut Brownie: Nuts (cashews [46%] and hazelnuts [11%]), grass-fed collagen [25%], tapioca starch, raw organic cacao, pure organic maple syrup, MCT oil powder (MCT oil, acacia fibre), camu camu, Himalayan salt, vanilla bean powder, monk fruit.
Lemon Tart: Cashews [61%], grass-fed collagen [25%], tapioca starch, pure organic maple syrup, MCT oil powder (MCT Oil, acacia fibre), camu camu, cold pressed lemon oil, monk fruit.
Peanut Butter: Nuts (peanuts [33%] and cashews [28%]), grass-fed collagen [25%], tapioca starch, pure organic maple syrup, MCT oil powder (MCT Oil, acacia fibre), camu camu, Himalayan salt, monk fruit.
Does not contain: Keto friendly, gluten free, low sugar, dairy free, zero nasties.

Suggested Use
Recommended intake:

Consume pre or post workout or between meals.

Cautions
  • Contains: Cashews. May contain: Other tree nuts and peanuts from processing line.
  • If pregnant, nursing or taking medications, consult a healthcare practitioner prior to use.
  • Keep closed in dry place; avoid excessive heat.
  • Do not use if safety seal is broken or missing.
  • Keep out of reach of children.
  • Always read the label and use as directed. If symptoms persist see your healthcare practitioner.
Julian W.

"A very satisfying alternative to a carb binge, with very good macros."

Like a Peanut Butter biscuit

Melt in your mouth peanut butter with a touch of Himalayan salt.

High Protein

High in protein from hydrolysed Collagen Peptides and Nuts.

High Fibre

Helps regulate the body's use of sugars, helping to keep hunger and blood sugar in check.

Low Carb

We've ditched the dried fruit to keep carbs and sugar at healthy levels.

Zero Nasties

No artificial thickeners, fillers, emulsifiers, sweeteners or sugar alcohols. 

Support Joints

Studies show hydrolysed collagen decreases joint pain after exercise and increases the density of cartilage, making joints more flexible.

Curb Cravings

Packed with protein and good fats that'll fill you up naturally and not leave you craving more food.

Support Gut Health

Collagen contains large amounts of the amino acids glycine, glutamine and proline which can be beneficial to the intestinal tract and stomach.

Keto Friendly

Designed in consultation with keto experts to ensure they're keto friendly.

Made for Pack Flippers

Most snack bars are candy bars, full of syrups, fillers, emulsifiers, sweeteners and sugar alcohols. You care about what goes into your food, and we do too. It's not just about great macros, it's also about clean ingredients your body will recognise as real food.

About Chief Nutrition

Born in Australia, Chief Nutrition is proudly Australian made and is family and employee owned. Built with passion, they are focused on healthy people and a healthy planet. Based on science, these delicious products are formulated by health experts based on the latest research.

Trusted by the pros

Dr Naras Lapsys - Dietitian

“Every day, more and more studies confirm that processed food and in particular, processed carbohydrates, are not good for us. Chief really tick all the boxes.” 

Jessica Turton - Dietitian

“Chief Bars give me the proteins, nutrients, and energy that I need - while saving me time! I love that these protein bars are made from real food, and the added bonus is that they taste delicious.” 

Cliff Harvey - Nutritionist, Keto Researcher

“One of my ‘go-tos’ for a ketogenic diet. They’re convenient, they include collagen (which is great for my beaten up ol’ joints!) and MCTs to help you get into and sustain ketosis.” 

Penny Benjamin - Nutritionist

“I’m always looking for super easy yet tasty and filling snack and meal options to recommend my clients that are based on real food. Chief delivers on all accounts.”

Customer Reviews

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Rhys S.
Very satisfied

Very tasty and no nasties

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Janita I.
Lemony. Goodness

I love these. Subtle lemon taste easy snack or to add to a meal to increase the protein.

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Raymond J.
Dessert in a pack

These are yumm! Not so easy to get out of the pack (especially when you're trying to sneak an extra one) but really easy to eat. Are you sure they're good for me? They will be coming with me on my month-long motorcycle ride.

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Stephanie W.
Lemon Protein Bars are the Best

These are my absolute favourite . I have one every day after excercise

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Leah O.
Yum

Absolutely delicious my new fav snack

FAQ's

The best way to describe the taste would be like a nut butter biscuit. They're sweet but they’re very low in sugar because we use a natural sweetener (monk fruit). We avoid stevia because it can have a lingering aftertaste.

Collagen is an odourless, tasteless, dairy free protein source that's a co-product of beef. We like it because it's a great environmentally friendly option and easier on the gut than other proteins like whey. There's also a bunch of new research suggesting it's beneficial for gut health, joint and tendon health, recovery and hair, skin and nails.

We use grass-fed and grass finished bovine hydrolysed collagen peptides from Argentina. We're working on Australia made collagen.

Yes! And more environmentally friendly than other protein sources such as whey, soy and pea.

Collagen is a co-product of animal agriculture which means if we weren't using it for a health food product it'd be going to landfill.

While grass-fed collagen isn't any better nutritionally speaking than grain-fed collagen, grass-fed is kinder to the planet.

Chief Collagen bars are an very healthy and natural snack that can be enjoyed daily by anyone. They're also great pre or post workout.

Yes! Our kids love them and our whole range is perfect for kids. They are quite filling though so half a bar will probably be more than enough for the younger ones. Please note they do contain nuts.

We’re not allowed to give advice and you should always check with your doctor or health professional.

There is nothing in our products that you would need to worry about. Some doctors might flag the camu camu which is a berry - the reason for this is it’s high in Vitamin C and you can have too much Vitamin C, hence the general advice on camu camu. We don’t use a lot, there’s 0.24g in each bar which is about 7mg of Vitamin C and the recommended daily intake of Vitamin C is 75mg for women.

In our view, all our products are very safe and from personal experience we've found them to be great for pregnancy and breast feeding. In fact, collagen is a fantastic supplement for mums who are growing human beings.

Yes! We don't market them as a "keto" product because strict ketosis followers might have an issue with the small amount of maple syrup in them (which is negligible, contributing <0.5g of sugar per bar) but we have designed the bars in consultation with nutritionists and keto experts who have confirmed they very much qualify as, and are recommended by those experts as, keto friendly.

Our collagen bars contain cashews which are not considered Low FODMAP.

Did you know low FODMAP is a short-term solution and not designed to be followed for months at a time?

We can't give you that advice so you need to speak with your dietitian but we have had feedback from dietitians that all our products are suitable for diabetics.

No, collagen comes from animal sources so collagen is not vegan. There are plant based "collagen" powders starting to appear which essentially mimic the same amino acid profile of natural collagen, but to date there's not a lot of research showing it's efficacy and the research that does exist suggests you'd need 6 times as much to get a similar effect.

There are also vegan “collagen” products out there that don’t contain any collagen but claim to increase the body's own collagen production.

We do have many customers following a plant based diet who consume our products as a way to get important nutrients without eating meat. Think of collagen as an odourless, tasteless white powdered form of bone broth.

Our collagen range is Halal certified (we export to the Middle East). They're not Kosher, yet.

The collagen bars will last on the shelf for at least 12 months. The date on the product is a best before date, not an expiry date, which means it's a question of taste after that date.