Mulebar is a sports nutrition brand founded in England in 2008 and acquired in 2015 by its French distributor, Grégoire Dandres. It is known for its baked, vegan and partly organic energy bars, made in France since late 2023.

Baked bars, not raw

Most energy bars are described as “raw.” Mulebar bars are baked, giving them a soft texture: they’re easy to chew and don’t crumble at the bottom of your bag. According to the brand, the recipes are 100% natural and vegan, with no preservatives or chemical colorings. Five out of ten bars are certified organic.

A small, community-focused brand

After becoming Mulebar’s first distributor in France in 2009-2010, Grégoire Dandres bought the brand from its English owners in 2015. After several difficult years around the time of Covid, production of the bars was moved back to France, to the Massif Central.

Which Mulebar product should you choose?

• BIO Energy Bar (40 g): lemon ginger, apple raisin cinnamon, mango cashew, apricot pecan, pineapple coconut goji, chocolate orange.
• Energy Gel (37 g): salted caramel, apple, cherry, lemon ginger, coffee.
• Gel refills (444 g), to pour into silicone flasks, for better value.
• Energy Fruit Pulp (65 g): organic banana and apricot, pineapple coconut, strawberry redcurrant beetroot, orange carrot lemon, sweet potato orange carrot.

Mulebar at Nutri-Bay

For other bars made with real ingredients, compare them with Veloforte or Baouw.

Sources: E-commerce Nation, interview with Grégoire Dandres, Bike Café.