Newcomers to the functional food game are always a bit more interesting than supplement companies as they tend to have a wider variety of angles and formats they can use. Sport Pux is one of the newer entries in the convenient protein-snacking space, and while it looks like its signature product is a protein cookie, it is more in line with its name. The brand makes the one flagship item, a high-protein food that comes in the shape of a puck as opposed to the traditional round or mound cookie.
Sport Pux’s one and only functional food is a puck-shaped snack that has a round shape with a bit of thickness and a flat top and bottom. Nutritionally, it is on par with most protein cookies and bars, where you get a one-to-one protein-to-carbohydrate ratio with 20g of protein per piece from high-quality whey isolate and concentrate, and 18 to 20g of carbohydrates. The fat doesn’t get too high at 6 to 8g per puck, and the calories end up between the 200 and 300 marks at 210 to 240, depending on the flavor.
Something else that is a headline feature of Sport Pux and its protein puck that you won’t see in most other functional foods is a callout of up to 14g of superfoods. It is not a huge highlight but something different nonetheless, and when we say superfood here, we’re not talking about the greens blends you see in superfood supplements. Sport Pux is referring to whole foods and real food ingredients like coconut milk, coconut juice, almonds, peanuts, and nut butter.
The protein snack from Sport Pux looks rather delicious, especially its Peanut Butter and Chocolate Almond Fudge flavors, smothered in crunchy peanuts and rich chocolate chips. The other options are a sweet Beet Berry, made with beet powder, and Cookies n’ Cream with tasty cookie pieces throughout. You can find out more about Sport Pux and its selection at sportpux.com, and you can also actually find its protein-packed pucks in mainstream locations like Walmart and 7-Elevent stores.
