Carb-Load Dessert – Apple Crumble Flavour
Energy enriched, protein fortified hot semolina dessert with a rich apple crumble sauce. Supplies 25 grams of high quality vegetarian protein.
£7.95
Product Highlights
- Specifically for Event/Race Preparation
- Performance-Optimised Desserts
- Carb-Load Formulation for Day Before Event
- Just Add Water*
- 125g Carbohydrate
- 25g Protein
- Under 3g Fat
*Desserts are served hot and are ready in 3 minutes.
Product Summary
Our delicious Performance Foods are specifically designed to prime your body for your best possible endurance performance and are raw-formulated from dried ingredients. This ensures maximum nutrient and flavour retention – it also minimises processing and is more environmentally friendly compared to dehydrated or freeze-dried alternatives.
TORQ CARB-LOAD is formulated to a precise 5:1 Carbohydrate to Protein ratio and is designed to be consumed the day prior to your big endurance event or challenge. Research has demonstrated that loading your muscles and liver with carbohydrate (glycogen) prior to a big endurance performance extends time to exhaustion and affords you a higher pace.
Available as a Carb-Load Meal or Dessert, each containing 125g of multiple-transportable carbohydrates, 25g Protein and extremely low fat content.
Product Usage
Our CARB-LOAD Desserts are packaged in such a way that they can be taken anywhere, anytime. Simply tear off the top of the pack and follow the instructions below:
If you are purchasing our CARB-LOAD products, we strongly suggest purchasing one of our 500ml Drink Bottles to use as a water measure. If you’re using hot water, add the correct amount of water to the empty kettle, boil the kettle and pour all the water into your pack.
Technical Information
Both TORQ CARB-LOAD and TORQ PRE-RACE products have specific purposes and should ideally be used in conjunction with each other to deliver optimal endurance performances. We will explain what Carbohydrate Loading is, why it’s important, the best possible protocol to use and how you should time your pre-race feed.
Why Carbohydrate Load? Endurance performance depends heavily on carbohydrate, stored in the muscles and liver as glycogen. Unlike fat, which provides an almost unlimited energy reserve, glycogen storage is limited to around 500 grams, or about 2,000 calories. At high intensity, these stores can be exhausted within two hours, making it vital to start exercise with them fully replenished.
Carbohydrate Loading Protocols: Early research showed that high carbohydrate intake before exercise could almost double the time to exhaustion compared with a low-carbohydrate diet. This laid the foundation for carbohydrate loading. Traditionally, athletes depleted glycogen with exercise and several days of low-carbohydrate eating before switching to a very high carbohydrate diet for three days. While effective, this left athletes fatigued, irritable, and prone to illness.
Modern strategies are simpler. Studies show that consuming 10–12 grams of carbohydrate per kilogram of body weight over 24 hours can almost maximise glycogen stores. Performing a short, intense interval session followed by the same carbohydrate intake, taking advantage of the muscles’ increased ability to absorb glucose immediately after exercise, has proven to be even more effective. This is the carbohydrate loading protocol recommended by TORQ and is explained in more detail below.
Recommended Carb-Load Protocol: Fairchild and Colleagues (2002), a group from the University of Western Australia, saw participants warm up for 5 minutes and follow this with an exhaustive 3-minute exercise interval. The participants then followed a high carbohydrate diet consisting of 12g per kg of bodyweight of carbohydrate (840g for a 70kg person) for the next 24 hours. The results confirmed very high levels of glycogen storage within the following 24 hours. In addition, it was proposed that the 3-minute exhaustive high intensity bout of exercise would serve as the perfect pre-event nervous system primer, flushing-out the working muscles and leaving the neural pathways open, ready to race. Here is a brief summary of the recommended protocol:
* Perform a 3-minute maximal exercise bout 24 hours prior to event.
* Consume TORQ Recovery Drink immediately afterwards.
* Aim to consume 12g carbohydrate per kg of bodyweight over the next 24 hours (this includes the carbohydrate in your Recovery Drink).
* Use TORQ CARB-LOAD to help you achieve these goals either during the day and/or last thing at night.
* If choosing regular foods from the supermarket, ensure that they are high in carbohydrate and low in fat. Consider using TORQ Bar, TORQ Jellies and TORQ Flapjacks as easily accessible forms of optimised carbohydrate too.
* A final consideration is TORQ Organic Energy Powder. It’s a flavourless 100% carbohydrate glucose polymer, ideal for bolstering carbohydrate intake. It can be mixed into water/fruit juice or added to food and like the TORQ CARB-LOAD products, can take the burden off consuming high volumes of bulky carbohydrate.
* Remember to drink plenty of plain water to facilitate carbohydrate storage. You will store 3 grams of water with every gram of carbohydrate.
For further comprehensive information on Carbohydrate Loading principles and protocols, take a look at this article.
Race Day Nutrition: On event day, a pre-event meal consisting of 1-2 g of carbohydrate per kilogram of bodyweight, eaten three to four hours beforehand, helps restore overnight liver glycogen loss. A 20-25g dose of high-quality protein is also essential at this time to raise serum protein levels and leave you feeling satiated. This is likely to be the last time you have access to protein for some time.
The TORQ PRE-RACE range has been formulated with this in mind, providing the optimal nutritional balance, priming you for your endurance challenge. Whilst it is generally thought that a 3-4 hour window should be considered between your pre-race meal and the beginning of your event, the rapid absorption properties of the TORQ PRE-RACE range means that this window can be much tighter.
Whilst we recommend allowing at least 1.5 hours between consumption and the start gun, these products can be consumed right up to the event or even during an ultra-distance race. The closer to the event you are to consuming TORQ PRE-RACE products, the more you need to back-off on your during-exercise fuelling, which we will now explain.
Fuelling During Your Event: At TORQ we are renowned for our TORQ Fuelling System, so please take the time to read, understand and watch the videos on the following page. You will be guided seamlessly through the fuelling process – we call it Fuelling Simplicity:
If you follow the carbohydrate loading protocol above and consume your TORQ PRE-RACE meal, whilst you will be primed for your best possible performance, your carbohydrate intake shouldn’t end there. As soon as you start exercising, you will start burning through your stored carbohydrate. Although you will last longer if you’ve prepared properly, the carbohydrate stored in your body as glycogen will eventually run out. The carbohydrate stores that you’ve so diligently maximised over the last 24 hours are called ‘endogenous carbohydrate stores’ and it’s worth remembering that they will come to an ‘end’ sooner or later.
Exogenous carbohydrate refers to sources of carbohydrate that you consume whilst exercising and can be remembered as ‘extra’ carbs. Simply put, every gram of carbohydrate consumed during exercise via TORQ’s Energy Drinks, Energy Gels, Energy Bars or Energy Jellies is a gram of carbohydrate that is not used from your endogenous stores. You will extend your time to exhaustion, afford a higher pace and the longer the event is, the more benefit you will get from fuelling properly.
To help explain this interplay, please take the time to watch this video – it will be an incredibly valuable investment of five minutes of your time:
Finally, if you are considering consuming TORQ PRE-RACE ‘during’ your ultra-endurance race, consider this feed as exogenous fuel. In other words, you’re not going to store it as glycogen, it will be available for immediate use, so back-off on your regular fuelling products for an hour after consuming and just drink water.
If you do find that you have to consume TORQ PRE-RACE within the 1.5-hour window before your event starts, consider that at least some of this meal won’t be stored as glycogen (depending on the proximity of intake to the start) and you should pare back the initial hour of ‘during-exercise’ fuelling accordingly.
If you have any further questions about this or any other TORQ products, please don’t hesitate in contacting us on enquiries@torqfitness.co.uk or 0344 332 0852.
Nutritional Information
Nutritional Information for all CARB-LOAD and PRE-RACE products are supplied under this tab.
Carb-Load Apple Crumble Dessert
Ingredients: Skimmed Milk Powder, Semolina (Durum Wheat Semolina) (28%), Apple Crumble Sauce: TORQ Gel (Maltodextrin, Water, Fructose, Electrolytes (Sodium Chloride, Calcium Lactate, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Carbonate), Acidifier: Malic Acid, Natural Flavouring, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate), Sugar, Maltodextrin.
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 186g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1400 | 2598 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 329 | 611 |
| Fat (g) | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 67 | 125 |
| of which sugars (g) | 27 | 50 |
| Fibre (g) | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Protein (g) | 13 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.08 | 0.14 |
Suitable for Vegetarians. For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
Carb-Load Rhubarb & Custard Dessert
Ingredients: Skimmed Milk Powder, Semolina (Durum Wheat Semolina) (28%), Rhubarb & Custard Sauce: TORQ Gel (Maltodextrin, Water, Fructose, Electrolytes (Sodium Chloride, Calcium Lactate, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Carbonate), Acidifier: Citric Acid, Natural Flavouring, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate), Sugar, Maltodextrin.
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 186g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1400 | 2598 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 329 | 611 |
| Fat (g) | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 67 | 125 |
| of which sugars (g) | 27 | 50 |
| Fibre (g) | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Protein (g) | 13 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.08 | 0.14 |
Suitable for Vegetarians. For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
Carb-Load Cherry Bakewell Dessert
Ingredients: Skimmed Milk Powder, Semolina (Durum Wheat Semolina) (28%), Cherry Bakewell Sauce: TORQ Gel (Maltodextrin, Water, Fructose, Electrolytes (Sodium Chloride, Calcium Lactate, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Carbonate), Acidifier: Citric Acid, Natural Flavouring, Preservative: Potassium Sorbate), Sugar, Maltodextrin.
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 186g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1400 | 2598 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 329 | 611 |
| Fat (g) | 0.7 | 1.3 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 67 | 125 |
| of which sugars (g) | 27 | 50 |
| Fibre (g) | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Protein (g) | 13 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.08 | 0.14 |
Suitable for Vegetarians. For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
Carb-Load Chilli Non Carne Pasta Meal
Ingredients: Instant Pasta (Durum Wheat Flour, Water) (28%), Maltodextrin, Tomato Powder (14%), Kibbled Mushrooms, Corn Flour, Sun Dried Tomatoes (Sun Dried Tomatoes, Salt) (6%), Pea Protein Isolate, Sugar, Sea Salt, Onion Powder, Coarse Ground Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Ground Chilli Powder (0.1%), Oregano.
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 178g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1457 | 2208 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 349 | 623 |
| Fat (g) | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 70 | 125 |
| of which sugars (g) | 18 | 32 |
| Fibre (g) | 5.7 | 10 |
| Protein (g) | 14 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.74 | 1.32 |
Suitable for Vegans. For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
Carb-Load Creamy Mushroom Pasta Meal
Ingredients: Instant Pasta (Durum Wheat Flour, Water) (34%), Maltodextrin, Skimmed Milk Powder, Mushroom Powder (9%), Corn Flour, Kibbled Mushrooms (3%), Onion Powder, Coarse Ground Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Acidifier: Citric Acid.
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 171g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1507 | 2577 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 355 | 607 |
| Fat (g) | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 73 | 125 |
| of which sugars (g) | 18 | 30 |
| Fibre (g) | 2.8 | 4.8 |
| Protein (g) | 15 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.88 | 1.26 |
Suitable for Vegetarians. For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
Carb-Load Tomato & Basil Pasta Meal
Ingredients: Instant Pasta (Durum Wheat Flour, Water) (28%), Maltodextrin, Tomato Powder (14%), Kibbled Mushrooms, Corn Flour, Sun Dried Tomatoes (Sun Dried Tomatoes, Salt) (6%), Pea Protein Isolate, Sugar, Sea Salt, Onion Powder, Coarse Ground Black Pepper, Basil (0.3%), Garlic Powder.
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 178g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1477 | 2635 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 349 | 623 |
| Fat (g) | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 70 | 125 |
| of which sugars (g) | 18 | 32 |
| Fibre (g) | 5.7 | 10 |
| Protein (g) | 14 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.74 | 1.32 |
Suitable for Vegans. For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
Pre-Race Banana & Mango Breakfast
Ingredients: Oatflakes, Rice Crisps (Rice, Sugar, Salt, Barley, Malt Extract, Iron, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12), Maltodextrin, Whey Protein Concentrate, Dried Amelie Mango (Mango, Water, Sunflower Oil) (9%), Skimmed Milk Powder, Dried Boyega Banana (Boyega Banana, Brown Rice Flour, Sunflower Oil) (6%), Banana Mango Powder (Skimmed Milk Powder, Maltodextrin, Fructose, L-Glutamine, Whey Protein Isolate, D-Ribose, Thickener (Tara Gum), Natural Flavouring, Vitamin & Mineral Mix) (7%), Dextrose.
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 147g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1575 | 2288 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 375 | 545 |
| Fat (g) | 2.7 | 3.9 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 69 | 100 |
| of which sugars (g) | 24 | 34 |
| Fibre (g) | 3.6 | 5.2 |
| Protein (g) | 17 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.44 | 0.19 |
Suitable for Vegetarians. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, see ingredients in bold.
Pre-Race Cinnamon & Raisin Breakfast
Ingredients: Oatflakes, Rice Crisps (Rice, Sugar, Salt, Barley, Malt Extract, Iron, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12), Raisins (19%), Skimmed Milk Powder, Maltodextrin, Whey Protein Concentrate, Dextrose, Cinnamon (1%).
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 149g Serve |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1525 | 2283 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 362 | 542 |
| Fat (g) | 2.6 | 3.9 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 67 | 100 |
| of which sugars (g) | 28 | 42 |
| Fibre (g) | 2.7 | 4.0 |
| Protein (g) | 17 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.39 | 0.58 |
Suitable for Vegetarians. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, milk and soya, see ingredients in bold.
Pre-Race Apricot & Ginger Breakfast
Ingredients: Oatflakes, Dried Apricots (18%), Rice Crisps (Rice, Sugar, Salt, Barley, Malt Extract, Iron, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Riboflavin, Vitamin B6, Thiamin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12), Maltodextrin, Skimmed Milk Powder, Whey Protein Concentrate, Dextrose, Ginger (1%).
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 153g Serve |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1488 | 2227 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 355 | 532 |
| Fat (g) | 2.4 | 3.6 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 67 | 100 |
| of which sugars (g) | 27 | 40 |
| Fibre (g) | 3.3 | 5.0 |
| Protein (g) | 17 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.38 | 0.57 |
Suitable for Vegetarians. For allergens, including cereals containing gluten, milk and soya, see ingredients in bold.
Pre-Race Chilli Non Carne Pasta Meal
Ingredients: Instant Pasta (Durum Wheat Flour, Water) (33%), Tomato Powder (17%), Maltodextrin, Kibbled Mushrooms, Corn Flour, Sun Dried Tomatoes (Sun Dried Tomatoes, Salt) (7%), Pea Protein Isolate, Sugar, Sea Salt, Onion Powder, Coarse Ground Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Ground Chilli Powder (0.1%), Oregano.
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 152g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1457 | 2208 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 344 | 522 |
| Fat (g) | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 66 | 100 |
| of which sugars (g) | 18 | 27 |
| Fibre (g) | 6.7 | 10 |
| Protein (g) | 17 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.87 | 1.32 |
Suitable for Vegans. For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
Pre-Race Creamy Mushroom Pasta Meal
Ingredients: Instant Pasta (Durum Wheat Flour, Water) (41%), Skimmed Milk Powder, Maltodextrin, Mushroom Powder (11%), Corn Flour, Kibbled Mushrooms (3%), Onion Powder, Coarse Ground Black Pepper, Garlic Powder, Acidifier: Citric Acid.
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 152g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1492 | 2148 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 351 | 506 |
| Fat (g) | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 70 | 100 |
| of which sugars (g) | 18 | 26 |
| Fibre (g) | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| Protein (g) | 17 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.87 | 1.25 |
Suitable for Vegetarians. For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
Pre-Race Tomato & Basil Pasta Meal
Ingredients: Instant Pasta (Durum Wheat Flour, Water) (33%), Tomato Powder (17%), Maltodextrin, Kibbled Mushrooms, Corn Flour, Sun Dried Tomatoes (Sun Dried Tomatoes, Salt) (7%), Pea Protein Isolate, Sugar, Sea Salt, Onion Powder, Coarse Ground Black Pepper, Basil (0.3%), Garlic Powder.
| Nutrionals per Serve | per 100g | per 152g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1456 | 2208 |
| Energy (Kcal) | 344 | 522 |
| Fat (g) | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Carbohydrates (g) | 66 | 100 |
| of which sugars (g) | 18 | 26 |
| Fibre (g) | 6.7 | 10 |
| Protein (g) | 17 | 25 |
| Salt (mg) | 0.87 | 1.32 |
Suitable for Vegans. For allergens, see ingredients in bold.
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