Snowboarding is hungry business. When the snow's good and you're riding well, the last thing you want to do is stop for a snack break - so pocket munchies are essential.

However we know you're healthy ladies who look after your bodies as well as the base of your boards so we we've been searching for more nutritious and healthy pocket snacks. There are only so many semi-frozen Mars Bars and Snickers you can gnaw your way through on a windy chairlift.

In this occasional series we'll tell you about tasty alternatives you can pick up before you set out for your day on the mountain - and banish the Mars bar from your winter diet.

Not all the options we'll look at are available in every country but we'll look for some options where you live - honest!

First up are these Nakd bars which you might have seen pop up in supermarkets, chemists and wholefoods shops in the UK over the past year.

They're moist, chewy bars that are seriously filling. They're made only from raw fruit and nuts and contain no dairy, wheat or added sugar. Best of all they taste of what they should taste of.

The apple bar contains chewy apple pieces, the berry one has a sweet, tangy taste and the coco one is like a guilt-free rich brownie. There’s also a new banana bread bar - easy enough to guess what that tastes like!

We haven't given them the mountain test yet to see if they freeze into bricks on a cold day but they would definitely survive the pocket squash test as they're pretty solid offerings.

Nakd bars come in two sizes – a snack size 30g bar and a chunky 68g bar which will definitely keep you full up til lunch. The smaller bars contain about 100 calories and the large ones still a reasonable 220 to 230 calories. Much better for you than a bar of chocolate and much more likely to fuel you properly for that halfpipe hiking.

More info at www.naturalbalancefoods.co.uk

Oh and look out for a chance to win a massive supply of this good stuff on powderroom.net soon.