Gel 100

Which flavour should I choose?

Pick by how you fuel. For everyday, caffeine-free carbohydrate: Black Cherry or Vanilla Orange. For hot races or if you're a heavy, salty sweater: Salted Lime or Salted Caramel, which carry extra sodium. For a caffeine lift on long efforts: Cocoa Choco (50mg) or Espresso Cappuccino (100mg). The carbohydrate, calories and beta-alanine are identical across all six — you're really choosing taste, caffeine and sodium.

How many gels do I need per race?

The protocol is one gel about ten minutes before you start, then one every thirty minutes — so roughly two per hour. A three-hour effort works out to about six gels, which is one box. Adjust to your own tolerance and how long and hard you're going.

Do I need to take it with water?

Although it is not necessary — we recommend a few sips of water to help wash it down. Try not to take gels one after another without fluid in between.

How much caffeine is in it?

Four flavours are caffeine-free (Black Cherry, Vanilla Orange, Salted Lime, Salted Caramel). Cocoa Choco has 50mg per gel and Espresso Cappuccino has 100mg. If you use the caffeinated ones, count them toward your daily caffeine total.

Why maltodextrin and dextrose rather than fructose?

GEL100 uses a glucose-based blend — maltodextrin for a steady release and dextrose for a fast hit. On the every-30-minutes protocol that delivers about 50g of carbohydrate per hour, which sits comfortably within the roughly 60g/hr the body can oxidise from glucose alone. Athletes chasing very high intakes (above ~60g/hr) sometimes use glucose-plus-fructose blends; this gel is built around the ~50g/hr fuelling rate.

What's the beta-alanine for?

Each gel has 200mg of beta-alanine. Honestly, its ergogenic benefit comes from taking it consistently over weeks to build up muscle carnosine — it's not an in-race buffer you'd feel from a single gel. The amount here adds to your ongoing daily intake rather than doing anything acute during the session.

When should I use the Salted flavours?

When you're sweating hard — long efforts, heat, humidity, or if you're simply a salty sweater. Salted Lime and Salted Caramel add sea salt, taking sodium from 80mg to 111mg and chloride from 175mg to 223mg per gel, which helps replace what heavy sweat losses take out.

Is it vegan?

Yes — GEL100 is fully vegan across all six flavours, with no animal-derived ingredients.

Should I use it for a workout under an hour?

Usually you don't need to. For efforts under about 60–75 minutes, your muscle glycogen generally covers you, so a gel adds little. GEL100 earns its place on longer sessions — roughly 90 minutes and up, or hard races — where topping up carbohydrate genuinely holds your pace.

Will it upset my stomach?

Glucose-based gels are generally well tolerated at the recommended rate, but everyone's gut is different under exercise. Take each gel with water, don't exceed the every-30-minutes rate, and — most importantly — rehearse your gel-and-hydration plan in training so nothing is a surprise on race day.