Preferred high carb drink mix

Nutrition
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  • Skratch Super High-Carb (100 g CHO / 16 oz.)
  • Maurten Drink Mix 320 (80 g CHO / 16 oz.)
  • SiS Beta Fuel (80 g CHO / 16 oz.)
  • Carbs (75 g CHO / 16 oz.)
  • Gu Roctane (60 g CHO / 16 oz.)
  • Never Second C90 (90 g CHO / 16 oz.)
  • Homemade (post recipe)
  • Other (post)
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Simple question: what is your preferred high carb drink mix?

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Homemade recipe here:

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I quite like SIS but here in the UK I find High 5 offers more bang for buck, their Lemon with Caffeine powder is my favourite. I could do with drinking more though but thats a generic thing and nothing to do with a specific drink; a whole bottle will disappear on trainer, whilst often outdoors half the bottle is left when I get back 50-60miles later.

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Flow Formulas works great for me. Good taste, goes into solution pretty easily, and easy on the stomach. I’ve tried the Skratch High Carb in the past because I’ve always liked their stuff, but it was always a pain for me to get into solution.

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+1 for Flow Formulas. I really prefer the taste compared to other brands (Never Second, GU, Tailwind).

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for 150g in a 750 ml bottle…

50g Fructose
100g Maltodextrin (from tapioca)
5g sodium citrate
2-3g instant Black Tea powder

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Going to try this.

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Put geluminati in the list. Best value for ready made mix

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STYRKR here in the UK. 90g carbs + electrolytes.

Not as sweet as BetaFuel and mixes better.

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I do Malto:Fructose @ 2:1 with an electrolyte tab. I adjust the dosage based on length and intensity.

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Regular sugar with electrolyte tab (with or without caffein) based on length and intensity.

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Homemade for every day (1:.8), SIS or Maureen with caffeine for race day.

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For store bought mix; Maurten 320/100 when I can afford it.

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Another vote for Flow Formula.

But man, that schitt is expensive so I have been using Tailwind a bit for training and saving Flow for big days / races. It is OK, but I definitely prefer Flow.

I may try the homemade route at some point.

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Untapped.cc here - their gel mix. I used to use Skratch high carb mix, but after a while the flavor and the long prep time (need an hour for the powder to dissolve) really got to me.

Maple sugar FTW!

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I heard UCan is popular in US, but here in EU I use mainly Isostar and new kid - NDuranz, damn cheap (€10 per 1.4kg) but good shit.