Gel 160 is a bigger hydrogel option — encapsulating 40 grams of carbohydrates in each serving. Hydrogel Technology built with just 6 ingredients — no added colours, preservatives or flavors. For athletes who want more carbohydrates than Gel 100 to fuel their training and racing.
Go long — take more. It’s that simple. Gel 160 contains 40 grams of carbohydrates per serving in a 0.8:1 ratio of fructose and glucose — for athletes who want more carbohydrates than Gel 100 to fuel their training and racing. To maintain performance in endurance sport, it’s important to fuel regularly. And the further you go, the more carbohydrates you need to sustain performance.
Using patented Hydrogel Technology to encapsulate carbohydrates and carry them through the stomach, Gel 160 fuels athletes going longer distances.
Combine with the full Maurten 160 range to easily calculate a fuelling strategy and achieve the right amount of carbohydrates per hour.
This is an extension
This is still the Gel. Still the realest. Still no colours. Still no preservatives. Still hydrogel. Gel 160 uses Hydrogel Technology — the fuel behind record-breaking athletes — just more. 40 grams of carbohydrates in each 65-gram sachet.
More or less — it’s the same.
Don't fuel short
Different situations require different approaches to get the right amount of carbs every hour. Gel 160 gives you more options — to refine your fuelling strategy. Our Fuel Guides advise on how to use Gel 160 with other products in the Maurten ecosystem, providing insight into how to fuel each training session or race situation more effectively.
Gel 100 vs Gel 160
Gel 100 and Gel 160 use the same patented Maurten Hydrogel Technology with the same ratio of fructose and glucose — 0.8:1. Gel 100 has 25 grams of carbohydrates and Gel 160 has 40 grams. Both sizes are interchangeable, depending on the training program or race. It’s a modular system that enables athletes to fine-tune their fuelling strategy.
Science is in our nature. And vice versa.
Developed for endurance athletes, Maurten combines research–driven development with feedback from runners, cyclists, and triathletes — to enhance performance in sports and solve the problems hindering it. Our patented Hydrogel Technology — encapsulating carbohydrates to carry them through the stomach — makes fueling for sports easier.
Gel 160 in the real world
The longer the race. The further the training session. The more time flies. It's easy to forget — to miss — your fueling. It's a quirk of endurance sport that, sometimes, the more time we have to think, the less we focus on doing the right thing. And yet — here's the crunch — the longer we're out there, the more important fuelling becomes. When the racing is hectic, when opportunities to stop are less frequent, when you've got your head down — pushing on — fuelling gets neglected. “I'll eat at the top of the climb. I'll eat when I stop next. I'll eat when I catch the person ahead.” Good intentions — but time passes. The kilometres pass. And before you realise, the fatigue has caught up with you instead. Gel 160 is more carbohydrates than Gel 100 in each sachet — 40 grams. Go long — take more. It’s that simple.
Hydrogel Technology is the innovation
Carbohydrates are the currency of fuelling — to sustain performance, athletes need to consume them when training and racing, but it can be difficult during high-intensity exercise. Hydrogel Technology encapsulates the carbohydrates, carrying them through the stomach to be absorbed. Combining research–driven development alongside feedback from runners, cyclists, and triathletes, Maurten’s fueling ecosystem enables all humans to become greater athletes.
Fuelling from the start
Fuelling is highly personal. Whether you’re training 3 times a week or several times a day, it’s important to apply an appropriate strategy that considers individual diets and specific training programs. Maurten Fuel Guides outline fuelling strategies for common training sessions and race formats — for you to build your personal fuelling plan.