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Best Drinks by Carbs
Carbohydrate drink mixes ranked by carbs per serving, for athletes who would rather sip their fuel than chew it.
A drink mix is the most efficient way to take carbohydrate because you fuel and hydrate in the same motion, and dose per serving decides how much of your hourly target one bottle covers. The band itself is duration-led: around 60 g/h for a marathon, 60 to 90 g/h beyond two and a half hours, and above 60 g/h only a glucose-fructose blend clears the SGLT1 ceiling.
The catch on this shelf is concentration, not dose. Carbs per 100 ml is what your stomach reads: below 6 percent is hypotonic and empties fastest, 6 to 8 percent is the isotonic comfort zone, and the flagship 80 g-in-500 ml mixes sit near 14 percent. That density is deliberate and it works, but it demands a trained gut. A high number at the top of this list is a gut-training question as much as a shopping one.
The full argument, with references: Carbs per hour, by duration and intensity
The top 10
Read carbs per serving against your hourly target, then against the bottle volume you will actually mix it into.
94 gCarbs
0 mgCaffeine
340 mgSodium
-Price
90 gCarbs
0 mgCaffeine
204 mgSodium
€3.99Price
90 gCarbs
0 mgCaffeine
208 mgSodium
€3.20Price
90 gCarbs
0 mgCaffeine
208 mgSodium
€3.20Price
80 gCarbs
0 mgCaffeine
0 mgSodium
€2.50Price
80 gCarbs
-Caffeine
360 mgSodium
€3.15Price
80 gCarbs
-Caffeine
360 mgSodium
€3.90Price
80 gCarbs
-Caffeine
1180 mgSodium
€3.64Price
80 gCarbs
100 mgCaffeine
430 mgSodium
€4.00Price
80 gCarbs
-Caffeine
360 mgSodium
€3.50Price
The full ranking
All 112 drinks we track, ranked on the same number. Positions 11 onward are listed below, 25 at a time.
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