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Best Gels by Price
Gels ranked by price per sachet, cheapest first, because a marathon is six to ten of them and a training block is hundreds.
Price per gel is the number that compounds. Fueling a marathon at 60 g/h takes six to eight sachets, and a 16-week build with weekly long runs takes many times that. A 60-cent difference per gel is a small decision at the checkout and a large one across a season.
Cheapest is only the right answer if the product still does the job. Read the carbs column in the same row: a cheap 20 g gel you need two of is not cheaper than one 40 g gel at twice the price. The honest comparison is cost per gram of carbohydrate, and the gel your gut actually tolerates is worth paying for.
The full argument, with references: How to choose an energy gel
The top 10
Divide price by the carbs column to get cost per gram of carb - that is the comparison the sticker price hides.
€0.30Price
-Carbs
-Caffeine
0 mgSodium
€0.35Price
22 gCarbs
0 mgCaffeine
-Sodium
€0.43Price
20.5 gCarbs
0 mgCaffeine
11.2 mgSodium
€0.43Price
20.5 gCarbs
0 mgCaffeine
11.2 mgSodium
€0.50Price
40 gCarbs
0 mgCaffeine
200 mgSodium
€0.86Price
-Carbs
-Caffeine
-Sodium
€1.25Price
21.26 gCarbs
41 mgCaffeine
94.32 mgSodium
€1.25Price
21.24 gCarbs
-Caffeine
94.32 mgSodium
€1.25Price
21.26 gCarbs
41 mgCaffeine
94.32 mgSodium
€1.25Price
21.27 gCarbs
0 mgCaffeine
94.32 mgSodium
The full ranking
All 366 gels we track, ranked on the same number. Positions 11 onward are listed below, 25 at a time.
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