Dual Carb Energy Gels: Cola Noir with Caffeine (12 Pack)

Dual Carb Energy Gels: Cola Noir with Caffeine (12 Pack)

$49.00 AUD

Each 40ml sachet has 25g of carbohydrate in a 2:1 ratio of maltodextrin to fructose. The two take different routes through the gut wall, so your body can take on more fuel per hour than glucose alone allows. Maltodextrin does most of the work, so only 9.9g of the 25g is sugar.

There is 50mg of caffeine and 125mg of sodium in every sachet, both printed on the pack. Three gels is 150mg of caffeine. Easy maths.

Cola Noir is lightly flavoured and not overly sweet, which is worth something at the point in a long run when sweet things stop being welcome. Twelve sachets covers a marathon and the long runs before it.

Supports

Fuel For Efforts Past An Hour
Sodium To Replace Sweat Losses
Printed, Precise Caffeine
Dual Carb Absorption

Cola Noir + Caffeine

12 x 40ml

Ingredients

Directions

Cautions

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Light On Purpose

Smooth texture, easy on the stomach, lightly flavoured and a convenient tear away tab that stays attached so you don't have to litter.

Easy tear-away top

The notched top tears off in a single pull, with no fumbling. The tab stays attached to the sachet, so there is no loose scrap to drop on the road or the trail. Open one in training so the whole motion is second nature on race day.
Smooth Going Down

A smooth gel, not a syrup or honey. It goes down cleanly (without water) when you are breathing hard and the last thing you want is to chew or swallow something thick. Take it with a few sips of water and carry on.
Made To Sit Lightly

Two carbohydrate sources (maltodextrin and fructose) use two routes through the gut wall, so more of the fuel is absorbed and less is left sitting in your gut. Research links 2:1 blends with better stomach emptying at higher intakes.
Lightly Flavoured

Cola Noir is lightly flavoured and not too sweet. The flavour is light on purpose, so it is still welcome at hour three, when flavour fatigue usually starts to set in.

How To Use Lúthri Energy Gels

One to three gels an hour, planned before the start line. Here is how to find your number.

How many gels per hour?

One to three gels an hour, depending on how hard you are working and how your gut copes. One gel is 25g of carbohydrate, so that range is 25g to 75g an hour.
Guidance for efforts of one to two and a half hours is 30 to 60g an hour. Beyond that, the ceiling has been 90g an hour, and only from a blend of carbohydrates such as glucose and maltodextrin. A review published in The Journal of Nutrition in February 2026 says newer work suggests that ceiling could rise to 120g for trained athletes. Three gels an hour is 75g, inside the range the research supports.
Start with one or two. Add more only when training shows you can.
Sources: Carbohydrates for training and competition, Journal of Sports Sciences · From Metabolism to Medals, The Journal of Nutrition, 2026
When should I take my first gel?

Before you need it. Sessions of an hour or less usually do not call for one. From 60 to 90 minutes a gel starts to earn its place, and the first one goes in early, not after you feel flat.
The International Society of Sports Nutrition advises 30 to 60g of carbohydrate an hour, spread through the whole effort and especially beyond 70 minutes. Set a repeating timer on your watch and take a gel at each beep. Write the plan down the night before. Race day should be a rehearsal.
Sources: ISSN position stand: nutrient timing
How do I take a gel?

Tear the sachet, squeeze, and follow with a few sips of water. A gel is concentrated: 25g of carbohydrate in 40ml. Research on gut comfort during exercise names the type, amount and dilution of carbohydrate as the things that matter, and water taken with a gel dilutes it.
Carry them where your hand finds them without breaking stride. A vest pocket, a waistband, a sock.
Sources: Carbohydrate-Dependent, Exercise-Induced Gastrointestinal Distress, Nutrients
Who are the energy gels for?

Anyone fuelling a long effort. Marathon and half marathon runners, road and gravel cyclists, triathletes, trail runners, rowers, and hikers on a long day out. If the session runs past an hour, an energy gel is a light way to carry carbohydrate.
Twelve sachets covers a marathon and the long runs before it.

Two carbs, two routes

25g of carbohydrate, 125mg sodium, 50mg caffeine

Glucose and fructose cross the gut wall through different transporters. The glucose transporter starts to saturate above about 1.2g a minute, roughly 72g an hour. Fructose has its own, so adding it lets more carbohydrate through.

Lúthri uses maltodextrin, a chain of glucose, and fructose in a 2:1 ratio. A 2025 meta-analysis of 14 randomised trials in 125 endurance athletes found the glucose and fructose blend raised the rate at which ingested carbohydrate was burned as fuel by about 0.27g a minute, compared with glucose alone. Earlier work reported rates up to 65% higher.

Sources: Glucose-fructose versus glucose on oxidation rate, systematic review and meta-analysis, 2025 · Fructose for endurance exercise performance and recovery, The Physiological Society · Multiple transportable carbohydrates and their benefits, Gatorade Sports Science Institute

Why two carbs may sit better than one

Fast absorption through different pathways makes it easier on your stomach

Gut symptoms are common in endurance exercise: bloating, cramping, nausea. Glucose and fructose use different transporters, which raises absorption and fluid delivery. In one comparison of 8.6% solutions at 90g an hour, the glucose and fructose drink emptied from the stomach faster and delivered more fluid than glucose alone. In another trial, stomach fullness did not rise over five hours of glucose and fructose at 90g an hour, as it did with glucose alone.

Sources: Carbohydrate-Dependent, Exercise-Induced Gastrointestinal Distress, Nutrients, 2014 · From Metabolism to Medals, The Journal of Nutrition, 2026

Fuel Is A Plan, Not A Reaction

Glides on without leaving a greasy residue.

Waiting until you feel flat means you are already behind. Carbohydrate taken on a schedule keeps the supply steady. Carbohydrate taken in a panic arrives late.

Pick a rate you have practised: one gel an hour, two or three. Set a timer. Take them at the same moments in every long session, so race day is a rehearsal and not an experiment.

Fuel is a plan. The gel is how you carry it.