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Maurten Drink Mix 160 vs Tailwind Nutrition High Carb Fuel

Both verified against their manufacturer source and scored on the same fueling evidence. Highlighted cells are the stronger number for racing.

Maurten Drink Mix 160Tailwind Nutrition High Carb Fuel
RC Science Score100 /100100 /100
Carbohydrate41 g90 g
Sodium210 mg680 mg
Caffeine0 mg0 mg
Protein0 g0 g
Glucose:fructose1.25 :12.00 :1
Cost per serving$2.50$3.69
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What an hour on each looks like — and the two together

Specs tell you what is in a serving. This tells you how many servings an hour hit your target, what that delivers, what the race costs, and what you would carry. Set your own target from the finder and it follows you here.

Servings per hour to hit the target, what that delivers, and what you would carry.
Maurten Drink Mix 160
1.5 × Drink Mix 160 / hr
62 gcarbs / hr
315 mgsodium / hr
caffeine / hr
$15.20for the race
🎒 6 servings of mix of Maurten Drink Mix 160
Tailwind Nutrition High Carb Fuel
0.7 × High Carb Fuel / hr
63 gcarbs / hr
476 mgsodium / hr
caffeine / hr
$10.40for the race
🎒 3 servings of mix of Tailwind Nutrition High Carb Fuel
Combo: Drink Mix 160 + High Carb Fuel (half each)
0.7 × Drink Mix 160 / hr
0.3 × High Carb Fuel / hr
56 gcarbs / hr
351 mgsodium / hr
caffeine / hr
$11.60for the race
🎒 3 servings of mix of Maurten Drink Mix 160
🎒 2 servings of mix of Tailwind Nutrition High Carb Fuel

Sodium and caffeine show what these products deliver at that rate. Your caffeine dose comes from the caffeine tool, and the drink-mix tool checks a bottle's concentration.

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