Solid 160

Maurten Solid 160 is a bar with 42 g of carbohydrate, 250 mg of sodium and no caffeine per serving. It scores 87/100 on the CarbRate Science Score, helped by a dual-source glucose and fructose blend that raises how much carbohydrate the gut can absorb per hour. At 60 g of carbs per hour that is one and a half servings an hour.

Who Solid 160 suits

Runners fueling at 60 g of carbohydrate per hour or more. The glucose plus fructose blend uses two absorption pathways, so more of what you swallow gets used and less sits in the stomach.

Runners who want fewer servings to carry. At 42 g per serving, an hour at 90 g/hr is 2 servings, which matters over a marathon or ultra where pocket space and hand-offs are real limits.

Runners who want to keep caffeine separate, or race caffeine-free. Caffeine-free fuel is easier to repeat every 20 to 30 minutes without stacking a stimulant.

Heavy or salty sweaters and hot-weather races. 250 mg of sodium per serving covers a good share of typical sweat losses without a separate electrolyte product.

Long steady efforts more than hard racing. Protein slows gastric emptying, and this one carries 2 g per serving.

Runners with dietary limits: it is gluten-free according to the manufacturer.

How to use it in a race

Start early. Take the first serving 15 to 20 minutes into the race, before you feel you need it, and repeat on a fixed clock. At 60 g/hr that is one and a half servings per hour; at 90 g/hr it is 2.

Bar texture. Take it with two or three mouthfuls of water so the carbohydrate is diluted enough to leave the stomach quickly.

Practice it on long runs at race intensity before you race on it. Gut tolerance is trained; a fuel that felt fine at easy pace can behave differently at marathon effort.

Cost at 60 g/hr works out to about $4.29 per hour at list price, or roughly $15 for a three-and-a-half hour marathon.

Servings per hour assume the 42 g per serving on the label. The finder sets your own g/hr target from race distance, sweat and gut.

Why it scores what it does

Computed from verified label data with the same evidence rules for every product. Retailer relationships play no part in the score.

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How it went for runners like you

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