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Vegan fuels that can hit 90 g of carbs an hour

Almost every serious race fuel is already plant-based; the question is which ones deliver the density and the 2:1 blend a trained gut needs.

Carb target for this profile
≈ 90 g/hr
To hit ~90 g/hr carbs: about 3 Carb & Electrolyte Drink Mix (PF 30/60) per hour (90 g/hr). For a cool road race your sodium need is small. Plain water plus your carb fuel covers it; add electrolytes to taste.

The three-product answer

#1 · 61% matchDrink Mixes · Drink

Precision Fuel & Hydration Carb & Electrolyte Drink Mix (PF 30/60)

30 g carbs · 500 mg sodium · Science Score 100
  • Caffeine-free: good for the early miles, before you take caffeine.
#2 · 61% matchDrink Mixes · Drink

Maurten Drink Mix 160

41 g carbs · 210 mg sodium · Science Score 100
  • Caffeine-free: good for the early miles, before you take caffeine.
#3 · 61% matchChews · Chew

Precision Fuel & Hydration PF 30 Chew

30 g carbs · 0 mg sodium · Science Score 100
  • Caffeine-free: good for the early miles, before you take caffeine.
  • ~3.0 per hour to hit your 90 g/hr target.

Why

Ninety grams an hour is the ceiling of what a trained gut absorbs, and it is only worth chasing if you have done the gut training. At that rate the glucose:fructose blend is not optional: glucose transport alone tops out around 60 g/hr.

What matters: high carbs per serving (so you are not swallowing four gels an hour), a 2:1 or 1:0.8 blend, and a drink mix carrying part of the load. Vegan status is a filter, not a scoring factor — most products pass.

The trap is starting at 90. Ramp across the long-run block from about 55 and let the gut catch up; the testing plan does this for you.

Also fits

Precision Fuel & Hydration PF 30 Gel · 61% match · 30 g→Science in Sport Beta Fuel Energy Chews · 61% match · 45 g→Science in Sport Beta Fuel 80 Energy Drink Mix · 61% match · 80 g→Maurten Drink Mix 320 · 61% match · 80 g→Tailwind Nutrition High Carb Fuel · 61% match · 90 g→

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