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The Science

Hitting a wall your training can't explain?

The fade in hour two. The gel you dread by the fourth one. Before you blame your legs, read the label in your pocket.

Per gel

26gCarbohydrate
190mgSodium
125mgPotassium
100Calories
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Third-party tested Made in Montréal 30-day guarantee Real Québec maple, in every gelThird-party tested Made in Montréal 30-day guarantee Real Québec maple, in every gelThird-party tested Made in Montréal 30-day guarantee Real Québec maple, in every gel
Third-party tested Made in Montréal 30-day guarantee Real Québec maple, in every gelThird-party tested Made in Montréal 30-day guarantee Real Québec maple, in every gelThird-party tested Made in Montréal 30-day guarantee Real Québec maple, in every gel
The label check

Pick up any gel. Three ingredients to check.

Try it on any gel you have, ours included.

Three ingredients

Fails the checkA refined starch first SèveMaple syrup

Maple syrup is sucrose: glucose and fructose, already bonded one to one. Fuelling with both sugars together is the approach reviewed here in 2010.

Sève: maple syrup is sucrose, glucose and fructose already bonded. In every gel.

Fails the checkSodium chloride (salt), or none at all Sève190 mg, as citrate

A salt is sodium chloride, whether it comes from the Himalayas or the sea. We use sodium citrate and potassium citrate, and we publish the milligrams: 190 mg of sodium, 125 mg of potassium per gel.

We chose citrate. We have not published a study comparing it with chloride.

Fails the checkNot on the label Sève125 mg, as citrate

Sweat carries more than sodium. We add potassium as potassium citrate, declared on the label: 125 mg per gel.

The back of the pouch

First ingredient A refined starch first Maple syrup
Sodium Sodium chloride (salt), or none at all 190 mg, as citrate
Potassium Not on the label 125 mg, as citrate

Sève values per 38 g gel, taken from the Flow label.

Sève passes all three.

Flow's whole list is three ingredients: maple syrup, sodium citrate, potassium citrate. Focus adds 70 mg of caffeine. Recover adds 50 mg of magnesium.

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Try Sève for yourself

The Variety Pack has one of each formula. It's the easiest way to find your favourite.

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Why maple

Two sugars. Already in the syrup.

Maple syrup is sucrose: one glucose bonded to one fructose, just as it comes from the tree.

And it tastes like maple because the carbohydrate is maple. No artificial flavours or colours, vegan, gluten-free. By gel four of a long day, that matters.

Read the ingredient list on Flow →

A cyclist reading the label of a Sève gel
Electrolytes added

Maple alone is a carbohydrate. A race gel needs the electrolytes too.

Maple syrup gives you the carbohydrate. We add sodium citrate and potassium citrate for the electrolytes: 190 mg of sodium and 125 mg of potassium in every gel.

The base gel. No caffeine, no magnesium, nothing added past the two citrates.

Flow, plus 70 mg of caffeine from green coffee bean extract.

Flow, plus 50 mg of magnesium. No caffeine.

See Flow →
Fuel calculator

How much do you need?

Enter your weight, your sport and your experience. You get a plan you can take with you.

General guidance, not a prescription. Always with water.

Your plan, in 20 seconds

Your sport

Your experience with gels

Your sport

One gel. Every sport.

The rule stays the same: 26 g of carbs every 30 minutes, always with water. The fuel guide gives you the number for your event.

A runner taking a Sève gel mid-stride

Running

For sessions over an hour, first gel 5 minutes before you start (our advice, not a label direction). Next gel at 25 minutes, then hold the rate. Focus before the start and late in the run, 3 at most. No caffeine? One Recover after every two Flow.

"I took one every 30 minutes and came through the finish line with a PB of 3:11!!!"
Angela Shoniker, customer review
Start with the Variety Pack →
The rear wheel and drivetrain of a road bike in motion

Cycling

Bottles carry the water, pockets carry the gels. Focus before the start and late in the ride, 3 at most.

Two gels an hour on rides over an hour, plus one before you start (our advice).

Flow, the base gel →
A triathlete in the aero position on a time trial bike

Triathlon

Rehearse your rate in each sport in training. Race day is not the day to improvise.

Keep a spare gel in transition.

One of each, in one box →
An athlete opening a Recover gel

Gym / HYROX

Focus before the session: 70 mg of caffeine, about what an espresso carries, with 26 g of carbohydrate. Recover and its 50 mg of magnesium for the days between.

"I'm not a runner, but I use the FOCUS gels as an alternative to coffee and energy drinks."
Francis Bisson, customer review
Focus, 70 mg →
Real reviews

The reviews, in their own words

4.9 49 reviews

Read all 49 reviews →

Lionel Sanders and Ted King have raced on maple. Neither races for us. The athletes who read the label →

FAQ

The finer points

Maple syrup, in every gel.
Citrate gives us sodium and potassium in a form we can measure and print. We have not published a study comparing it with chloride, so we do not claim it is better.
70 mg per gel, from green coffee bean extract. Flow and Recover contain no caffeine.
It is the form we chose, and the label lists 50 mg of magnesium per gel. We make no claim about what it does for you; for timing, treat Recover exactly like Flow.
Flow, Focus and Recover gels

Three formulas, one box

Flow, Focus and Recover in one order. You will know which one is yours after a single long day.

See the three formulas →