Xact Fruit Gels

Xact Fruit Gels are real-fruit energy gels from Montréal, made with fruit purée for long runs, rides and race day. Smooth and jam-like rather than gloopy, they go down fast even at high intensity, and they taste like fruit instead of flavoured sugar.

Who Xact Fruit Gels are for

These are for runners who are tired of syrupy gels and want something closer to real food without giving up fast carbs. The texture is light, like a smooth fruit purée, with no sticky film left behind. Glucose syrup, sugar and real fruit purée land on a 2:1 glucose-to-fructose ratio, with a pinch of salt and potassium.

On runs of one to three hours, have one every 45–60 minutes; when racing or pushing hard, go every 30–45 minutes or stack two or three an hour. Heading out for something huge? The Xact Energy Fruit Gel Bulk pouch lets you fill soft flasks with exactly what you need. Prefer to chew? Xact Energy Fruit Bars are the same real-fruit idea in a soft bar that melts in your mouth.

Xact Fruit Gels flavours

• Apricot
• Strawberry
• Blackcurrant – contains caffeine. Xact suggests taking it about an hour before you want the lift.