Launched in June 2025 after two years of development, Nutripure's Long Distance energy gel bets on a new, dense texture and a deliberately neutral taste to keep you going on efforts longer than 2 hours 30. The French specialist press has barely covered it so far, but since summer 2026 it has started to pick up real-world feedback from road, gravel and trail.
© Nutripure, official photo used for editorial purposes
Nutripure's Long Distance gel delivers 30 g of carbs (2:1 glucose:fructose ratio) in a dense gelled texture called SolidCarbs™, the opposite of a classic liquid gel. Two independent testers, one after sixteen gels across a half marathon, a trail race and a gran fondo, the other after several months of riding including a 7-hour gran fondo, report a neutral taste that never turns cloying and flawless gut comfort. The one real weakness both of them flag: a fairly bulky pouch that takes longer to empty completely as the pace climbs.
Nutripure made its name in strength training and fitness before rolling out, more recently, a full endurance range: bars, sports drinks, electrolytes and now this Long Distance gel, unveiled in June 2025 after two years of R&D. The brand touts a patented SolidCarbs™ technology, a dense gelled texture designed to stand apart from classic liquid gels and to limit flavor fatigue as efforts drag on.
The approach is clear: instead of a bold flavor, Nutripure goes all in on neutral. It's a choice that usually splits opinion, but it lands with both independent testers we consulted for this article. Both were won over after many hours of cumulative effort.
| Brand | Nutripure |
| Model | Long Distance energy gel |
| Pouch weight | 52 g |
| Carbs | 30 g (of which 19 g sugars), 2:1 glucose:fructose ratio |
| Energy | 120 kcal |
| Sodium | 53 mg (0.16 g salt) |
| Technology | SolidCarbs™, dense gelled texture |
| Ingredients | Water, maltodextrin, fructose, dextrose, sodium citrate, citric acid, gellan gum |
| Preservatives / sweeteners | None |
| Pouch size | About 14.3 x 6 cm |
| Price | 6 gels / €16.90 · box of 12 / €29.90 · 3-box pack (36 gels) / €79.90 (€2.22/gel at the best price) |
| Launch | June 2025 |
| Availability | nutripure.fr |
At 30 g of carbs per pouch, the dose sits at the upper end of classic gels but falls short of 40 g premium formats like the Maurten Gel 160 or SiS Beta Fuel. If your strategy targets 90 g of carbs per hour, that means one extra gel.
© Nutripure, official photo used for editorial purposes
RunMorph's advice: always test a new gel in training before a race, and if you're running a high-carb strategy, plan one more gel per hour than you would with a 40 g format.
The first tester went through at least sixteen Long Distance gels, bought with his own money, across a half marathon (1:29), a 27 km trail race (2:16, 39th overall) and a 120 km gran fondo with 1,950 m of elevation gain (4:11, four gels spaced 45 minutes apart). His takeaway: a genuinely neutral taste he enjoys over the long haul, no palate fatigue and no stomach trouble in any of the settings he tested, and a dense texture that goes down easily with about three sips of water. His reservation is the pouch size: four fit in a top-tube bag, but it's a tight squeeze.
The second tester, founder of a cycling media outlet, has used the Nutripure range in training and racing since March 2026, including a 7-hour gran fondo where the gel was his main carb source. His review, flagged as unsponsored with no free product, matches the first on the essentials. The Long Distance gel is the product that impressed him most across the whole range he tested (bars, gels, drink mix). Its neutral taste lets him take gel after gel without flavor fatigue, and the energy feels steady, with no spikes. His reservation is the same as the first tester's: the pouch takes a while to empty completely when the intensity climbs, so it sometimes takes several goes.
So both reports agree on the same strengths (neutral taste, gut comfort, a texture that keeps palate fatigue at bay) and the same concrete drawback (the pouch format). Separately, Nutripure cites 97.5% approval for digestive comfort among a panel of more than 50 athletes. That figure comes from the brand's own marketing and we could not verify it independently. Treat it as a sales pitch, not a clinical study result.
| Criterion | Nutripure Long Distance | Maurten Gel 160 |
|---|---|---|
| Carbs | 30 g per 52 g pouch | 40 g per pouch |
| Technology | SolidCarbs™, dense gelled texture | Hydrogel, alginate/pectin encapsulation |
| Taste | Deliberately neutral | Neutral, texture closer to a smooth liquid gel |
| Price | From €2.22/gel (36-pack) | About €2.90 to €3.30/gel depending on pack size |
| Time on the market | Launched in June 2025 | Established benchmark for several years |
The Maurten Gel 160 remains the benchmark if you want the highest carb dose and a longer track record in the field. The Nutripure Long Distance positions itself as a cheaper per-gel alternative when you buy in bulk, with a more moderate dose but the same goal: gut comfort and a neutral taste.
The Nutripure Long Distance is aimed first at endurance athletes who have already hit the wall of palate fatigue on very sweet or very fruity gels after several hours out. Its dense texture and neutral taste make it a credible option for long trail races, gran fondos or ultras, as long as you accept a pouch that's less compact than the competition's.
A reliable fueling strategy gets built in training, not on race day. The RunMorph training plans help you structure your long runs so you can test this kind of product properly before your goal race.
With only a year on the market and two independent but consistent field reports, the Long Distance shows that Nutripure made a coherent choice with its SolidCarbs™ texture and neutral taste. The reported gut comfort is a real selling point for long efforts, even if the 30 g dose trails the premium benchmarks and the pouch could be less bulky.
7.5/10. A credible alternative, cheaper per gel than the established benchmarks, best suited to athletes prone to palate fatigue rather than those chasing the highest carb dose per serving.