Sixty bananas are an impressive yellow mountain of energy. Sixty bananas are roughly equivalent to the 6000 calories that a biker burns on a difficult stage of the adidas BIKE Transalp Challenge. And yet no hungry biker has to lug a trailer full of banana plants over the Alps. An entire industry has specialised in providing the energy needed for endurance sports in more practical packaging than a yellow bowl. Powdered drinks, energy bars and viscous gel in small sachets - the range is so extensive that you could live on concentrates around the clock, space travel sends its regards. But which product is used when? And what do you need to look out for in your pre-competition diet?
You can find the answers in the free PDF download at the end of this article.
Product list race catering
Powdered drink for before exercise:
Ultra Sports Ultra Starter
Vitargo Carboloader
gels during exercise:
Born Super Gel
Enervit Sport Gel
High Five Energy Gel
Isostar Actifood Gel
Maxim Energy Gel
Power Bar Power Gel
SIS GO Gel
Sponser Liquid Energy
Squeezy Gel
Xenofit Carbohydrate Gel
Energy bar:
Born Xtra Bar
Enervit Power Sport
Extran Professional
High Five Energy Bar/Sports Bar
Isostar High Energy
Maxim Energy Bar
Nutraxx Energy Bar
Performance Energiser Plus
Powerbar Performance
SIS Go Bar
Sponser High Energy Bar
Ultra Sports Ultra Bar
Xenofit Carbobar
Powdered drinks/concentrates during exercise:
Born Finale
Born Isotone Sport Drink
Extran Professional
High Five Isotonic Energy Source
Isostar Long Energy
Maxim Electrolyte
Nutraxx Carbopower
Performance Energiser Plus
Powerbar Hydro Plus
Sponser Isotonic
Squeezy Trainer
Ultra Sports Ultra Buffer
Vitargo Electrolyte
Xenofit Competition
SIS Go Electrolyte Sports Fuel
Powdered drink for after exercise:
High Five Protein
Performance Recup Fast
Powerbar Protein Plus
Sponser Recovery Drink
Sponser Regeneration
Ultra Sports Ultra Refresher
Vitargo Protein
Energy bar for after exercise:
High Five Protein Bar
Maxim Recovery
Powerbar Protein Plus
Sponser Energy Bar
This list does not claim to be exhaustive and may soon be out of date due to new developments by the manufacturers.
It is best to check the manufacturer's range on their websites:
Sources of supply:
Born: www.bornsport.com
Xenofit: www.xenofit.de
Maxim: www.maxim-online.de
Powerbar: www.powerbar-europe.com
Enervit: www.grofa.com , www.enervit.it
Nutraxx: www.nutraxx.de
Ultra Sports: www.ultra-sports.de
Sponser: www.sponser.de
High Five: www.rti-sports.de
Extran: www.aitos.com , www.extran.nl
Squeezy: www.acs-vertrieb.de , www.squeezygel.de
Performance: www.mr-performance.de
SIS: www.rawhope.de
Isostar: www.novartis.com
Vitargo: www.vitargo.com
