{"id":1831,"date":"2009-01-29T16:46:55","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T02:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2009-01-29T16:46:55","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T02:46:55","slug":"gu-roctane-energy-gel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/01\/29\/gu-roctane-energy-gel\/","title":{"rendered":"GU Roctane Energy Gel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In my book, GU<\/em> makes the best energy gels, both in nutritional content technology and flavor. Now they have upped the ante by introducing Roctane<\/em>, basically a double load of calories and performance enhancing components in around the same volume. With double the content, comes double the price: A regular GU retails for about $1.25 USD, whereas a Roctane retails for around $2.50 USD. I bought a few back in December before heading to Japan for snowboarding and gave them a try. Indeed, the effects are more noticeable than with a regular GU. The added aminos and citrates that Roctane\u00c2\u00a0includes helped delay the burn and maintain performance levels. This was especially critical, since I didn’t bring with me my normal complement of sports drinks that usually provide these. There are two flavors, a vanilla\/orange and a blueberry\/pomegranite. Of the two, I only like the blueberry. The orange has a bitter orange peel<\/em> flavor. This is in line with my dislike of GU\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s other orange-flavored products \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the regular GU gel and the GU2O electrolyte beverage powder.<\/p>\n

Since these are essentially twice the content of a regular GU at twice the price, these would probably be good for racing or other situations where constantly popping gels is problematic or it is difficult or impractical to carry a lot of packets.<\/p>\n

Made in The USA<\/p>\n

Recommended (blueberry\/pomegranate flavor)<\/p>\n

Three out of four grinning sports monkeys<\/p>\n

About $2.50 USD each<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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