Pectin creates a softer chew than gelatin—easier to eat when you're breathing hard and don't want a jaw workout mid-effort. Skratch Labs built the Energy Chews Sport Fuel around this texture advantage, producing a gumdrop-style fuel that goes down quickly without the sticky, waxy quality common to many energy chews. Each pouch contains 10 chews delivering 80 calories and 19 grams of carbohydrates per half-pack serving. The formula combines glucose and fructose, leveraging dual transport pathways to increase the total carbohydrate your body can absorb per hour.

Real fruit handles the flavoring—grape juice, raspberry juice, orange juice, cherry powder, or lemon powder depending on the variant—rather than artificial compounds that cause flavor fatigue over hours of use. The ingredient list stays short: sugar, glucose syrup, water, pectin, fruit, and citric acid. No waxes, no synthetic colors, no perfumes, nothing that exists purely for appearance. The chews taste like what they are: fruit-flavored gumdrops designed to maintain blood sugar during prolonged exercise.

The format offers more control than gels. Eat one chew at a time, two at a time, or the whole pouch depending on your needs and what your gut can handle. Most athletes aim for 40-100 grams of carbohydrates per hour during hard efforts; one pouch provides roughly 40 grams, so you can scale intake to match duration and intensity. They stay firm in heat, won't explode in your pocket, and soften up quickly in cold weather if you warm them in your hand.... Read More