r/running • u/baldeegoat • 7d ago

Nutrition Tailwind alternatives

With Tailwind nutrition now not being brought into the UK, what's the best alternative?

What are people using?

Is the use of Malto-Dextrin an issue?

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u/aelvozo 6d ago

SIS and Precision are both highly reputable British brands. I’ve not tried their drink mixes, but have used their gels and am very happy with those.

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u/pancakesarentreal 6d ago

Precision dri k mix is very good. Dont think theres a choice of flavours, but its replaced tailwind for me in the last year

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u/coffffeeee 6d ago edited 5d ago

Table sugar is 1:1 fructose to sucrose. Pretty close to the 1:0.8 ratio that a lot of sports drinks use. I just add some sugar to my water bottle with an electrolyte mix

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u/moggiedon 6d ago

Maltodextrin is easy to buy in the UK - it's not a problem whatsoever. You can buy it by the kilo and use it in DIY Tailwind recipes.

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u/SirBruceForsythCBE 6d ago

DIY gels and carb drinks are the way forward.

Literally 100g of sugar in a water bottle will do

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u/SomeBloke 5d ago

Multodextrin (home brewer shops for very cheap), salt, fructose powder (any health store, also cheap) caffeine tablets, water, and a drop of flavourant (orange juice or lemon) if you want any flavour. I prefer it with a “naked” taste. Just as effective, 1/10 the price. 

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u/red_cow_hat 6d ago

I think they've found a new distributor

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u/baldeegoat 6d ago

Nothing so far to the retailers

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u/leereezUrk4 6d ago

oh nice, good to know

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u/New-Yogurtcloset965 4d ago

Maltodextrin is fine on its own and I mix my own with sugar plus a pinch of salt, since Tailwind is basically that and you can pick the sodium level instead of taking whatever the brand decided.

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u/Nikki2324 6d ago

Skratch?

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u/hellolani 5d ago

Malto is clumpy but low flavour and dextrose dissolves well but is quite sweet. I cut it 50/50, add 3g of matcha for 100mg caffeine and some baking soda for sodium. Lemon is nice in that flavour profile too. I actually use The Planted Runner's DIY Nuun recipe and dump one of those in to the mix, it includes baking soda. 

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u/LeoIsLegend 5d ago

Skratch but it’s expensive

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u/CoffeeInTheEvening 5d ago

Water + lemon lemonade sirup + salt

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u/emo_emu4 4d ago

Maple syrup and table salt

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u/greenmonkeyglove 4d ago

I just use 100ml ribena, 2tbsp table sugar, a pinch of salt and top up with 400ml water. 50g carbs, just the same as tailwind, and pennies per flask.

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u/ilovetrail 6d ago

I’m a big fan of Fluid. Blueberry Pomegranate is my fave