During-effort fuel · drink mix · reviewed 28 Aug 2026
UnTapped Hydration Drink Mix 25
Two ingredients — organic maple syrup and sea salt — branded MapleAid, deliver 250 mg of sodium in a single 32 g packet, fifty times the 5 mg in UnTapped's own Maple gel, while keeping the same short label the brand is known for.
Score breakdown
The overall score is the average of what's below, each measured against every other drink mix we've reviewed.
25
Weak
Based on 3 of 4 measures ?A dimension a product doesn't declare is left out of its average rather than counted against it -- so this score reflects fewer measures than a product with a full panel.
Carb density ?How much fuel one scoop or sachet carries. 90 g is the ceiling here, matching the top of the range cited for multi-transportable-carb intake.22
Sodium ?Sodium carried by the mix itself, on a scale topping out at 1000 mg — the upper end of what's typically lost to sweat in an hour.25
Value (cost/gram) ?Price of one gram of carbohydrate. Not physiological -- a market-based scale from $0.15/g (0) to $0.02/g (100).29
Cost per gram of carbohydrate
$0.113/g
Glucose : fructose · not disclosed
n/d
Comparison
6 of 14 drink mixes heldPrices per single sachet at the cheapest box size we track. Best in green, worst in red, across the gels shown.
| Measure | UnTapped UnTapped Hydration Drink Mix | Tailwind Nutrition Tailwind Endurance Fuel | Skratch Labs Skratch Labs Super High-Carb Sport Drink Mix | Maurten Maurten Drink Mix 320 | Science in Sport SiS Beta Fuel 80 Drink Mix | Precision Fuel & Hydration Precision Fuel & Hydration Carb & Electrolyte Drink Mix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarbohydrateHow much fuel one sachet carries. | 20 g | 25 g | 50 g | 80 g | 80 g | 30 g |
| Glucose : fructoseGoverns how fast you absorb it. More fructose, higher ceiling. | n/d | n/d | n/d | n/d | 1 : 0.8 | 1 : 0.5 |
| SodiumAgainst 400 to 1000 mg an hour typically lost in sweat. | 250 mg | 310 mg | 200 mg | 245 mg | 4 mg | 500 mg |
| ProvenanceWhether that ratio is read off the panel, computed from it, or inferred. | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Stated | Stated |
| Price per sachetWhat one costs. Not comparable across sachet sizes. | $2.25 | $1.03 | $2.62 | $3.64 | $3.87 | $2.13 |
| Cost per gramThe only price that compares across sachet sizes. | $0.113 | $0.041 | $0.052 | $0.045 | $0.048 | $0.071 |
| Sachets for 90 g/hrHow many you open an hour to hold a 90 g/hr target. | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 3.0 |
Verdict
what it does · what it costsWhat it does well
- Two ingredients, tied with UnTapped's own Maple gel for the shortest label of any product in this catalog.
- 250 mg of sodium per packet from sea salt alone, a real electrolyte dose rather than a token amount.
- USDA organic, single-origin Vermont maple syrup, the same sourcing as UnTapped's gel line.
What it costs you
- $0.112 a gram of carbohydrate, the most expensive drink mix in this catalog on cost-per-gram — it's priced and formulated as a hydration product, not a carb-loading one.
- No glucose:fructose ratio: maple syrup's sugar composition is whatever the tree and season produced, the same gap as UnTapped's gel.
- No stated water-dilution ratio on the packet or product page; you have to decide how much to cut it yourself.
Where to buy
Prices and links as last checked.
Who this is for
the numbers, appliedThe field tells you what it is. This is who should act on it.
Worth the money if
- You want a genuinely short-label sodium source and already like UnTapped's maple gels.
- You're looking for a real sodium dose (250 mg) in a small, packable format.
Look elsewhere if
- You want the drink to be your primary carbohydrate source; 20 g a packet is light for that.
- You want explicit mixing instructions rather than figuring out your own dilution.