During-effort fuel · gel · reviewed 28 Aug 2026

NEVERSECOND C30+ Gel 40

Item: NEVERSECOND C30+ Gel
Rating: 40
Author: Lourenço Faria e Maia

NEVERSECOND / 60 ml sachet / 30 g carbohydrate / $3.50

The same 2:1 blend, 200 mg of sodium and $3.50-a-gel price as Neversecond's own plain C30 Gel, with 75 mg of caffeine added at no extra cost.

Score breakdown

Each dimension below is scored 0 to 100 against a fixed scale, not against the rest of the catalog, so adding a product never moves this number. The overall score is the average of the dimensions this product declares data for. How the scales are set →

40/100

Mixed

Absorption rate ?How much carbohydrate an hour the glucose-to-fructose blend can move. Scored from the stated or derived ratio (1:0.8 tops out this scale); an Estimated ratio counts the same as a Stated one here.72

Carb density ?How much fuel one sachet carries. 90 g is the ceiling here, matching the top of the range cited for multi-transportable-carb intake.33

Value (cost/gram) ?Price of one gram of carbohydrate. Not physiological: a market-based scale from 15 cents/g (0) to 2 cents/g (100).26

Gut comfort ?A proxy, not a taste or tolerance test: shorter ingredient lists score higher, from 15 ingredients (0) to 1 (100). Nobody has actually run these through anyone's gut for this score.29

Cost per gram of carbohydrate

11.7 cents/g

Glucose : fructose

1:0.5

Comparison

5 of 38 gels held

Prices per single sachet at the cheapest box size we track. Best in green, worst in red, across the gels shown.

Measure	NEVERSECOND NEVERSECOND C30+ Gel	Maurten Maurten Gel 100	Science in Sport SiS Beta Fuel Gel	Precision Fuel & Hydration Precision Fuel PF 30 Gel	NEVERSECOND NEVERSECOND C30 Gel
Overall scoreAn average of the various variables measured.	40	47	58	49	42
CarbohydrateHow much fuel one sachet carries.	30 g	25 g	40 g	30 g	30 g
Glucose : fructoseGoverns how fast you absorb it. More fructose, higher ceiling.	1 : 0.5	1 : 0.8	1 : 0.77	1 : 0.5	1 : 0.5
SodiumAgainst 400 to 1000 mg an hour typically lost in sweat.	200 mg	20 mg	30 mg	not declared	200 mg
CaffeineA preference, not a quality, so it is not scored.	75 mg	0 mg	0 mg	0 mg	0 mg
ProvenanceWhether that ratio is read off the panel, computed from it, or inferred.	Stated	Stated	Derived	Stated	Stated
Price per sachetWhat one costs. Not comparable across sachet sizes.	$3.50	$3.75	$2.50	$3.12	$3.50
Cost per gramThe only price that compares across sachet sizes.	11.7 cents	15 cents	6.3 cents	10.4 cents	11.7 cents
Sachets for 90 g/hrHow many you open an hour to hold a 90 g/hr target.	3.0	3.6	2.3	3.0	3.0

Verdict

what it does · what it costs

What it does well

200 mg of sodium and 75 mg of caffeine in one sachet, so you're not carrying a separate caffeine product on top of your electrolytes.
Priced identically to the non-caffeinated C30, $3.50 a gel either way.
Publishes the ratio and full nutrition panel rather than leaving it to be derived.

What it costs you

2:1 ratio caps your ceiling the same way it does on plain C30, around 60-75 g/hr rather than 90 and above.
11.7 cents a gram, nearly double SiS Beta Fuel, now with caffeine bundled in whether you want it timed there or not.
Caffeine and sodium are locked together, so you can't dose one without the other.

Where to buy

Prices and links as last checked. The price next to the name above is per unit at the cheapest box size we track; a single-unit price below may run higher.

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Who this is for

the numbers, applied

The field tells you what it is. This is who should act on it.

Worth the money if

You already use Neversecond C30 and want some sachets with caffeine folded in without switching brands or paying more.
You're a heavy or salty sweater who also wants caffeine timed to the same stops.

Look elsewhere if

You want to control caffeine and sodium timing independently.
You're chasing 90 g/hr or more and want a better ratio than 2:1.