Veloforte Mixed Natural Energy Chews Review: Real Fruit Fuel That Tastes Amazing
Holly Woodford - WomensSportsStore.com Editor
We have all had those Waxy, chemical-tasting cubes that coat your mouth and sit in your stomach like a brick, the kind of mid-run fuel that makes you dread the next one before you’ve even swallowed the last. The Veloforte Mixed Natural Energy Chews are a different proposition entirely. These are soft, genuinely fruit-flavoured energy chews for running and endurance training, and after testing them across trail and road sessions, they’ve changed how I fuel on the move.
The short version: they taste like actual food, they’re easy to eat at pace, and my stomach had zero complaints. The trade-off is price. At around £13.75 for a mixed pack of five (five individual packs), they sit in the premium lane. Whether that’s worth it depends on how much you value fuel you’ll actually want to eat at mile 15.
Taste and Texture
This is where the Veloforte Mixed Natural Energy Chews earn their keep. The chews are small, soft cubes that break down quickly without the jaw effort or sticky residue that plagues so many competitors. I could eat two squares every 20 minutes without breaking my breathing rhythm or my pace.
The flavours are genuinely distinct. Mela (apple and cinnamon) tastes closer to apple crumble than lab-created apple flavouring. Fresco (lemon and cool mint) is bright and clean, suited for the middle of a long run. Citro (citrus and ginger) adds a pleasant warmth. And the Amaro chews (sour cherry and guarana) provided a caffeinated option that tasted good without the usual bitterness.
The mixed-pack format solves a real problem here. Rotating flavours across a long run kept things interesting with almost no taste fatigue, and I never dreaded the next chew. That alone separates these from single-flavour packs where every feed starts to blur into the same cloying sweetness.
Nutrition Profile
Each pack delivers up to 44g of natural dual-source carbohydrates (glucose and fructose from real fruit juice) and 145mg of electrolytes including sodium and potassium. That’s a solid carb hit for endurance fuelling in a compact, pocketable format.
The Amaro chew (sour cherry and guarana) contains 75mg of natural caffeine, a meaningful dose for the later miles. Caffeinated sports products often taste bitter or chemical. This one doesn’t. It still tastes like something you’d choose to eat, which puts it in a very small club. The ingredients list across the flavours is clean: real fruit, no artificial additives, no gums, no waxes.
Performance and Gut Comfort
These sat gently in my stomach with no bloating, no sloshing, no digestive issues, even deep into a long trail run. For female runners navigating hormonal shifts that affect gut sensitivity, avoiding digestive issues is a priority. Gut problems are a major performance risk in endurance sport, and these chews remained easy to digest.
The six-chew-per-pack format makes structured fuelling straightforward. Two chews every 20 minutes gives you a reliable carb delivery system without overthinking it mid-effort. I used the lighter flavours early and saved the Amaro caffeine hit for the back half, which provided a useful energy boost in the later miles.
Carryability
The packs are vest-friendly, compact, and dry to the touch. They survived a cramped running belt on a warm day without melting or sticking together, and they opened cleanly on the move. That sounds like a low bar, but anyone who has wrestled with a gel wrapper while running at threshold pace will appreciate how much logistics matter with mid-run fuel.
Value
Veloforte sits at a premium compared to mainstream energy chews. The spend goes toward real fruit ingredients, a clean formulation, and a flavour experience that means you’ll actually use the product consistently. If you’re the kind of runner who leaves cheaper chews untouched in your vest because you can’t face eating them, the value case for these is straightforward.
If you prefer very high-carb fuelling strategies, gels or drink mixes may still be more efficient per gram of carbohydrate. These chews shine for athletes who want a more food-like option and variety across a session.
Who I’d Recommend Them To
The Veloforte Mixed Natural Energy Chews are a strong fit if you are:
- Training for or racing events of an hour or more
- Someone who has struggled with the taste, texture, or gut impact of standard energy chews or gels
- An athlete who wants to use caffeine strategically without the usual bitter hit
- Looking for a natural, clean-ingredient fuel that you’ll actually eat when it counts
If you prefer a single flavour, Veloforte sells individual chew variants separately. But the mixed format is where the real value lies for long runs and race day.
Final Verdict
The Veloforte Mixed Natural Energy Chews have earned a permanent spot in my race kit. Soft enough to eat without breaking stride, gentle on the stomach, and varied enough to keep fuelling interesting over hours of effort. The caffeine chew alone is one of the best I’ve tried. They’re not cheap, but they solve the problems that actually matter when you’re deep into a long session and need fuel you can trust.
