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No added sugar. No stimulants. This energy powder runs on LIVSTEADY, a slow release carbohydrate that keeps energy coming for 90 minutes per scoop.
LIVSTEADY is a hydrothermally cooked non-GMO corn starch. That process builds an unusually large carbohydrate molecule, which is what lets it clear the stomach quickly and then break down slowly further along.One scoop delivers 20 to 22 g of carbohydrate, depending on the flavour, released across 90 minutes rather than 20. 2 scoops before a marathon carry you through the first hour without eating on the run.
No added sugar in any flavour, and no maltodextrin or fructose. Unflavoured, Lemon and Chocolate declare 0 g sugars per scoop, Tropical Orange less than 1 g.Each flavour uses one sweetener: stevia leaf extract in Chocolate, Rebaudioside A from stevia in Lemon, monk fruit extract in Tropical Orange. Unflavoured has one ingredient, LIVSTEADY non-GMO corn starch.
Maltodextrin sits in almost every endurance powder on the shelf because it is cheap and it dissolves easily. The trade is that it behaves much like simple sugar once it reaches your gut, so it brings the same osmotic load and the same short energy window.Energy Powder uses LIVSTEADY instead, a single-source complex carbohydrate with a molecular weight roughly a thousand times higher. Nothing in the scoop is there to give you a fast hit.
Four tubs, one job. Choose on taste, sodium and how you plan to mix it.
The daily favourite. Mixes with water or milk. The one to preload with before the gun.
| Energy | 377 kJ (90 Cal) |
| Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Sodium | 130 mg |
| Sweetener | Stevia leaf extract |
| Caffeine | 0 mg |
| Serves | 28 |
Light and fresh with water. The pick when chocolate feels heavy, and the only flavour sweetened without stevia.
| Energy | 377 kJ (90 Cal) |
| Carbohydrate | 21 g |
| Sugars | Less than 1 g |
| Sodium | 170 mg |
| Sweetener | Monk fruit extract |
| Caffeine | 0 mg |
| Serves | 28 |
Sharp and clean with water. Same sodium as Tropical Orange, plus 70 mg potassium per scoop.
| Energy | 377 kJ (90 Cal) |
| Carbohydrate | 21 g |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Sodium | 170 mg |
| Sweetener | Rebaudioside A (stevia) |
| Caffeine | 0 mg |
| Serves | 28 |
One ingredient, LIVSTEADY. Stir it into your UCAN Hydrate bottle, a smoothie or plain water. Zero taste fatigue on long efforts.
| Energy | 377 kJ (90 Cal) |
| Carbohydrate | 22 g |
| Sugars | 0 g |
| Sodium | 0 mg |
| Sweetener | None |
| Caffeine | 0 mg |
| Serves | 28 |
Figures per 25 g scoop, taken from the pack label. No added sugar in any flavour. Always read the label before use. Same LIVSTEADY carbohydrate in every tub.
Most pre-workout and endurance powders run on maltodextrin blends, fast sugars, or stimulant stacks. Maltodextrin hits fast and leaves fast, which is why the standard advice is to drink through the session and hope your gut keeps up. Stimulants push you into the workout but do nothing to keep you there.
Energy Powder works on a different carbohydrate. LIVSTEADY is a large-molecule complex carbohydrate made from non-GMO corn, with a molecular weight of 500,000 to 700,000 g/mol against 100 to 500 for maltodextrin. Bigger molecules leave the stomach quickly and release their energy across 90 minutes rather than 20.
One scoop carries 20 g of carbohydrate and 0 g of sugar. You take it once before you start, and it stays with you.
Work on 1 scoop before every session under 90 minutes, 2 scoops before anything longer, and stack Edge gels on top once you cross 90 minutes. Heavier athletes and hot conditions push you toward the top of each range.
| Distance | Typical time | Energy Powder scoops | Add Edge gels | Add Hydrate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km | 40 to 60 min | 1 before | Only if racing hard | Only in heat |
| Half marathon | 1h 30 to 2h 15 | 2 before | 1 to 2 during | 1 bottle |
| Marathon | 3h to 4h 30 | 2 before | 2 to 3 during | 1 to 2 bottles |
| Half Ironman (70.3) | 4h 30 to 6h 30 | 1 before + 1 on bike | 3 to 5 during | 2 to 3 bottles |
| Full Ironman | 10h to 14h | 1 before + 2 to 3 on bike | 8 to 11 during | 4+ bottles |
| 50 km ultra | 5h to 8h | 1 before + 1 mid-run | 5 to 7 during | 3+ bottles |
Everyone lands somewhere different. Treat these as a starting point and refine over two or three long sessions. LIVSTEADY takes 30 minutes to come online, so take Energy Powder before you start, not once you have started fading.
If sugary pre-workouts or maltodextrin drinks wreck your stomach, the drink is rarely the problem. The volume of fast sugar is. Standard endurance powders load 30 to 40 grams of maltodextrin per serving, dragging water into your intestine at exactly the moment your body has diverted blood flow away from digestion.
Energy Powder carries no fast sugar at all. The low osmolality of LIVSTEADY means less fluid gets pulled into the gut, which is why athletes who gave up on pre-workouts come back to this one. Start with Unflavoured or a single tub, test it before two long runs at race pace, and only take it into a race once you have proven it twice in training.
"UCAN gives me 2 to 3 hours of sustained energy without any stomach problems. You never feel the crash."
"I've used UCAN my entire marathon career. It sits well for long efforts and races."
"Marathon and half marathon PRs didn't come from guessing my fueling, they came from dialing it in."
"Since switching to UCAN I've been nailing my key sessions and ran my fastest-ever marathon off the bike."
"UCAN is everything sports drinks want to be. There's no sugar, so there isn't that crashing feeling afterwards."
Featured athletes are sponsored by The UCAN Company.
UCAN is a game-changer for energy and recovery. I wasn’t worried about rescuing my body from a crash, instead I had consistent energy levels that allowed me to focus on running, not fueling. Being able to have energy without sugar really made a big difference for me, especially later in my career.”
Meb Keflezighi, 4x US Olympian, Boston and NYC Marathon Winner
Same 3 steps for every flavour. The timing is the part people get wrong on the first try.
1 scoop (25 g) into 240 to 350 ml of cold water. Chocolate also works with milk. Unflavoured goes into your UCAN Hydrate bottle or a smoothie.
Shake for 10 seconds. LIVSTEADY needs a moment to disperse. Use cold liquid, not hot, or the texture changes. Shake again before the last mouthful if it has stood a while.
Allow 30 minutes to work. Take it before you need the energy, not once you have started fading. That window is what makes 1 scoop last 90+ minutes.
1 scoop, 30 minutes before. Nothing else needed. Add UCAN Hydrate in the bottle when it is hot or humid.
2 scoops, 30 minutes before, so you start with energy already on board. Carry UCAN Edge gels for the top up on course and keep UCAN Hydrate in the bottle. Practise it on 2 long sessions before race day.
3 products, 3 jobs. Most UCAN endurance athletes use all 3 across a long day. Energy powder is the one you take first.
| Per serve | Energy Powder | Edge gels | Hydrate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job | Base energy before you start | Fast top up during the session | Fluid and electrolytes, any session |
| When | 30 minutes before | On course, once you pass 90 minutes | Before, during and after, in the bottle |
| Format | Tub of 28 scoops, plus a single sachet | Box of 12 pouches, plus single pouches | Jar of 30 serves, plus sachets |
| Carbohydrate per serve | 20 to 22 g | 19 to 20 g | 0 g |
| Sugars | 0 g, or less than 1 g for Tropical Orange | 0 g | 0 g |
| Sodium per serve | 0 to 170 mg, by flavour | 50 mg, or 200 mg with electrolytes | 300 mg |
| Caffeine | 0 mg | 0 mg, or 45 mg in Mixed Berry | 0 mg |
| Energy per serve | 90+ minutes | 75+ minutes | Not an energy product |
| Shop Energy Powder | Shop Edge gels | Shop Hydrate |
Figures from the Australian pack labels. Always read the label before use.
Verified buyers on ucan.co
"On a 125 mile Enhanced Gravel adventure in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, UCAN did NOT let me down. Always easy on the stomach and providing me with the energy to push on."
"I LOVE the unflavored energy powder because I can mix it with pretty much anything. I mix one Hydrate stick with a scoop of this before my long runs. No crash, easier recovery."
"I fill half my 750ml bottles with water, add 2 scoops of UCAN, shake to mix well, then finish filling with water. I use it for endurance cycling and love the product's constant energy delivery."
"This is perfect to take before early morning runs when I need to take in calories but am not hungry. I also use it in ultra races when I get fatigue from eating."
"Ive been using Tailwind but I've now switched to UCAN CranRaz because climbing Colorado 14ers I need something that keeps me going for over 12 hours, and UCAN does that."
"The chocolate is my favorite energy powder. Taste is good, it's not clumpy and is versatile to mix with different liquids. I even add it to my morning coffee before a run."
"I've used UCAN Energy mix for a number of years as a pre-workout drink. Not sure how I'd feel without it if I didn't start off with this drink but I'm not planning on finding out."
"It works as advertised. Long lasting, no stomach issues, or carb crash. It's worth it for high calorie burn athletics."
Review data and customer quotes sourced from ucan.co, The UCAN Company, verified by Junip. Correct as at August 2026. Reviews are collected from verified US purchasers of the Energy Powder range and shown here for reference. They are not reviews of Generation UCAN Australia.
Four guides on fuelling before a session without stimulants.
Beetroot versus L citrulline, the loading protocol, and the fuelling mistake that wastes it.
Read the guide Pre workoutWhat to eat 30, 60 and 120 minutes out, and what to leave alone.
Read the ideas MistakesUnder fuelling the easy days is number four on the list.
Read the list LIVSTEADYThe slow release carbohydrate behind every UCAN product, explained plainly.
Read the explainerIf you don’t find your answer here, contact us
30 minutes before you start. LIVSTEADY is a slow-release carbohydrate, so it needs about half an hour to be active. Take it 30 minutes before you plan to feel the energy, not right before the gun.
Most runners take 2 scoops 30 minutes before the start. That loads you with LIVSTEADY so you begin the race with energy already onboard, not fighting to catch up 20 minutes in. Add Edge gels through the race and Hydrate for fluid.
Yes. Zero sugar, zero stimulants. LIVSTEADY is a complex non-GMO corn starch, not a fast sugar or a sweetener blend. The Chocolate, Tropical Orange and Lemon flavours are sweetened with stevia and monk fruit. The Unflavoured is only LIVSTEADY.
Maltodextrin is a fast carbohydrate that hits your bloodstream in 20 to 30 minutes and drops off. LIVSTEADY is a slow carbohydrate that releases over 90 minutes. Different job. Maltodextrin works during long efforts when you already need a fast top-up. LIVSTEADY works before and across the session as your steady base.
Chocolate is the everyday favourite, drink it with milk or water. Tropical Orange and Lemon are lighter and mix well with water for hot weather. Unflavoured is designed to mix into your UCAN Hydrate bottle or a smoothie without adding taste.
30 servings per tub. Most Australian athletes get about a month of training from one tub. Marathon and Ironman athletes go through a tub in two to three weeks.
One scoop into 250 to 350ml of cold water, milk or Hydrate, then shake for 10 seconds. Cold water works best. Do not use hot water, it changes the texture.
Yes, it is the format most UCAN marathoners use for pre-race fuelling. Take 2 scoops 30 minutes before the start, then use Edge gels through the race and Hydrate for fluid. See our full Marathon Fuelling Guide for the exact protocol.
Same LIVSTEADY carbohydrate, different jobs. Energy Powder is your pre-session base, mixed with water and drunk 30 minutes before you start. Edge gels are portable fuel you carry on course. Most UCAN marathoners use both: powder before the gun, 2 to 3 gels across the race.
