As you would expect, most energy gels with caffeine come in coffee-like flavors but, you might be surprised to know that some fruit flavors are packed with a lot of caffeine, too. So, if you’re looking for that extra caffeine boost (or looking to avoid it) check out the caffeine content in these four leading brands of energy gels.

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Gu

Gu maxes out with 40 mg of caffeine in the Espresso Love and Caramel Macchiato flavors. For those that want caffeine without the taste of coffee, try the Jet Blackberry flavor which also includes 40 mg of caffeine.

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PowerBar

PowerBar’s top caffeine offering is 50 mg. Coffee lovers can get their dose in the Double Latte flavor. For everyone else, PowerBar serves up 50 mg of caffeine in it’s Tangerine flavored gel.

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Hammer

Hammer also maxes out with 50 mg of caffeine but, only in the Espresso flavor.

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Cliff

Cliff delivers the biggest caffeine punch in top leading gels that we found. You can get a whopping dose 100 mg dose in Cliff’s Chocolate Cherry and Double Espresso flavors.

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Honey Stinger

There a lot of flavor options In the 20-40 mg range of caffeine for most gel brands but, Honey Stinger’s Strawberry Kiwi is one of the few that is naturally caffeinated with Green Tea Extract. If you are not looking for a heavy dose of caffeine, try this Strawberry Kiwi gel with 32 mg of caffeine.