e-Fuel Serving Size
e-Fuel is a powdered drink mix that can be tailored to your personal preference, but here are our general recommendations and well as answers to common questions.
Canister
A canister of e-Fuel contains 1.96 pounds (888 grams) of powdered drink mix. In a multi-serving drink container the FDA regulates the serving size for labeling purposes. The nutrition facts label on the e-Fuel canister defines 18.5 grams of powder as a serving and therefore there are 48 servings per canister (18.5 grams x 48 = 888 grams). We typically recommend mixing 18.5 grams of e-Fuel powder with water for each 8 liquid ounce serving. If you are mixing up a 24 oz sports bottle we typically recommend using 55 grams (18.5 x 3) of e-Fuel powder.
Scoop
e-Fuel canisters have an included scoop that measures 29.6 cc (cubic centimeters) of powder. This is the measure of a flat level scoop, if you fill the scoop with a heaping amount (over the top) it will obviously not be accurate. It is important to note that scoops measure volume not weight. Powder settling and compression that occurs impacts the weight of the powder in one scoop, sometimes significantly. Note that shaking the canister to “fluff” the powder back up will have negligible impact. The compression happens at the molecular level and once it is compressed there is little that can be done, When the powder is manufactured the provided scoop is designed to hold a single serving (18.5 grams) but this will change due to compression as explained above. The most accurate way to measure e-Fuel (or any powdered product for that matter) is to use a kitchen scale. If you weigh 18.5 ounces of powder and place it in the scoop you can then mark the level on the scoop so you don’t have to weigh each serving. As long as you are using 18.5 grams of powder you can be assured that you are getting the nutritional content listed on the Nutrition Facts label.
Single Packets
e-Fuel is also sold in single packets that contain 55 grams of powder and is designed to mix into a 24 ounce bottle.
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