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<blockquote data-quote="SimonP78" data-source="post: 2626071" data-attributes="member: 556474"><p>Re Kental Mintcake</p><p></p><p>They (packs) survive thus far in my cycling bag, each chunk (of my particular brand - they are in sections a bit like block of chocolate) delivers 10g of carbs. I far prefer to eat this to dextrose tablets - the particular advantage while cycling is that if you've had a long day and can't stomach any more food (and especially sweet stuff) the mint means you can still get it down. I also find dextrose tablets very dry and not particularly pleasant to eat unless there really is no other choice.</p><p></p><p>I've never eaten Kendal mintcake while not on the bike (there are things I'd prefer to eat, say Skittles), but I'd expect it to be pretty quick in normal life - I was certainly feeling much better after 10min on my ride yesterday, even if my libre only reckoned I'd started heading back up after 30min (digestion is delayed with lots of exercise).</p><p></p><p>I saw a comment above about jelly babies - I use these in the house (by the bedside for example, though they get stuck on your teeth, so perhaps not ideal when you just want to eat something quickly and then brush your teeth again) and used to use them in the car until last summer when I ended up with one large congealed jelly pool in the bag, which made trying to work out how many carbs were in any bit I pulled off quite difficult (also a bit sticky iirc!) My children were happy to finish the pack off over a few days (they would have been happy to do it in a single go tbh, but I intervened!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SimonP78, post: 2626071, member: 556474"] Re Kental Mintcake They (packs) survive thus far in my cycling bag, each chunk (of my particular brand - they are in sections a bit like block of chocolate) delivers 10g of carbs. I far prefer to eat this to dextrose tablets - the particular advantage while cycling is that if you've had a long day and can't stomach any more food (and especially sweet stuff) the mint means you can still get it down. I also find dextrose tablets very dry and not particularly pleasant to eat unless there really is no other choice. I've never eaten Kendal mintcake while not on the bike (there are things I'd prefer to eat, say Skittles), but I'd expect it to be pretty quick in normal life - I was certainly feeling much better after 10min on my ride yesterday, even if my libre only reckoned I'd started heading back up after 30min (digestion is delayed with lots of exercise). I saw a comment above about jelly babies - I use these in the house (by the bedside for example, though they get stuck on your teeth, so perhaps not ideal when you just want to eat something quickly and then brush your teeth again) and used to use them in the car until last summer when I ended up with one large congealed jelly pool in the bag, which made trying to work out how many carbs were in any bit I pulled off quite difficult (also a bit sticky iirc!) My children were happy to finish the pack off over a few days (they would have been happy to do it in a single go tbh, but I intervened!) [/QUOTE]
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