SaltStick Energy Gummies pack quick carbohydrates and electrolytes into flavors athletes actually finish: no sticky gels, no water bottle required, no half-eaten packets in the bottom of the bag. The formula spent two decades earning its reputation as Bonk Breaker's best-selling Energy Chews before relaunching under the SaltStick name.
SaltStick is the electrolyte-science brand of Alete Active Nutrition, and its Energy Gummies carry a twenty-year fueling story that started with a blender in a kitchen.
In 2005, Jason Winn was a D1 quarterback-turned-triathlete training for his first IRONMAN. Unimpressed with every energy bar on the market, Jason went into his mom's kitchen and built a better one: a peanut butter bar with a real layer of jelly in the middle. That late-night experiment became Bonk Breaker, a brand that grew into national shelf space, IRONMAN series sponsorship, and the hands of world-class athletes. Along the way Winn launched Energy Chews to fix a different problem: chews and gels that stick to your teeth. The chews took on a life of their own and became the company's best-selling line, outpacing the original bars.
In 2022, Bonk Breaker joined Alete Active Nutrition, the parent company behind SaltStick. SaltStick brings its own credentials: founded by Jonathan Toker, a Ph.D. chemist and professional triathlete who formulated his products to mirror the electrolyte ratio of human sweat across sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium. When the Bonk Breaker brand was retired in 2025 after twenty years, its Energy Chews relaunched as SaltStick Energy Gummies. Same formula, expanded flavor lineup, bigger platform. Winn put it plainly: they're not touching the product formula.
Today the gummies are sold in six flavors alongside SaltStick's capsule and FastChews electrolyte lines, with Alete backed by American Pacific Group for scale. The brand actively courts the Sports RD community, including giveaway programs run through ASPDA. One important distinction for this page: Energy Gummies are a conventional food regulated by the FDA, not a dietary supplement, so the sport-certification ladder that applies to supplements doesn't apply here.
Sports RDs know that fueling athletes is easiest when the athletes actually enjoy the fuel. Athletes love SaltStick Energy Gummies because they're delicious, and Sports RDs love them because they are a great source energy for their athletes during practice and games.
These aren't a new product finding their footing. They are Bonk Breaker's Energy Chews, the line that grew from a side project into the company's best seller, rebuilt under the SaltStick name with the formula untouched. The original design brief still holds: quick energy that doesn't stick to your teeth, in flavors worth looking forward to.
For a Sports RD, that history matters. The product has already survived two decades of real-world athlete testing, and it now sits on SaltStick's electrolyte-science platform with the scale to keep flavors in stock and new ones coming.
SaltStick Energy Gummies are a conventional food, regulated by the FDA the way any packaged food is. They are not a dietary supplement, so third-party sport certifications like NSF Certified for Sport and Informed Sport, which exist to screen supplements for banned substances, are not required and not applicable here. The ingredient list is short, plant-based, and fully disclosed: glucose, sugar, water, pectin, citric acid, sodium citrate, natural flavors, potassium citrate, and vegetable-sourced colors.
The Locker's standard is simple: products Sports RDs can recommend with complete confidence. SaltStick earns its place in The Locker as the only fueling chew backed by more than 20 years of competitive sports nutrition experience. With flavors athletes ask for by name and a company that understands both the science and the practical realities of fueling performance, SaltStick delivers solutions that fit seamlessly into an RD's game plan. When performance, trust, and practicality matter, SaltStick belongs in The Locker.
The Locker carries one SaltStick line: Energy Gummies, in all six flavors.
The former Bonk Breaker Energy Chews, formula unchanged, in six flavors. Quick-acting carbohydrate plus sodium and potassium in a pectin-based gummy that doesn't stick to teeth or dental work and doesn't need water to go down. Pre-activity to top off, or on a 30–60 minute interval through practice, games, and long sessions.
"I can’t rave enough about how darn good these are. They are my go to chews for hard workouts, weight sessions or races, especially marathons. They taste great and actually work. What’s not to love. I wish I could eat these in bulk!!"
"Not sticky, absolutely delicious, energizing, hydrating, literally everything you need in a mid-run snacky snack! Love this flavor the most, but haven’t had a bad bonk yet!!!"
"I recently bought the green apple, pop rocket, rainbow blast and strawberry gummies. O- MA-GOSH!!! The flavors are sooooo robust and spot on!! The gummies are just simply delicious and don’t stick to your dental work! Highly recommend!"
"Yummy and easy on the tummy! Great for my long runs"
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