Need your daily dose of vitamins? To relax and fall asleep faster? Help being more, ahem, regular? There’s a gummy for that. The market for health- and wellness-boosting gummy supplements has ballooned in recent years (by one estimate, it was valued at $10.7 billion—with a B—in 2024), with varieties claiming to support your gut health, immune system, cognitive function, and more. One of the newest to hit (virtual) store shelves is Jüced, a “pre-workout” gummy from the brains behind the greens supplement Grüns.
Launched in early December, Jüced bills itself as an extra energy oomph before you hit the gym—or the town. With cool-girl influencer Tinx acting as the poster child in the brand’s retro, “Let’s Get Physical”-inspired marketing campaign, it’s clear Jüced is trying to be hipper and more fun (can supplements be fun? Jüced thinks so!) than other pre-exercise products you can buy. “We’re here for the people who love a good sweat, but don’t live at the gym. The ones who work out, then gtfo,” the brand’s website says. “We call it pre-workout. But it’s pre-anything, really.”
Now, my love of Grüns is well-documented. And seeing as I’m an office worker with a p.m. Pilates habit (not to mention, a pre-existing Tinx fan), I seem to be exactly Jüced’s target demo. So when the brand asked if I’d like to try the gummies, I said heck yes, send ’em my way.
Jüced
Preworkout Energy Gummies
What’s in the bag
Just like Grüns, Jüced comes pre-portioned into 28 “snack packs” of eight gummy bears. (They literally are shaped like little bears holding a barbell, which is very cute.) Each pack of the “low sugar” variety that I tried contains 40 calories, with 12 grams of carbohydrates, 6 grams of dietary fiber, and 6 grams of sugar. The sugar-free version has 20 calories and 0 grams of sugar, but does contain 5 grams of the sugar substitute allulose.
The functional ingredients—meaning, the ones that are credited with any pick-me-up you feel after taking Jüced—are caffeine (sourced from green tea extract), the amino acids l-carnitine and betaine, and an adaptogen (or, plant that helps your body adapt to stress) called rhodiola rosea. Of those, caffeine was the only one I recognized—or even felt confident pronouncing. And even though I consume caffeine every day via my morning cup of coffee, I didn’t have a handle on how the chemical can support exercise. So I called up someone who absolutely does: Yasi Ansari, RDN, a certified specialist in sports dietetics.
How can Jüced support your health?
Before zooming in on Jüced, let’s take a step back and look at the pre-workout category of supplement in general. Can a powder, gummy, or drink really make you exercise harder, better, faster, stronger?
“When people use pre-workouts, reported benefits include feeling more alert, having a bit more energy, producing slightly more power, and feeling like the workout takes less effort overall,” says Ansari. However, she cautions, “These products are not essential. When someone is eating regularly, fueling before and during exercise, and staying well hydrated, their body often already has what it needs.” And before adding any supplements to your routine, it’s recommended you speak to your doctor to make sure they won’t adversely interact with any medications you’re taking or conditions you have.
