Handle with care. They can go through you depending on how sensitive your gut is to a high concentration of sugars. (Osmosis effect can draw water out of you, into your intestines and it only has one way out.)

Also saw this on an Oxfam Trailwalk, where compliemetary Gu sachets were handed out on the day. Our only walker with this problem was the 'lucky' one who grabbed one of the last free sachets.

Golfer69 had a similar problem with a bag of sorbitol lollies recently.

When riding, I tended to have the Kelloggs K-time (?) breakfact bars that were like a fruit pie, such as apple, apricot, raspberry, etc. (Not as dry and crumbly as muesli bars, and no messy melted chocolate.)