Prime Hydration
A distribution and celebrity phenomenon whose electrolyte dose is the smallest in this comparison. Fine as a drink; do not count it as replacing electrolytes after illness, heat or hard exercise.
| Field | Prime Hydration |
|---|---|
| Format | Ready-to-drink |
| Sugar | Low / sugar-free variants |
| Sweetener | Sucralose + acesulfame K |
| Best for | A flavoured coconut-water drink from the convenience fridge. |
| Not for | Rehydration. With roughly 10–25 mg of sodium per bottle in category comparisons, it is not a rehydration formula in any meaningful dose sense, whatever the shelf talker says. |
Label figures, checked Oct 2026 — see How we compare for what that means. Doses are for the hero formulation named in our study; many brands sell several formulas — check the pack in your hand.
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Liquid I.V.
500 mg Na · 370 mg K · 0 mg listed Mg
Everyday hydration and the easiest brand to find in stores; Sugar-Free swaps the 11 g sugar for allulose + stevia.
Gatorade / Gatorlyte / Propel
~160 mg (classic RTD, per bottle serving) Na · 45 mg K · Not a feature Mg
Cheap, everywhere sports hydration; Gatorlyte and the powder lines run materially higher in electrolytes than classic ready-to-drink.
DripDrop
330 mg (small stick) — larger sticks 670–780 mg Na · 185 mg K · 39 mg Mg
Oral-rehydration-style formulas used by firefighters, medical teams and outdoor crews; sugar and sugar-free lines.