Best electrolytes for running
Runners usually search this looking for a sodium level that suits an hour or more of steady effort, plus some carbohydrate to drink alongside it. Every number below is read from the product's own label, and anything the brand does not declare is shown as not declared rather than guessed.
47 products in our database qualify for this category, out of 150 we hold.
Short answer
Electrolyte Nerd currently lists 47 of 150 products that qualify for best electrolytes for running. Every product in the database is scored for this use case; products with no declared sodium rank lowest because there is nothing to assess. As of the current data, the top 3 are Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration Powder — Cherry Lime, Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration Powder — Orange, Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration Powder — Strawberry Kiwi.
Figures come from declared product-label data per serving. Undeclared values are not treated as zero — products missing the value this page ranks on are excluded or ranked last rather than estimated.
How this page is built
- Which products are included
- Every product in the database is scored for this use case; products with no declared sodium rank lowest because there is nothing to assess.
- What the ranking represents
- Ordered by how closely declared sodium per serving sits in the running target range, with declared carbohydrate treated as useful rather than penalised, then by how complete the label panel is.
- Scoring inputs, in order
- • Sodium per serving weighted toward 300–900mg
- • Declared carbohydrate treated as useful
- • Completeness of the declared nutrition panel
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Full methodology →Ranked shortlist
- 1GA
Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration Powder — Cherry Lime
Powder · 420mg sodium · 10g sugar
- • 420mg sodium per 1 packet sits in the range this use case usually calls for.
- • Declares 12g carbohydrate, which some longer efforts call for.
- 2GA
Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration Powder — Orange
Powder · 420mg sodium · 10g sugar
- • 420mg sodium per 1 packet sits in the range this use case usually calls for.
- • Declares 12g carbohydrate, which some longer efforts call for.
- 3GA
Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration Powder — Strawberry Kiwi
Powder · 420mg sodium · 10g sugar
- • 420mg sodium per 1 packet sits in the range this use case usually calls for.
- • Declares 12g carbohydrate, which some longer efforts call for.
- 4GA
Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration Powder — Watermelon
Powder · 420mg sodium · 10g sugar
- • 420mg sodium per 1 packet sits in the range this use case usually calls for.
- • Declares 12g carbohydrate, which some longer efforts call for.
- 5GA
Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration RTD — Fruit Punch
Ready-to-drink · 490mg sodium · 12g sugar
- • 490mg sodium per 1 bottle (20 fl oz) sits in the range this use case usually calls for.
- • Declares 12g carbohydrate, which some longer efforts call for.
- 6GA
Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration RTD — Glacier Freeze
Ready-to-drink · 490mg sodium · 12g sugar
- • 490mg sodium per 1 bottle (20 fl oz) sits in the range this use case usually calls for.
- • Declares 12g carbohydrate, which some longer efforts call for.
- 7GA
Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration RTD — Orange
Ready-to-drink · 490mg sodium · 12g sugar
- • 490mg sodium per 1 bottle (20 fl oz) sits in the range this use case usually calls for.
- • Declares 12g carbohydrate, which some longer efforts call for.
- 8NU
Nuun Sport — Citrus Fruit
Tablet · 300mg sodium · 1g sugar
- • 300mg sodium per 1 tablet sits in the range this use case usually calls for.
- • Declares 4g carbohydrate, which some longer efforts call for.
- 9NU
Nuun Sport — Fruit Punch
Tablet · 300mg sodium · 1g sugar
- • 300mg sodium per 1 tablet sits in the range this use case usually calls for.
- • Declares 4g carbohydrate, which some longer efforts call for.
- 10NU
Nuun Sport — Grape
Tablet · 300mg sodium · 1g sugar
- • 300mg sodium per 1 tablet sits in the range this use case usually calls for.
- • Declares 4g carbohydrate, which some longer efforts call for.
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Showing the top 10 of 47 qualifying products. Filter the full database yourself →
Compare the top 3 side by side →Product lines that qualify here
Each line page collects every flavour we hold for that product with the declared label data side by side.
- Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration Powder4 flavours qualify · Powder
- Gatorade Gatorlyte Rapid Rehydration RTD3 flavours qualify · Ready-to-drink
- LMNT Drink Mix11 flavours qualify · Powder
- Nuun Energy5 flavours qualify · Tablet
- Nuun Immunity2 flavours qualify · Tablet
- Nuun Sport10 flavours qualify · Tablet
- Nuun Sport Powder4 flavours qualify · Powder
- Skratch Labs Hydration Sport Drink Mix2 flavours qualify · Powder
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