Homemade Gatorade

You would be surprised how easy it is to make your own homemade Gatorade. And once you try it, you might never bother buying it again. And while this post mainly focuses on orange flavoured Gatorade, you can customize it to create any flavour you’d like by simply varying the fruit juices.

Store bought electrolyte drinks like Gatorade and Powerade are loaded with artificial flavours and colours. This recipe uses only natural ingredients–pantry staples. Pantry staples that are so common I would bet on my right hand that you already have them. These pantry staples are: sugar and salt.

Can I Use Any Sugar?

Yes, literally any type of sugar works to make homemade Gatorade. While many say honey is the healthiest, the effect of the sugar is essential for electrolytes no matter what so any type will do.

Can I Use Any Type of Salt?

No, not just any type of salt is ideal for making a homemade electrolyte drink. It’s best to use unrefined sea salt or Celtic salt. Himalayan sea salt is also perfect. This is because these salts contain more of the essential minerals required for electrolyte replacement. Any iodized table salt–is better left on the table.

You can read more about which types of salt are best for electrolyte drinks in this informative post by Trace Minerals.

How Long Will Homemade Gatorade Keep?

Because this recipe contains fresh fruit juice like the State Fair Lemonade recipe on this site, it is best consumed within 2 days. However I have kept it for up to 5 days and it still tasted great.

Instead of buying Gatorade or other sports drinks, you have to try out this recipe for your own homemade Gatorade! And if you do, please rate the recipe and let us know how it turned out for you!

Homemade Gatorade

An easy homemade electrolyte drink you can make at home with simple pantry staples. Perfect for the hot summer months when you want to stay hydrated or when you are under the weather.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Servings 1

Calories 159 kcal

Equipment

• Large measuring cup
• Fork or reamer
• Strainer
• Whisk
• Bottle or jar

Ingredients

  

• 2 cups water
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• ⅛ teaspoon sea salt unrefined
• 1 orange
• ½ lemon

Instructions

 

• Measure 2 cups of water directly into a very large measuring cup or a bowl. (The spout on a measuring cup will be handy later when pouring the Gatorade into a bottle or jar.) Add the sugar and salt. Whisk together well until the sugar and salt are completely dissolved.
• Place a strainer over the measuring cup and squeeze in the orange and lemon juices. You can also strain out any pulp later when transferring into a bottle or you can even just leave the pulp in altogether.
• Transfer the Gatorade into a glass bottle or jar. Chill for at least 1 hour before serving.

Notes

You can easily vary the flavour of your Gatorade by using different fruit juices.

Substitute 1 cup of the water with coconut water for even more electrolytes.

Keyword electrolyte, Gatorade, homemade