WHAT WATER DOES
Plain water
It passes through faster than you take it up.
EVERYDAY HYDRATION SUPPORT
HYDRATE
PHARMACIST FORMULATED ELECTROLYTE SUPPORT · 30 STRIPS · COOL MINT
Hydration support without the powder
Electrolytes and coconut water on your tongue in seconds. No scoop, no shaker, no bottle to lug.
One strip when you need it, up to three a day, with water.
BEFORE WE SHOW YOU THE PRICE
What matters most to you?
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Electrolyte packets work, and they are also a small ritual. A bottle, a scoop, a shake, a taste you either like or tolerate, and a wrapper. Most of the time you skip it, which means the water goes down alone.
HYDRATION is sodium citrate, magnesium glycinate, taurine and freeze dried coconut water on a strip. Take it with the water already on your desk, in your bag, or at the gate. No mixing, no sugar, no bottle. The whole month fits in a pocket.
HYDRATION is sodium citrate, magnesium glycinate, taurine and freeze dried coconut water on a strip. Take it with the water already on your desk, in your bag, or at the gate. No mixing, no sugar, no bottle. The whole month fits in a pocket.
What's inside
| Ingredient | Strength |
|---|---|
| Sodium citrate USP | 50 mg |
| Taurine free-form | 30 mg |
| D-glucose anhydrous, dextrose | 25 mg |
| Coconut water powder 5:1 freeze-dried | 10 mg |
| Magnesium glycinate | 4 mg |
Other ingredients: Pullulan, cellulose, vegetable glycerin, sunflower lecithin, xylitol, monk fruit extract, organic green tea extract, menthol
How to use
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THE PART NOBODY PLANS FOR
It isn't how much you drink.
WHAT YOU SKIP
The mix
A bottle, a scoop, a shake, a chore.
HYDRATION is placed before the water, not instead of it. Ten seconds ahead.
Sodium and glucose are what carry water across the gut wall. Take those first and the glass already on your desk does more of what you drank it for. No bottle to prepare, nothing to finish.
Same glass. More of it lands.
Test it on a travel day.
Not against a packet. Against the water you were already going to drink.
STEP 1
Take one before your first glass.
TEN SECONDS
Ten seconds, before anything else.
STEP 2
Drink the way you normally would.
No mixing, no bottle, no sixteen ounces to force down.
STEP 3
Judge it at the end of the day.
Same water, different afternoon.
WHY SODIUM AND GLUCOSE
They are the pairing your gut uses to carry water across. Take those first and the glass does more of what you drank it for.
BUILT FOR REAL LIFE
No water. No bottle. No conversation.
01 INDIVIDUALLY SEALED
Individually wrapped
Every strip is sealed in its own pouch. Two in a jacket, two in a bag, two in the drawer at work. No bottle rattling around, no lid, no spills.
BUILT FOR REAL LIFE
No water. No bottle. No conversation.
01 INDIVIDUALLY SEALED
Individually wrapped
Every strip is sealed in its own pouch. Two in a jacket, two in a bag, two in the drawer at work. No bottle rattling around, no lid, no spills.
02 NOTHING TO WASH DOWN
One hand, no water
The strip is placed on your tongue and melts. Nothing to wash down with a glass of water you do not have.
03 DISCREET BY DESIGN
Discreet enough to actually use
Nothing to unpack and nothing to swallow, so you can take one at a dinner table without turning it into a conversation.
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What's inside HYDRATE
No proprietary blends and no fairy dust amounts.
Here is what is in a HYDRATE strip and what each one is doing for you.
- Serving size
- 1 strip
- Quantity per pack
- 30 individually packed strips
- Calories
- Under 1 calorie
HYDRATE
5
ACTIVES
Sodium citrate
USP
50
mg
(DV not established)
The electrolyte that helps your body actually hold the water you drink.
Taurine
free-form
30
mg
(DV not established)
Pulls fluid into your cells, where hydration counts.
D-glucose
anhydrous, dextrose
25
mg
(DV not established)
A trace of glucose that helps water and sodium absorb faster.
Coconut water powder
5:1 freeze-dried
10
mg
(DV not established)
Adds naturally occurring potassium to round out the electrolyte mix.
Magnesium glycinate
4
mg
(DV not established)
Gentle, easy to absorb magnesium for normal muscle and nerve function.
The evidence
Here is the human research behind what HYDRATE is built to do.
Sodium is what makes water stay
01 / 05Researchers gave people the same volume of fluid at four different sodium levels. The more sodium the drink carried, the more of it stayed in the body. The lowest sodium version was mostly passed as urine.
In HYDRATE
Your kidneys use sodium concentration to decide whether to hold water or dump it. Drink water with nothing in it and the body reads the extra as surplus.
Go longer before you fade
02 / 05A pooled analysis of ten randomized trials found that a single oral dose of taurine improved endurance performance compared with placebo.
In HYDRATE
Taurine sits inside the cell and helps it hold its water volume and handle calcium during contraction. You lose it in sweat alongside the minerals everyone talks about.
Glucose opens the door for water
03 / 05When researchers ranked common drinks by how long the fluid stayed in the body, the ones carrying both sodium and sugar outlasted plain water by a clear margin.
In HYDRATE
A single protein in your intestinal wall carries sodium and glucose across together, and water follows by osmosis. Neither one moves much water on its own. This is the principle behind oral rehydration therapy.
Rehydration from a whole food
04 / 05In a crossover trial after exercise in the heat, coconut water restored fluid balance as well as a sports drink and better than plain water, and people found it easier to keep drinking.
In HYDRATE
Coconut water carries potassium alongside sodium. Sodium pulls water into the space around your cells, potassium works inside them. Together they refill both compartments instead of one.
The mineral you sweat out
05 / 05Magnesium is used in over 300 enzyme reactions, including the ones that let muscles contract and release. Research reviews link magnesium status to exercise performance and recovery.
In HYDRATE
Calcium contracts a muscle. Magnesium is what lets it let go. Bound to glycine it absorbs more reliably and sits easier in the stomach than the oxide form most supplements use.
You already have the water.
Hydration is water, plus the minerals that help you hold on to it. Almost every product sells you the second part welded to a drink you have to build, flavor, carry and finish. This is the second part on its own. Take a strip, drink whatever water is already in front of you, and let your bottle keep tasting like water.
| HYDRATION STRIP | Powder stick | Sports drink | Coconut water | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHAT IT ASKS OF YOU | Take it, then drink the water you already have | Find a bottle, pour, shake, finish it | Buy the bottle it comes in | Buy the carton it comes in |
| CHANGES HOW YOUR WATER TASTES | No | Yes | It is the drink | It is the drink |
| ADDED SUGAR | None | 0 to 11 g | 21 to 36 g | None added, 11 to 15 g naturally |
| CALORIES | Under 1 | 5 to 45 | 120 to 140 | 45 to 60 |
| WORKS WITH ANY WATER YOU FIND | Yes | Needs a bottle first | No | No |
| FITS IN A POCKET | Yes | Stick, plus a bottle | No | No |
| DOSES PRINTED PER UNIT | Yes, all five | Varies | Varies | Varies |
What hydration usually costs
Water costs none of this. Neither does a strip.
HYDRATION strip
no added sugar · under 1 calorie
Powder stick
up to 11 g · 5 to 45 calories
Coconut water, 11 oz
11 to 15 g naturally · 45 to 60 calories
Sports drink, 20 oz
32 to 36 g · 120 to 140 calories
You were going to drink the water anyway.
Approximate and category typical. Sugar shown at four grams a cube. Coconut water sugars occur naturally. General comparison, not specific products.