Koda Electrolyte Sticks

KODA Electrolyte Stick Packs are a sugar-free electrolyte powder in single-serve sticks that dissolve straight into a bottle. Sugar free on purpose, so you can add as many as the day needs without also adding carbohydrate you did not want.

What it is and when to use it

For replacing what you sweat out, not for fuelling. Hot days, humid days, long days and the days after - anywhere you are losing salt faster than you replace it. They dissolve instantly, so you drop one into a bottle at a creek crossing and keep walking rather than standing there shaking it.

Taste and texture

Lightly effervescent and sugar free, which makes it a thin, clean drink rather than a sweet one. If you have ever finished a hot day unable to face another sugary sports drink, this is the answer - and because it is not sweet it does not compete with whatever else you are eating.

Caffeine, sodium and what varies

Here is the thinking behind the sugar-free formulation, and it is the genuinely useful part. People lose wildly different amounts of sodium in sweat. A sweetened electrolyte drink caps how much you can take, because a second serve means twice the sugar and a stomach that objects. Sugar free removes that ceiling.

If you are a heavy salty sweater, or it is 35 degrees and humid, you can put two sticks in the bottle instead of one and actually cover your losses. Minimising your percentage loss is what keeps you performing late in the day.

How to take it

One stick in a bottle as a baseline, more when conditions or your own sweat rate warrant it. No stirring needed.

Who should not

If you are on a sodium-restricted diet or managing blood pressure, check the label and speak to your doctor before increasing the dose.