[runnerup]

Gatorade doesn't even have electrolytes in it anymore. The current formulation is purely sugar water. The true original formulation used for the football team tasted really quite bad - you can emulate it by mixing "Low-sodium salt" into some water and give it a try. It's....not good.

Really - there's almost zero potassium at all in the current formulation...pretty small amounts of sodium too. It just sugar water. Now you need to buy something like "Electrolit" to use for what Gatorade used to be. Or the "Gatorade Endurance Formula".

[clairity]

yah, i'd heard gatorade got 'watered-down' early on for taste, but i believe there are still a few other ingredients in there other than sugar and flavoring? not saying it's enough to live up to the marketing, but i think it's not exactly zero.