What to Look for in a Clean Electrolyte Supplement | BioDrip

The supplement industry as a whole is a toxic money-hungry machine, that doesn't give a crap about the customer. That's the unfortunate truth behind many companies and the products they produce. If you don't take the time to read the nutrition or supplement facts panels on your supplements, you might be in for a surprise you never saw coming. Too many times companies will add unnecessary fillers, colors, dyes, vitamins, etc. to their products for seemingly no valid reason whatsoever. 

What should you be looking to avoid in your electrolyte formula?

Fillers

• Vitamins, BCAAs, EAAs, Proprietary Blends, Antioxidants

On their own some of the above absolutely have their places in a supplement regimen or just a well-rounded diet in general. However, oftentimes these are marketing gimmicks to inflate the length of a panel or ingredient list to try and boast, "Our list is bigger, so our formula must be better." This mindset couldn't be further from the truth. If your electrolyte formula doesn't address the electrolytes lost in sweat and in the proper ratio, firstly, then you don't have an electrolyte formula; you have a flavored drink. 

Colors/Dyes

• Red 40, Yellow 5 & 6, Blue 1 & 2, colors followed by any number
• Fruit and vegetable concentrates or extracts (we like these better than artificial coloring, still not necessary in an electrolyte formula)

The color of a drink does not and will never determine the effectiveness it will have in regard to hydrating you; it is purely there for marketing. Your brain associates certain colors with flavors, and the connection is made. The flavor of an electrolyte formula comes from the ingredients on the label listed under natural flavors, citric acid, and malic acid. 

Artificial Sweeteners/Sugar

• Sucralose, Aspartame, Acesulfame Potassium, Erythritol, Xylitol...Sugar

Artificial sweeteners are the hot topic of this decade. There is evidence for them, against them, or just neutral, and you shouldn't worry about them. We will stick with natural sweeteners. Sugar does have a minor benefit in a hydration formula IF you need the handful of extra calories in the form of fast-digesting carbs during a workout, but nobody likes to drink their calories. Zero sugar is the way to go. 

Does Biodrip meet these standards?

We believe BioDrip exceeds these standards. It has everything you absolutely need in an electrolyte formula, no more and no less. There are no added vitamins or antioxidants or anything in-between in our formula. We have three trace minerals in our formula because all three of those trace minerals are lost in your sweat in varying amounts. The justification here is "If you lose it in your sweat, your hydration supplement should be replacing it." We don't use any coloring whatsoever in our hydration formula. The color you see when you mix up a serving of BioDrip is the natural color of the electrolytes and minerals in their raw form. The color is a murky off-white or what you would expect to see if water was cloudy. To be the most appealing to the biggest crowd, we decided to use a naturally derived sweetener (stevia) to sweeten BioDrip. We liked the idea of staying as clean as possible, and skipping out on a natural sweetener didn't seem right. The last ingredient you will see on our label is silicon dioxide. This is simply an anti-caking agent to prevent the formula from clumping and improve flowability. We wanted to try and avoid the hassle of needing to vigorously shake the tub to break up any clumps. Silicon dioxide is a naturally occurring compound in grains, fruits, vegetables, and nuts. 

Choosing the right electrolyte supplement comes down to simplicity and transparency. Skip the flashy colors, filler ingredients, and unnecessary additives that do nothing to improve hydration. A clean formula should only replace what’s lost in sweat - electrolytes and trace minerals in their proper balance. That’s exactly what BioDrip delivers: no dyes, no sugar, no gimmicks, just clean, effective hydration powered by science. When it comes to what you put in your body, less is more - and BioDrip proves that purity performs best.