KEY NUTRIENTS Pre Workout Powder with 5 Electrolytes – Blue Raspberry No Sugar – 150mg Caffeine, L-Citrulline, Beta Alanine, L-Tyrosine – Natural Preworkout for Men & Women (30 Servings)

Excellent electrolyte replacement (most important), and o.k. taste
WHAT I PURCHASED: Key Nutrients, Electrolyte Recovery Plus, Orange flavor.WHAT I USE IT FOR: Electrolyte replacement (ER) for intense, high elevation gain hiking that causes a great amount of sweating and electrolyte loss. Hikes typically range from between 6 to 11 miles in length, and between 3,000 to 4,000 feet elevation gain.HOW I USE IT: One scoop/serving per hike, normally intended to be combined with 16 ounces of water, but I combine it with 28 ounces of water.OVERALL REVIEW:I had been using 1 PowerAde (zero sugar) bottled sports drink per hike for a while (plus regular water and food like bananas, energy bars, etc.) I was stocking up on PowerAde when it went on sale for about $0.70 per 28oz bottle. It was easy to pack/use and the flavor was good, but I wasn’t happy with the minimal ER ingredients (similar to Gatorade). Also, the price has been going up in the last couple months (inflation!) PowerAde also only has a couple flavors that don’t have various color dyes (e.g., Yellow #5, etc.)I researched a lot of different ER products. The only ones that seems cost effective were powdered (versus bottled liquid). Of those I narrowed down to a few that were both cost effective (per serving) and had a good balance of ER ingredients. This product by Key Nutrients had the best over all balance. In fact it seems to be among the highest in electrolytes and one of the lowest in price. The cost per serving is around $0.35. That’s about half of the lowest PowerAde sale price I found, and yet the ER ingredient levels are far superior in this Key Nutrients product.When hiking using this ER drink I don’t seem to get as thirsty as fast, and more importantly I’m a bit less sore and for less time after hikes. This seems to indicate it is indeed working better as electrolyte replacement than PowerAde.FLAVOR REVIEW:The orange flavor tastes somewhat like Tang, as other reviewers have mentioned. It’s not bad, but also not great, which is part of the reason that I use more water to dilute it. I’m in it for the electrolytes not the flavor. That being said if it tasted awful like some reviewers say I wouldn’t drink it. It takes o.k., which works for me. Other reviewers have noted that it doesn’t mix completely and a little of it settles to the bottom, which is true. However, that hasn’t been an issue for me at all since all I do is simply shake the bottle a little before taking a drink and it mixes back up fine. I look forward to trying another flavor or 2 in the future, perhaps pink lemonade and raspberry.BOTTOM LINE – HIGHLY RECOMMENED: This is the best value I’ve found for ER combined with low cost. Also, I bought another container of the orange flavor today because Amazon has it on-sale for $4.50 off (so now only about $0.30/serving).RECOMMENDATION TO KEY NUTRIENTS COMPANY: Bring back the trial/sample option on your website or on Amazon. It would be great to try all the flavors before buying the full-size container and potentially having to hassle with a return. I’m willing to pay a fair price for a sample pack, as I’m sure are many others.

Fave Flavors
I’ve been using this powder for years now—it’s more cost efficient than the new trendy brands, helps me drink more water, and the extra electrolytes etc. help with my EDS and migraines.I’ve tried several flavors and do have favorites:Best: Peach mango—tastes almost like peach iced tea, not chemical tasting, mixes well, never get sick of it. Pineapple coconut—great for summer, somehow tastes almost creamy like a pina colada. Blueberry lemonade—what I wish the blue raspberry tasted like, love the tart kick.Middle/least memorable: Watermelon—fun for summer but I do recall some separation. Raspberry—full flavor but got sick of it before finishing the tub. Grape—less like cough syrup than I worried it would be, but not one I’ve repeat purchased. Lemonade—reliable but does have a chemical/diet aftertaste (somehow more than the blueberry lemonade).Worst/have drawbacks: Blue raspberry—tastes like a blue lollipop, which I’m into, but this one always separates especially bad and I find I get sick of it before I can finish the tub. Cherry pom—my mom’s favorite and it does have a full flavor like peach mango, but I find it a bit cloying and cough syrupy.

I took it twice for only for one day and I went to the emergency room as I was throwing up and couldn’t eat/drink anything with a pain in my whole body and fever. I didn’t think it was from the electrolytes but my husband tried a couple of sips and he got a very bad stomachache. We gave it to a friend to try it and he got the same symptoms. Horrible product and it has a terrible metal taste.

I work out for over two hours a day and sweat a lot, so I need to add electrolytes to my water to feel balanced. But this powder is just wrong on so many levels.First, the taste, I got the peach mango flavor, and while it’s edible, it tastes as artificial as it gets. Then there’s the digestion issue. Drinking this while being active causes massive stomach upset. I actually feel like I’m going to vomit because my stomach treats it like poison, and I end up burping constantly during my workout.As for hydration? Not a chance. The aftertaste makes you feel even drier than before you drank it. And since it makes you feel sick, you never actually feel okay.The only real benefit I noticed is if you go for, say, 10 days of training without any electrolytes, this might help—but only if you take it 3-4 hours before your workout. In that case, it does make you feel rehydrated after a few hours.I definitely wouldn’t recommend using this more than once every two weeks.Review Update:They provided full refund. I am changing from 1 star to 5 stars.

Also ich benutze es morgens nach dem aufstehen,im Sommer weil ich doch stark schwitze und zum Sport.Keine Krämpfe ect und ich habe das Gefühl(immer subjektiv) das es mich unterstützt.Der Geschmack lässt sich mit ahoi brause oder dieser türkischen limo (uludag orange)vergleichen, wenn diese mit Stevia gesüßt würden.Ich würde es mir nicht wegen des Geschmacks kaufen,finde diesen aber in Ordnung.Ich empfinde es auch als zu süß oder eher Zuviel „Geschmack“ oder Aroma im Produkt.Die Löslichkeit ist gut.Alles in allem ist das preis leistungsverhältnis top und es ist wirklich schwer Elektrolytpulver zu finden das nicht für Ausdauersportler ausgelegt ist und somit Zucker enthält.Ich habe 3 andere gefunden.Wobei 2 davon Brausetabletten und eins sachets zum direkt einnehmen waren.Einzige Kritik: Salz,also nacl,könnte enthalten sein.