Sports drinks give you fluid volume. Urge Electrolyte gives you the formula in a pocket: sodium, potassium, magnesium, plus zinc, vitamin C, and B-complex, sweetened with monk fruit. You still drink water. The question is whether you also want a sticky bottle of sugar-forward liquid every time you sweat.
Pre-order Electrolyte · Vs sports drinks, short version
What a typical sports drink actually is
A lot of the category is a cold drink first. Electrolytes are in the story. Sugar or corn syrup often carries the taste. Fine if you want liquid volume after a long session. Heavy if you just finished a hot commute, a gym bag day, or a flight and you do not want another bottle rolling around the car.
Urge Electrolyte is the other job: unwrap, use, keep drinking water. No mixing. No sink.
Sugar vs monk fruit
Many sports drinks use cane sugar or high-fructose corn syrup as the vehicle. Urge uses monk fruit. Not cane sugar. Not corn syrup. Not sucralose. The lollipop is still a treat. The formula is the point.
When the drink still wins
- Long, hot sessions where you need a lot of fluid, fast.
- You already have a sports drink you finish without thinking.
When the lollipop wins
- Pocket, bag, desk, travel. A bottle is extra work.
- You want named electrolytes without a sugar-forward sports formula.
- You want a 15-pack you can stock. Friends and Family is $20 (was $29). Ships October 2026.
What is in it
Sodium, potassium, magnesium. Zinc, vitamin C, B-complex. Monk fruit. Final formula and flavors will be announced soon. Full Nutrition Facts ship with the box. Educational only, not medical advice.
Anti-Stress is the other formula: chamomile-led calm blend, magnesium, zinc. Different job. Same stick format.
Pre-order Electrolyte · Pre-order Anti-Stress
Español: Que son las paletas de electrolitos.
Omar
Founder, Urge