Brands Of Bottled Water With Electrolytes (Confirmed By Lab Tests)

In the world of hydration, bottled water infused with electrolytes has become one of the best ways to rehydrate with essential minerals.

Our bodies need electrolytes, especially sodium, potassium, and magnesium, to perform processes such as muscle contraction and nerve conduction.

These electrolytes are added to bottled water to enhance the taste, replace minerals removed in water treatment processes, or even improve athletic performance. 

Brands Of Bottled Water With Electrolytes

There are a lot of brands of water advertised as electrolyte enhanced, but many don’t back those claims up.

To help you make an informed choice, we’ve sifted through the noise and identified bottled water brands with confirmed electrolyte levels, checked by laboratory tests and water quality reports.

Stay with us to the end to see which brands advertise themselves as ‘electrolyte water’, but have little to no information to show what those electrolytes are, or how much there is in their water.

Core Hydration

As opposed to other brands, this brand uses electrolytes and minerals that don’t contain sodium, including:

• calcium chloride
• magnesium chloride
• potassium bicarbonate

It also doesn’t contain fluoride, chromium 6, arsenic or chlorine – which is a big plus.

The fact Core Hydration is sodium-free makes it a good choice for anyone limiting their salt intake.

FIJI

This natural spring water has a neutral pH of 7.8, and is especially high in the electrolyte bicarbonate, which when combined with sodium can dramatically boost hydration (faster than other sodium compounds).

Essentia

Its proprietary blend of electrolytes can hydrate the body in the best way possible while also enhancing the water’s taste.

Each bottle includes:

• sodium bicarbonate
• dipotassium phosphate
• magnesium sulfate
• calcium chloride

Essentia produces smooth pH water by removing bitter-tasting acidic ions, putting into the category of alkaline water.

Propel

Electrolytes, antioxidants, and vitamins in this drink help you replenish what you lose through sweat.

Propel bottled water is sugar-free, so taking it after a workout won’t add back the calories you burned, but it does have artificial sweeteners.

Evian

Evian does have a strong mineral taste, so we recommend trying one bottle before buying it in bulk. It’s a great option for natural hydration though.

Waiakea

Filtered through porous volcanic rock, the water is then enhanced with minerals and electrolytes, including sodium, sulfate and calcium.

Glaceau Smartwater

Smart Water has a distinctive, crisp, and pure taste through its blend of calcium, magnesium, and potassium.

While this is technically ‘electrolyte water’, the amount of electrolytes is quite low, so we wouldn’t consider this a great source of electrolytes (compared to other brands, like Fiji water)

Unconfirmed Electrolyte Waters

There are many other brands of electrolyte enhanced water or alkaline water that are available. But information of which electrolytes have been added, and how much there is in a bottle, was impossible to find.

We contacted many of these brands, but they hadn’t gotten back to us by the time of publication (we’ll continue to update this article as we receive information from them).

That’s not to say these water’s don’t contain electrolytes, but it’s hard to compare them without more detailed information. So you can make an informed decision of which will boost your hydration the most, we’ve included them here:

TEN Alkaline Spring Water

We discovered this water had good amounts of potassium, and a little sodium. It’s also extremely alkaline, with a pH of 10.

VOSS + Aquamin

This product contains 74 trace minerals and electrolytes, ensuring optimal hydration and a pleasant taste. 

We have no doubt that Voss+ is high in electrolytes, but we couldn’t access their water quality report. Although, the water quality reports for their regular still water and sparkling water are available and show they have a decent amount of electrolytes.

LIFE WTR

LIFE WTR purifies the water using reverse osmosis and then adds electrolytes back in to give it a pure, clean taste, including:

• Magnesium Sulfate
• Potassium Bicarbonate

Ever & Ever

The company claims that its water is enhanced for optimal hydration and includes:

• Magnesium sulfate
• Calcium chloride
• Potassium bicarbonate
• Potassium chloride

Northern Chill

It has minerals & electrolytes, including magnesium, bicarbonate and potassium, and is naturally filtered with a smooth taste.

blk.

With powerful electrolytes and a high pH, it should increase hydration and restore balance in the body.

Water distillation at blk. is done only by using fulvic acid, humic acid, and trace minerals from deep in the earth, including:

• Potassium
• Sodium
• Magnesium
• Calcium
• Chloride

Surfwater

Surfwater is electrolyte-enhanced and pH balanced water. We discovered that it’s sodium-free, but couldn’t find any information on which electrolytes were added.

Benefits of Electrolytes

Improved Exercise Performance

Besides sodium, sweat also contains electrolytes such as potassium, calcium, and magnesium. With every liter of sweat, you lose about 1 gram of sodium.

It’s been shown that even a slight loss of water can lead to diminished strength, speed, and focus. We can benefit from electrolyte-enhanced waters by replenishing electrolytes, water, and energy lost during exercise.

To replace electrolytes lost in sweat, it is recommended to drink electrolyte-enhanced water during exercise rather than regular water. By doing so, your heart, brain, muscle, and nervous system will function better.

Rehydration During Illness

Dehydration from vomiting and diarrhea can be dangerous. Typically, vomiting and diarrhea do not pose a severe threat in the short term. However, it’s important to replace electrolytes and fluids if severe symptoms persist.

Electrolyte water, however, may not be sufficient for treating severe dehydration, and a hydralyte solution or powder might be more suitable – check with your doctor.

Electrolyte and regular water are both important sources of daily fluids, as are other beverages such as coffee, tea, and fruit juices. Electrolyte water is generally misunderstood as being superior to regular water as a source of hydration. However, this is not the case in every situation.

Help With Acid Balance

Electrolyte dehydration can impair blood clotting, muscle contraction, acid balance, and fluid balance within your body. Reboosting hydration with electrolyte-water can help improve our pH balance, and can help relieve the other symptoms of dehydration.