Raw Unflavored is electrolytes with nothing added: 800mg sodium, 240mg potassium, and 60mg magnesium per serving, no sweetener and no flavor. Because it is salty rather than sweet, it does more than mix into water. One serving is about 2g of salt, so it seasons and rounds out whatever you stir it into.
If your first jar or stick pack just arrived, start here. These are the uses we reach for most, each with a full recipe if you want exact amounts.
Straight into cold water
Start with the simplest version: one serving in a glass of cold water. It tastes better than you expect on its own, clean and lightly salty. Sticks are pre-measured; if you scoop from the jar, start with less than you think and adjust from there. If it comes out too salty, add more water or use less powder next time. See the morning salt water routine.
A squeeze of lime or lemon
The easiest upgrade: squeeze half a lime or lemon into that same glass. The salt makes the citrus taste brighter. Get the lime electrolyte water recipe.
Flavored seltzer
Just as easy: a serving in La Croix, Spindrift, or any flavored seltzer. It dissolves clear, the flavor stays, and the can now carries a full serving of electrolytes. One heads-up: the powder makes carbonated water fizz up. Put the powder in the glass first, pour in a splash of seltzer, and stir while it foams. Once it settles, add the rest. See the sparkling recipe.
Make your own sports drink
For training days and long sessions, build a proper bottle: exact ratios, a touch of your own sweetener if you want it, and a fraction of the cost of the bottled stuff. Follow the salted electrolyte lemonade or the homemade Pedialyte, or let our DIY electrolyte calculator do the math for your sweat rate.
Juice
A serving disappears into orange, grapefruit, or tart cherry juice, and the salt rounds out the acidity the way it does in cooking. Good for cutting juice with water too: half juice, half water, full electrolytes. Get the juice recipe.
Protein shakes and smoothies
Blend a serving into your post-workout shake and you cover protein and electrolytes in one bottle. The salt brings out banana, peanut butter, and chocolate, so the shake tastes fuller, not salty. It also works in protein ice cream if you run a Creami-style machine. Get the protein shake recipe.
Hot cocoa
Salt deepens chocolate, the same reason bakers add a pinch to brownies. A serving in hot cocoa does exactly that and turns a cold-evening mug into recovery. Get the hot cocoa recipe.
Cooking and baking
Because it is just minerals, you can use it anywhere you would use a little salt: oatmeal, sauces, dough. The label says it plainly: add to meals as a salt substitute. For a packable version, try the salty energy bites.
Where we skip it
Broth already carries plenty of sodium on its own, so adding more overshoots. And hot black coffee turns bitter-salty fast. The exception on the coffee front is cold and sweetened, where it works well: see the salted caramel cold brew.
More unflavored recipes
The collection keeps growing: salted ginger switchel, the sleepy girl mocktail, an electrolyte michelada, salted caramel cold brew, and more.
Get Raw Unflavored
Every idea above starts with the same 90-serving jar or pre-measured stick packs.
New to Saltivate? Start small with the 8-stick sample pack.
