Our story

More salt, no sugar

Saltivate started with a simple frustration: most electrolyte mixes go light on sodium and heavy on sugar. For people who sweat hard, that is backwards, so we made the mix we wanted: plenty of sodium, balanced potassium and magnesium, zero sugar, and a short ingredient list.

Saltivate bottle and stick pack on a golf green

What we believe

Real hydration, nothing extra

When you sweat, you lose sodium, potassium, and magnesium, and water alone does not put them back. Saltivate gives you 800mg of sodium per serving, with no sugar and no fillers.

MaxFounder of Saltivate

Our story

How a tech founder turned a salt habit into Saltivate

Saltivate began the way many good products do, with one person solving a problem for himself.

After several years in tech, founder Max wanted to build something of his own, something he could hold in his hand. The problem he kept circling back to was hydration. He sweat heavily and felt noticeably better on the days he got enough salt, yet he could not find an electrolyte mix that actually delivered it.

Most of what lined the shelves was the opposite of what his body needed. The popular mixes ran light on sodium and heavy on sugar, with long ingredient lists and a stevia aftertaste. For a while his fix was to buy an electrolyte powder and add his own salt on top. That workaround turned out to be the spark.

Max started blending his own mix at home, weighing each mineral on a kitchen scale and adjusting the ratios until it tasted clean and did the job. Friends asked for batches, then friends of friends, and the kitchen experiment slowly became a product.

Every serving now carries 800mg of sodium balanced with potassium and magnesium, zero sugar, no stevia, and a short ingredient list. The audience reached further than expected: alongside athletes and heavy sweaters, many customers manage POTS or low blood pressure, where a doctor has told them to get more salt.

The aim has stayed the same from the kitchen scale to today: real amounts, clean ingredients, and no marketing that oversells what is in the bag.

What's in the bag

Clean by design

More salt, on purpose

800mg sodium per serving, for people who sweat hard.

Zero sugar, ever

No sugar and no artificial colors.

Stevia-free sweetness

Sweetened with Reb M from fermented rice.

Balanced flavor

Never too sweet, sour, or salty.

Quality

Made in the USA

Every batch is blended and packed in the United States, and third-party lab tested for every lot.

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High-sodium hydration in jars and stick packs, in four flavors plus unflavored.