Gatorade and Other Top Brands of Gluten-Free and Gluten-Safe Sports Drinks

Celiac.com 01/20/2021 - We get a lot of questions about sports drinks, especially about whether sports drinks are gluten-free, and if so, which ones. Most sports hydration drinks are made with water, sugar, salts and flavorings, along with some colorings, preservatives, and the like. The ingredients themselves are often gluten-free, and so most of these drinks are likely safe for people with celiac disease.

Many of these top sorts drinks are not necessarily labelled gluten-free, but they are made without gluten ingredients, and list no gluten or wheat allergens on the label, including Gatorade (By Pepsi), Powerade (By Coca-Cola), and Recharge (R.W. Knudsen Family). Moreover, we've never fielded any gluten-related complaints about those products. They are regarded as gluten-safe.

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We have an article that lists which Gatorade products are gluten-free, but here's a handy list that incorporates Gatorade and other brands of gluten-free sports drinks.

Some brands go out of their way to label their sports drinks as gluten-free. If you're one of the people who care about gluten-free labels, then these top brands are labeled gluten-free-free, so you can safely serve them to people with celiac disease.

Certified Gluten-Free Sports Drinks

Coconut Water
Anyone looking for gluten-fee sports drinks, might want to consider coconut water. Multiple brands, including Coco Libre, Vita Coco, and Zico, are naturally gluten-free.

Pacific Health Labs

• Pacific Health Labs Accelerade
• Pacific Health Labs Endurox

Both Accelerade and Endurox contain milk and soy, and several products also contain maltodextrin derived from corn. According to Pacific Health Labs, all Gels (Accel Gels, 2nd Surge Gels, and Body Glove Surge Gels) are completely Gluten Free. All Powder products, including Accelerade, Accelerade Hydro and Endurox R4 and our Recovery Bar, are Gluten Free, but are made in a facility that processes wheat. These facilities are GMP certified and flush all of their lines between productions.

BodyArmor

• BodyArmor Sports Drink - All ten flavors
• BodyArmor Lyte Sports Drink
• BodyArmor Sport Water (with added electrolytes)

NOOMA

• NOOMA Organic Electrolyte Sports Drink

Gluten-Safe Sports Drinks (Not Labelled Gluten-Free, but don't contain any gluten ingredients)

Gatorade Thirst Quencher

• Citrus Cooler
• Cool Blue
• Fierce Blue Cherry
• Fierce Fruit Punch+Berry
• Fierce Grape
• Fierce Strawberry
• Frost Arctic Blitz
• Frost Glacier Cherry
• Frost Glacier Freeze
• Frost Icy Charge
• Frost Tropical Mango
• Fruit Punch
• Lemon-Lime
• Lime Cucumber
• Orange
• Strawberry
• Strawberry Raspberry
• Strawberry Watermelon
• Tropical Cooler

G Zero

• Berry
• Glacier Cherry
• Glacier Freeze
• Grape
• Lemon-Lime
• Orange

G2

• Cool Blue
• Fruit Punch
• Glacier Freeze
• Grape
• Lemon-Lime
• Mixed Berry
• Orange
• Raspberry Lemonade

Organic Thirst Quencher

• Mixed Berry
• Passionfruit
• Strawberry

Gatorade Juiced

• Apple Raspberry
• Citrus Berry Punch
• Mixed Berry

Gatorade Energy:

• Gatorade Endurance Hydration Formula
• Gatorade Gatorlytes
• Endurance Carb Energy Chews
• Energy Gel
• Energy Gel with Caffeine
• BOLT24 Antioxidant
• BOLT24 Energize

Gatorade Protein (ALL GATORADE PROTEIN FLAVORS CONTAIN MILK INGREDIENTS):

• Gatorade Super Shake
• Gatorade Recover Protein Shake

Gatorade GX
A new hydration system – Pods filled with concentrated Gatorade formulas ready to mix with water. Gatorade calls GX a "customizable hydration system." Essentially, they are specialized dispensers with premixed Gatorade in various flavors.

Powerade
All Powerade flavors are made without gluten, and are safe.

Propel Electrolyte Water
Made by the same PepsiCo division as Gatorade, the company says that "None of the ingredients in Propel Electrolyte Water are derived from grains or flours that have been linked to gluten sensitivity."