Pocari Sweat
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Pocari Sweat (Japanese: ポカリスエット, Pokari Suetto) is a Japanese sports drink, manufactured by Otsuka Pharmaceutical. It was launched in 1980, and is mostly well known across Asia and the Middle East;[1] it is also available in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and Mexico.[2]
Product type | Sports drink |
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Produced by | Otsuka Pharmaceutical |
Country | Japan |
Introduced | 1980; 44 years ago (1980) |
Markets | East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East |
Website | pocarisweat.jp |
Pocari Sweat is a mild-tasting, relatively light [clarification needed], non-carbonated sweet beverage and is advertised as an "ion supply drink", "refreshment water" (1992), "body request" (1999), and "electrolyte beverage" in Thailand. It has a mild grapefruit flavor with little aftertaste. Ingredients listed are water, sugar, citric acid, trisodium citrate, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium lactate, magnesium carbonate, and flavoring.[3] It is sold in aluminium cans, PET bottles, and as a powder for mixing with water. An artificially sweetened version with reduced sugar called Pocari Sweat Ion Water (ポカリスエット イオンウォーター, Pokari Suetto Ion Wōtā) is also sold.[4]