Product information
About
Pocari Sweat, as a powder you make up yourself: one sachet to a litre of water. It is sweet — noticeably so — slightly tart, with salt you can taste. Buy it if you want Pocari by the litre without carrying bottles home; if you are after something sugar-free, this is the wrong drink.
On the box it reads ポカリスエット パウダー — pokari suetto paudaa.
What you're getting
- Five sachets, five litres. Each one makes a full litre, and the box sits in a cupboard where five bottles would not.
- It is not the same recipe as the bottled Pocari — the powder uses different mineral salts. Whether you can taste that, people split: most say the sweetness comes through stronger, some say they cannot tell the two apart.
- The name is not what it sounds like. "Pocari" means nothing at all in Japanese; Otsuka chose it for its light, bright sound, and the English half was never meant to describe the taste.
- Nothing metal — it is acidic, and long contact with metal spoils both the drink and the bottle.
- One sachet is one litre, and there is no way to split it into smaller servings.
- It contains the electrolytes sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium — those are the mineral-sounding names near the end of the ingredient list.
- Allergens — the pack declares none. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.
Ingredients
The maker's ingredient list, translated from the Japanese pack. Anything after the break is an additive — the Japanese label lists those separately.
Sugar (produced in Japan), glucose, fructose, powdered fruit juice, salt
acidity regulator, flavouring, vitamin C, potassium chloride, calcium lactate, flavour enhancer (monosodium glutamate), magnesium carbonate
The printed label on the pack is always the authority on ingredients and allergens, not this page — please read it in full before you rely on our summary. If you are unsure about an ingredient, contact us.
Allergens
The maker declares:
- Allergens
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None declared — the maker's ingredient list names no allergen.
- Dietary notes
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Contains monosodium glutamate, named as the flavour enhancer in the ingredient list. The pack declares no allergens at all — the mineral salts in the list are the electrolytes, not dairy.
The printed label on the pack is always the authority on ingredients and allergens, not this page — please read it in full before you rely on our summary. If you are unsure about an ingredient, contact us.
Details
- Maker
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical
- Prefecture
- Shizuoka
- Made in
- Japan
- Net contents
- 5 sachets × 66 g — each one makes 1 litre
Our guide
How to eat it
- Tip the whole sachet into one litre of water and stir until nothing settles at the bottom.
- Use the entire sachet in one go — the powder is not mixed evenly inside the bag, so half a sachet does not make half a drink.
Good to know
- It is acidic, and the maker asks for a non-metal container: long contact with metal can taint the drink and damage the bottle.
- Once you have drunk straight from the bottle, finish it that day. Poured into a clean bottle and kept cold, it keeps two to three days.
- Hot water is fine if you want it warm, but do not boil it.
In their own words
What Japanese buyers say
- What they like
On space alone, the powder wins.
スペースの都合で粉末のほうが勝ってます
from monolog
- What they grumble about
If you don't mix the powder well it tends to clump at the bottom.
粉末はよく混ぜないと底の方に固まりやすい
from monolog
- What they like
I hesitate to buy the bottles, but with the powder I can make it the moment I need it — a household essential.
ペットボトルだと購入をためらいますが粉末だと、必要な時にすぐ作れるから我が家の必需品です
from monolog
- What they grumble about
Made up from the powder, the sweetness comes across stronger.
粉verにすると甘さが強く感じます
from monolog
- What they like
Because with bottles the rubbish just piles up.
ペットボトルだとゴミが溜まってしまうので。
from monolog
- Good to know
Powdered Pocari and ordinary bottled Pocari — don't they taste completely different?!
粉末のポカリと普通のペットボトルのポカリ。全然味違くないですか？！
from yahoo
- What they grumble about
A bit pricey for how little you get.
少し量が少ない割に高い
from monolog
- What they like
It's a faff to dissolve, but I've got my storage space back. Lighter to carry out, too.
溶かす手間はあるが収納が広くなった。外出時も軽くなり楽。
from monolog
- Good to know
I keep a stock for my child's school club water bottle. Handy.
子供の部活の水筒用に買い置きしてます 便利です
from monolog
- What they grumble about
Put in a tupperware it goes damp and sets solid. The taste turns sharply sour, too — unpleasant.
タッパに入れると湿気っぽくなり固まってしまいます。 味も酸味が強くなってしまい不味いです。
from yahoo
- What they like
Bottles are heavy to buy, so I always go for the powder. No issue with the taste either.
ペットボトルを買うと重たいので常にパウダーにしています。味も問題なし。
from askul
- What they like
It keeps well, so I always have some in.
保存もきくので常備してます。
from mognavi
Real quotes from Japanese review sites (monolog, yahoo, askul, mognavi), translated by us. We show no star rating from those sites.
The maker
Where it comes from
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical
- Shizuoka
Otsuka Pharmaceutical was founded in 1964, and it is a medicines company before it is a drinks one. Pocari Sweat comes from the side of the business that makes things you buy in a supermarket rather than a pharmacy.
Getting that first drink right took the company more than a thousand prototypes.
It launched in April 1980 in a 245 ml can and has been made ever since. The powder is one of the forms it comes in now.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: pocarisweat.jp (opens in a new tab)
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