Product information
About
Pocari Sweat, as a powder you make up yourself: one sachet to a litre of water. It is noticeably sweet, 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.
In Japanese it is sold as 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 a different magnesium salt. People who drink both say it does not taste quite the same either.
- 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.
- Once a sachet is open, use all of it: leftover powder draws in damp from the air and goes sticky, and it does not split evenly into smaller servings. Otsuka also advises against stretching it into more than a litre of water.
- It contains the electrolytes sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium. They come from the salt and the mineral-sounding names near the end of the ingredient list.
- Allergens: none of the allergens an Australian label must declare is in its ingredient list. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.
- Also on the label: a flavour enhancer the Japanese list calls a seasoning of amino acids. The mineral salts in the list are the electrolytes, not dairy.
Ingredients
Sugar (produced in Japan), glucose, fructose, powdered fruit juice, salt
Additives: acidity regulator, flavouring, vitamin C, potassium chloride, calcium lactate, seasoning (amino acids), magnesium carbonate
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Allergens
- Contains
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None declared — the ingredient list names no allergen.
- May contain
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None declared — the pack's labels give no may-contain warning.
- Dietary notes
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The pack declares no allergens at all — the mineral salts in the ingredient list are the electrolytes, not dairy.
For your safety, please check both the information on this page and the printed label on the pack. If anything is unclear or the information differs, please contact us before consuming the product.
Nutrition
| Per sachet (66 g) | Per 100 g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 1075 kJ (257 kcal) | 1629 kJ (389 kcal) |
| Protein | 0 g | 0 g |
| Fat | 0 g | 0 g |
| Carbohydrate | 65 g | 98.5 g |
| Sodium | 512 mg | 775 mg |
From the Japanese pack's nutrition panel — not the Australian nutrition information panel. The Japanese pack gives no saturated fat or sugars figure. The per-100 g column, the kJ figures and sodium (from the pack's salt equivalent, 食塩相当量, ÷ 2.54) are our calculation.
Details
- Maker
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical · Shizuoka
- Made in
- Japan
- Net contents
- 5 sachets × 66 g — each one makes 1 litre
Our guide
How to eat it
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Tip the whole sachet into a litre of water: half a sachet is not half a drink.
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Stir until no powder is left sitting at the bottom of the jug.
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Pour a glass and chill the rest; Otsuka gives no keeping time for the powder.
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.
- 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, a Japanese review site
- 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
Every time I make it up from the powder, the sweetness comes across stronger.
いつも粉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
- Mixed feelings
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
- 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, a Japanese food and drink review site
Real quotes from the review sites named on the cards. We show no star rating from those sites.
The maker
Where it comes from
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical
- Shizuoka
Otsuka Pharmaceutical makes medicines as well as drinks, and Pocari Sweat belongs to its everyday food-and-drink side, not the medicines one. The drink launched in April 1980 and has been made ever since; this powder is one of the forms it comes in now, and it is made at Otsuka's plant in Fukuroi, in Shizuoka prefecture.
Product facts here are checked against the maker's own page: pocarisweat.jp (opens in a new tab)
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Pocari Sweat Powder Japanese Electrolyte Drink 5 x 66g
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