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Electrolyte Powder Lemon: sachets, counts and minerals per sachet

Why a 30 sachet box cannot be price-compared with a powder tub, and which figures a sachet label must state.

4 min read6 sections30 sachets

Sold by count, not by weight

This product is a box of 30 sachets. Sachet products are sold by count and powder products are sold by weight, so the two formats cannot be compared directly on the shelf.

If you want to set a sachet box against a tub, you have to pick one common unit and convert. Cost per sachet against cost per portion is usually the fairest pairing, once both labels state a portion.

What a 30 sachet box has to state

The useful thing about a single-serve format is that the sachet is the unit. A finished label states the amount of each mineral per sachet, which removes the arithmetic that a scoop-based tub leaves you to do.

The amount of each named mineral in one sachet
A nutrient reference value percentage where one exists for that mineral
The full ingredients list in descending order by weight
The number of sachets in the box, here 30

Minerals are named individually

Electrolyte is a shelf word, not a label word. What the label names is the individual minerals and the salts they are supplied as, such as a named sodium, potassium or magnesium compound.

Reading those names matters because two boxes can both say electrolyte and declare a different set of minerals in different amounts. The mineral table settles it.

Lemon is flavouring, and it sits in the list

A lemon drink mix contains flavouring, and often an acid and a sweetener to make it dissolve and taste the way it does. All of that belongs in the ingredients list alongside the minerals.

If you are comparing flavoured drink mixes, read past the mineral table and into the list. That is where the sweetener choice and any colour are declared.

Neighbours on the shelf

The single-mineral products in the range are a different kind of purchase: one named mineral, one stated amount, no flavouring to assess. Potassium and Magnesium Citrate are the obvious reference points.

Comparing a multi-mineral sachet with a single-mineral capsule is a format decision as much as an ingredient one.