Gatorade (only slightly OT)

On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:54:12 +0100, Chris Reed wrote:

Just found the WHO recipe:

1. Sodium Chloride 3.5 grams (90 meq/L Sodium) 2. Potassium Chloride
1.5 grams (20 meq/L Potassium) 3. Glucose 20 grams (2% Carbohydrate)
4. Sodium Bicarbonate 2.5 grams (30 meq/L bicarbonate)
1. Alternative: Trisodium Citrate 2.9 grams

This looks like less salt and sugar, but I can't translate grams to
teaspoons (anyone with accurate scales for this?)

Interesting - I think some place between your original recipe and this
may be a good (non-sweet) spot. Some experimentation is called for.

HOT NEWS: Further Googling reveals that a level teaspoon of either salt
or sugar weighs about 8 grams. Thus the WHO recipe would be (approx):

I'm a traditional imprecise chemist by training and have a teaspoon that
says its 5ml, so I'd just use a moderately heaped one and call that 8
grams.


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