Would You Pay $10 for a Teaspoon of Salt?
If you have purchased Gatorade G Series Pro 02 Perform Sports Drink, you already have. You may have noticed that Gatorade’s G Series Pro 02 costs about $0.40 more per 8 oz. serving than the original Gatorade G (now sold as Gatorade G Series 02 Perform).
You probably figured, as I did, that it must be because of the special electrolyte ingredients in the Pro 02 Perform, which Gatorade claims improve endurance in long events.
When you compare the nutritional data for the two products, the main difference is that Gatorade Pro 02 Perform contains 90 mg more sodium and 60 mg more potassium than Gatorade G Series 02 Perform.
Since a teaspoon of table salt contains 2,325 mg of sodium, that extra 90 mg of sodium in Gatorade Pro 02 Perform cost you about $10.23 per teaspoon ($0.40/90 x 2325).
If you wanted to “upgrade” your Gatorade G Series 02 Perform to Gatorade Pro 02, you could add about than 1/3 teaspoon of salt to a 1/2 gallon of Gatorade G Series 02 Perform. You’d boost the sodium content by the same amount (2325 mg/3/8 = 97 mg) and save yourself a bundle of money.
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