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Which Pedialyte has the least sugar? Pedialyte. It’s that electrolyte drink we all run out to the drugstore to grab when someone in the family isn’t well and needs to rehydrate and replace minerals quickly. It also is a drink you may guzzle after a workout to replace fluids and minerals lost in sweat. Either way, exactly how much sugar is in Pedialyte? And more importantly which Pedialyte has the least sugar? In order to answer these questions, I have gone through all the different varieties of Pedialyte (there are quite a few!!) and ranked them all from highest sugar content to lowest sugar content.
The sugar content is based on a 12oz serving of bottled Pedialyte and on a packet serving of powdered Pedialyte.
Make sure to read to the end to find out what the lowest sugar Pedialyte is and what yummy flavors they are available in (spoiler alert – there is one Pedialyte that contains 0g of sugar).
So, let’s get to it – which Pedialyte has the least sugar?
What About Other Types of Electrolyte Drinks?
Before we dig in, if you are also interested in the sugar content of other electrolyte drinks too then make sure to check out the following posts I wrote:
- The 8 Sugar-Free VitaminWater Drinks You Need To Know About
- Which Gatorade Has the Least Sugar?
- How Much Sugar is in Powerade and Which are Sugar-Free?
- Is Coconut Water High in Sugar? Let’s Find Out
- Which Propel Flavors Are Sugar-Free? You Won’t Believe It!
How Much Sugar is in Pedialyte?
The Pedialyte that contains the least sugar is Pedialyte Electrolyte Water Zero Sugar. There is 0g of sugar per serving of Pedialyte Electrolyte Water. The second lowest sugar Pedialyte is bottled Pedialyte Sports Drink which contains 5g of sugar in a 12oz serving. The remaining Pedialyte drinks contain 6g-12g of sugar in a serving. Powdered Pedialyte tends to contain more sugar than the equivalent bottle versions.
What are the lowest sugar version of Pedialyte?
The lowest sugar versions of Pedialyte drinks are Pedialyte Electrolyte Water Zero Sugar which contains 0g of sugar and Pedialyte Sports Drink which contains 5g of sugar.
Pedialyte Electrolyte Water is available in two flavors – Berry Frost (available on Amazon here) and Fruit Punch (available on Amazon here) and even an unflavored version (available on Amazon here).
The bottled version of Pedialyte Sports Drink is available in Fruit Punch (available on Amazon here), Lemon-Lime (available on Amazon here), and Berry Freeze (available on Amazon here).
Ranking All Pedialyte Drinks
In this section, I will go through all the different varieties of Pedialyte drinks ranking them on sugar content from highest to lowest. This is to help you choose the best Pedialyte drink for you.
1. Pedialyte Classic Powder – 12g of Sugar
The highest sugar Pedialyte is Pedialyte Classic in power format. This Pedialyte is sweetened with anhydrous dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium, and contains 12g of sugar in a serving.
2. Pedialyte AdvancedCare Plus Powder – 10g of Sugar
The powdered version of Pedialyte AdvancedCare Plus is sweetened slightly differently – with short-chain fructooligosaccharides, anhydrous dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium.
There are 10g of sugar in a serving – read on to find out how much sugar is in the bottled format of Pedialyte AdvancedCare Plus.
3. Pedialyte AdvancedCare Powder – 10g of Sugar
It is the same sugar situation with Pedialyte AdvancedCare powder. The sweeteners used are short-chain fructooligosaccharides, anhydrous dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium. Each drink contains 10g of sugar per serving.
4. Pedialyte Classic Bottle – 9g of Sugar
Next up is Pedialyte Classic bottled format. Pedialyte Classic is one of the highest-sugar bottled Pedialytes as it contains 9g of sugar in a 12oz serving. It is, however, lower in sugar on a serving basis than the powdered version of Pedialyte Classic.
The sweeteners used in Pedialyte Classic are dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium.
Make sure to read on to find out about lower-sugar bottled Pedialyte options.
5. Pedialyte Organic Bottle – 9g of Sugar
Pedialyte may be sweetened differently from Pedialyte Classic (Pedialyte Organic is sweetened with organic apple juice concentrate, organic dextrose, and organic stevia), but it still contains 9g of sugar.
6. Pedialyte with Immune Support Powder – 8g of Sugar
Pedialyte with Immune Support powdered version is sweetened with short-chain fructooligosaccharides, anhydrous dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium. There are 8g of sugar per serving – make sure to read on to find out the sugar content of the bottled Pedialyte with Immune Support.
7. Pedialyte AdvancedCare Plus Bottle – 7g of Sugar
Pedialyte AdvancedCare Plus is a touch lower in sugar at 7g of sugar in a 12oz serving. This is also 3g of sugar lower than the powdered version of Pedialyte AdvancedCare Plus. Pedialyte AdvancedCare Plus is sweetened with the same sweeteners as Pedialyte Classic (bottle format) – dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium.
8. Pedialyte AdvancedCare Bottle – 7g of Sugar
Pedialyte AdvancedCare bottled format may not have the Plus after its name but it still contains 7g of sugar per serving and is sweetened with dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium.
9. Pedialyte with Immune Support Bottle – 7g of Sugar
It is the same sugar content situation with Pedialyte with Immune Support bottled format. There are 7g of sugar per serving and the sweeteners used are dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium.
10. Pedialyte Sports Powder – 7g of Sugar
The powder version of Pedialyte Sports is sweetened with short-chain fructooligosaccharides, anhydrous dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium. The sugar content is 7g of sugar per serving. The bottled version is sweetened differently and contains less sugar so make sure to read on to find out what that is!
11. Pedialyte Fast Hydration Powder – 6g of Sugar
Pedialyte’s Fast Hydration Powder is sweetened with dextrose, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose, and there are 6g of sugar per serving. This makes Pedialyte Fast Hydration Powder the lowest-sugar Pedialyte powder.
12. Pedialyte Sports Bottle – 5g of Sugar
Pedialyte Sports contains less sugar at 5g of sugar per 12oz serving. This is actually a lot lower than Gatorade or Powerade which contain 21g of sugar per 12oz serving. You can read more about it here on Gatorade (Which Gatorade Has the Least Sugar?) and Powerade (How Much Sugar is in Powerade and Which are Sugar-Free?).
For sweetness, the usual combo of dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium is used. So Pedialyte Sports is definitely a lower-sugar sports drink. It is available in Fruit Punch (available on Amazon here), Lemon-Lime (available on Amazon here), and Berry Freeze (available on Amazon here).
13. Pedialyte Electrolyte Water Zero Sugar Bottle – 0g of Sugar
Finally, here is the really exciting news.
Pedialyte makes a sugar-free electrolyte drink! Yes, you read that correctly – sugar-free.
That drink is Pedialyte Electrolyte Water! Pedialyte Electrolytes Water is sweetened with sucralose and acesulfame potassium and contains 0g of sugar per serving. How awesome is that?
Pedialyte Electrolyte Water contains three key electrolytes (sodium, chloride, and potassium) but none of the sugar. Pedialyte Electrolyte Water comes in two delicious flavors – Berry Frost (available on Amazon here) and Fruit Punch (available on Amazon here) and even an unflavored version (available on Amazon here)
If you are interested in another sugar-free electrolyte drink, make sure to read the following post I wrote on Propel here – Which Propel Flavors Are Sugar-Free? You Won’t Believe It!
Summary Table – Sugar in Pedialyte
Below is a summary table of the sugar content for all the different Pedialyte drinks available. For each drink, I mention the sweetener used as well as the total sugar per serving.
| Pedialyte Variety | Sweeteners Used | Sugar In A Serving (packet of powder or 12oz serving of bottled) |
|---|---|---|
| Pedialyte Classic Powder | Anhydrous dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium | 12g |
| Pedialyte AdvancedCare Plus Powder | Short-chain fructooligosaccharides, anhydrous dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium | 10g |
| Pedialyte AdvancedCare Powder | Short-chain fructooligosaccharides, anhydrous dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium | 10g |
| Pedialyte Classic Bottle | Dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium | 9g |
| Pedialyte Organic Bottle | Organic apple juice concentrate, organic dextrose, and organic stevia | 9g |
| Pedialyte with Immune Support Powder | Short-chain fructooligosaccharides, anhydrous dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium | 8g |
| Pedialyte AdvancedCare Plus Bottle | Dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium | 7g |
| Pedialyte AdvancedCare Bottle | Dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium | 7g |
| Pedialyte With Immune Support Bottle | Dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium | 7g |
| Pedialyte Sports Powder | Dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium | 7g |
| Pedialyte Fast Hydration Powder | Dextrose, sucralose, and acesulfame potassium | 6g |
| Pedialyte Sports Bottle | Dextrose, sucralose and acesulfame potassium | 5g |
| Pedialyte Electrolyte Water Zero Sugar Bottle | Sucralose and acesulfame potassium | 0g |
Sugar In Pedialyte F&Q
Is Pedialyte High In Sugar?
Pedialyte contains 0g-12g of sugar per serving. This is actually fairly low in sugar for an electrolyte drink – a number of electrolyte drinks have a higher sugar content than this.
Does Pedialyte Have Less Sugar Than Gatorade?
Pedialyte contains less sugar than Gatorade. There are 5g of sugar in a 12oz serving of Pedialyte Sports drink vs 21g of sugar in a 12oz serving of Gatorade.
What Pedialyte Has The Least Sugar?
The Pedialyte that contains the least sugar is Pedialyte Electrolyte Water Zero Sugar. There is 0g of sugar per serving.
Is There A Zero Sugar Pedialyte?
There is a zero-sugar Pedialyte – it is called Pedialyte Electrolyte Water Zero Sugar. This sugar-free Pedialyte is sweetened with sucralose and acesulfame potassium and contains 0g of sugar.
Does Pedialyte Have Fake Sugar?
All Pedialyte drinks contain sucralose and acesulfame potassium and Organic Pedialyte contains stevia.
Which Pedialyte Has The Least Sugar? – The Final Bite
Which Pedialyte has the least sugar? What have we learned from the above? Well, when it comes to Pedialyte the good news is that it tends to contain less sugar than normal Gatorade. However, unlike other brands like Gatorade or Powerade, there is a much more limited selection of sugar-free drinks. For Pedialyte, if you are looking for a sugar-free version you are limited to Pedialyte Electrolyte Water Zero Sugar Bottle which is the only one of its drinks that contain no sugar.
And Remember…
Ingredients and/or manufacturing processes may change. Always double-check ingredient lists and nutritional information before purchasing any food items.
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