Doctor-developed oral rehydration solution built on a precise ratio of sodium and glucose, so fluid actually gets into the bloodstream fast. Three times the sodium electrolytes and half the sugar of the leading sports drink, in flavors athletes finish instead of pour out. Used by 90% of top pro and college sports teams.
DripDrop is the hydration company that treats flavor as a clinical variable, because an oral rehydration solution only works if the athlete actually drinks it.
Founder Dr. Eduardo Dolhun, a Mayo Clinic-trained family physician, learned the life-saving potential of oral rehydration solution (ORS) as a medical student. On humanitarian aid missions he watched the same problem repeat: the standard ORS worked, but it tasted so bad that patients, especially kids, couldn't get it down or keep it down. His answer was DripDrop, a formula that improves on the World Health Organization's ORS standards and tastes good enough that people who need it want to drink it. The invention earned him the 2017 Mayo Clinic Alumni Association Humanitarian Award.
The science is the sodium-glucose cotransport system. Sodium is the electrolyte that pulls fluid into the bloodstream, but it can't cross the intestinal wall efficiently on its own. Pair it with a small, deliberate dose of glucose and absorption accelerates dramatically. DripDrop's formula runs that ratio precisely, keeps osmolarity low for speed, and delivers 3x the sodium electrolytes (660mg vs 216mg per 16oz) at half the sugar of the leading sports drink.
Today DripDrop is a Public Benefit Corporation. The company reports its products are used by 90% of top pro and college sports teams, with athletes across the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, MLS, and NCAA, plus the U.S. military and first-responder programs. For teams, DripDrop offers NSF Certified for Sport options for professional, collegiate, and high school programs. Purchases fund donations: 13M+ servings donated across 20+ humanitarian missions worldwide.
Most hydration products make a Sports RD choose: a formula that hits the electrolyte numbers but sits unfinished in the bottle, or a flavor athletes love that's mostly sugar water. DripDrop refuses the trade. The sodium and carbohydrate are dosed to drive absorption, and the flavor is engineered so the protocol actually gets consumed.
That sentence is DripDrop's founding observation from the field, and it's the most practical hydration insight a dietitian can act on. Compliance is the variable that breaks most hydration plans. A precisely balanced ORS that goes unfinished delivers exactly nothing. DripDrop was built backwards from that problem: get the sodium-glucose ratio right first, then make it taste good enough that nobody has to be told twice.
For a Sports RD, that means the carbs in the formula aren't filler. They're the transport mechanism. A small, deliberate dose of glucose paired with 330mg of sodium per 8oz stick opens the sodium-glucose cotransport shortcut and moves fluid into the bloodstream faster than water alone.
DripDrop's retail stick packs don't all carry a sport certification mark. The NSF Certified for Sport options are purchased through their team and program channel, or you can get them right here on Nutrition Locker. What earns DripDrop its spot is the combination nobody else in the cooler matches: a true ORS-grade sodium-glucose formula, dosed for absorption rather than taste-panel applause, that athletes still finish and ask for by flavor. Fast hydration that gets consumed beats perfect hydration that gets poured out. That's why DripDrop is in the Locker.
Three formulas in single-serve powder sticks: the original full-ORS formula, Zero Sugar, and the expanded Zero Sugar Plus.
The flagship. Full oral rehydration solution chemistry: sodium paired with a deliberate dose of glucose to drive the cotransport system, at half the sugar of the leading sports drink. This is the stick for heavy sweat loads, two-a-days, heat, illness, and any situation where the carbs are doing transport work.
The everyday sideline stick. Zero sugar for athletes managing total carbohydrate intake, daily hydration service, and the water-cooler rotation, while keeping the sodium-forward electrolyte profile the brand is built on.
DripDrop's newest line, billed as their complete zero sugar hydration. Larger 16oz serving format for full-bottle mixing, in two variety-pack flavor rotations. The practical answer for athletes who hydrate by the bottle, not the cup.
"I'm an Athletic Trainer who uses DripDrop with the athletes I work with. They love it. They feel great after they drink it and say it tastes as great as it works. In emergency dehydration situations the difference in the athlete after intervention with DripDrop is amazing."
"As a Certified Athletic Trainer, I think this product is absolutely essential in today's athletic world as a tool for athletes, coaches, athletic trainers, and doctors to use to help the athlete stay hydrated and performing at their best. I've tried these and they are great tasting."
"Hands down the best-tasting, most effective ORS on the market for hydrating from regular exercise to longer endurance efforts. Training for long-distance events we tested dozens of hydration powders, tablets, and drinks. DripDrop won for many reasons: ingredients, ease of use, taste, and flavor."
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