What is Gatorade®? Gatorade®, or Gatorade® G as the product was re-branded as in early 2009, is a popular sports drink invented in 1965 by a team of researchers at the University of Florida. The drink is named in honor of the University's Florida Gators athletic teams. It was ...
Gatorade's G2 brand is available in flavors such as fruit punch, grape and orange, but is sweetened with sugar and low-calorie sweeteners sucralose and acesulfame potassium to keep the drink low in calories. Common ingredients in several flavors of G2 are water, sugar, citric acid, salt, s...