Whether you’re hitting the gym or just trying to stay hydrated on a hot summer day, a cold bottle of Gatorade can be a great way to get the fluids and nutrients your body needs.
With its expertly created blend of electrolytes and carbohydrates, this sports drink has been helping people to rehydrate and refuel for decades.
In fact, the very first Gatorade flavor introduced in 1965 was lemon-lime. It was the only flavor available for over 15 years.
While the original lemon lime flavor is still available and undoubtedly beloved by millions, there are now so many different Gatorade flavors to choose from.
When it comes to sports drinks, Gatorade is probably the most well-known brand thanks to its long-standing reputation and iconic bright, bold colors.
So in this article, we thought we’d have some fun and explore all of the best Gatorade flavors by color!
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Gatorade Products
In addition to sports drinks for hydration, Gatorade offers energy chews and gels, protein shakes and powders, as well as supplements. But for the purposes of this article, we’re going to focus on the different flavor options available for the sports drinks.
Within the Gatorade hydration product line, you’ll find quite a few different beverage options. Here’s a quick run-down:
Gatorade Hydration Products
- Gatorade Thirst Quencher (the classic sports drink)
- Gatorade Organic Thirst Quencher (USDA organic with no added color)
- Gatorade Zero (zero sugar)
- Gatorade Fit (no added sugar, artificial sweeteners or flavors, no added colors, plus Vitamins A & C)
- Gatorlyte (5 electrolytes for rapid hydration)
- Endurance Formula (multi-carbohydrate powder blend)
- Endurance Gatorlytes (for cramp-prone athletes)
- G2 (lower sugar)
- Gx Pods (flavor pods that work with Gatorade Gx bottles)
- Propel (for water with electrolytes, antioxidants & vitamins with no calories or sugar)
In the next section, you’ll find an overview of the flavors available (by color) for all of these above-listed hydration products.
Blue Gatorade Flavors
First, let’s take a look at the “blue” flavors available from Gatorade. As you’ll see, the names are fun, but a little obscure. I mean, what exactly does a frosty, icy charge taste like!?
Thirst Quencher Fierce Blue Cherry
Thirst Quencher Fierce Blue Cherry is a very popular flavor. People enjoy it because it’s a nice mix of sweet, tangy and a little sour. Many people compare it to Blue Powerade.
This flavor has 4.6/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out the customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Cool Blue
Cool Blue is another popular Gatorade flavor. This flavor is refreshing with just the right amount of sweetness and tastes best when it is icy cold.
This flavor has 4.8/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out the customer reviews here.
Gatorade Zero Cool Blue
If you love the original cool blue flavor, but don’t want the sugar, be sure to check out the Gatorade Zero Cool Blue flavor. It has all of the delicious sweet flavor, but zero sugar.
This flavor has 4.8/5.0 stars on Amazon. Check out the customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Frost Icy Charge
Frost Icy Charge is a purple-ish blue color. And interestingly, it is described as having lime and pineapple flavor, which is odd for a blue-colored drink.
This flavor has 4.8/5.0 stars on Amazon. Check out the customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Frost Glacier Freeze
It’s hard to nail down exactly what Frost Glacier Freeze is meant to taste like. It definitely has some sort of berry flavor, possibly blueberry with a touch of tart cranberry.
This flavor has a 4.8/5.0 star rating on Amazon. Read some customer reviews here.
Gatorade Zero Glacier Freeze
Gatorade Zero Glacier Freeze has all the berry flavor of the original version, but without the sugar.
This flavor has a 4.8/5.0 star rating on Amazon. Read some customer reviews here.
G2 Glacier Freeze
G2 Glacier Freeze tastes similar to the original flavor, but has half the amount of sugar.
This flavor has a 4.7/5.0 star rating on Amazon. Read some customer reviews here.
Green Gatorade Flavors
Next up we will explore the “green” flavors of Gatorade.
Thirst Quencher Frost Arctic Blitz
Thirst Quencher Frost Artic Blitz has a minty color with notes of watermelon and honeydew.
This flavor has 4.8/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Summer Fruits
The Gatorade Summer Fruits flavor has a vibrant green color. It’s unclear exactly which summer fruits inspired this flavor, but our best guess is some combination of melons with a touch of pineapple.
Thirst Quencher Lime Cucumber
When trying Gatorade Lime Cucumber, you’ll most likely taste (and smell) much more cucumber flavor than lime.
This flavor has 4.7/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Gatorade Zero Lime Cucumber
Gatorade Zero Lime Cucumber has the flavors of the original with no added sugar.
This flavor has 4.7/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Fierce Green Apple
While most green apple flavors are heavy with tart and sour notes, Fierce Green Apple has a fair amount of sweetness.
This flavor has 4.6/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Purple Gatorade Flavors
There are only a few purple Gatorade flavors and most of them are a variation of grape.
Thirst Quencher Riptide Rush
The purple Riptide Rush flavor has notes of grape and berries. One person even described it as tasting like grape bubblegum!
This flavor has 4.8/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Fierce Grape
Some people compare Fierce Grape to tasting like grape soda without the carbonation, while others feel it has a bit more berry flavor to it.
This flavor has 4.3/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Gatorade Zero Grape
Gatorade Zero Grape has a grape flavor with no added sugar.
This flavor has 4.8/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
G2 Grape
G2 Grape has a grape flavor with less sugar than the original.
This flavor has 4.6/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Yellow Gatorade Flavors
In addition to the original lemon lime flavor, the only other yellow flavor currently in the lineup is lemonade.
Thirst Quencher Lemon Lime
True it’s name, Gatorade Lemon Lime has notes of both with a balance of sweet, tart and salty.
This flavor has 4.4/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Gatorade Zero Lemon Lime
Gatorade Zero Lemon Lime has the flavors of the original with no added sugar.
This flavor has 4.7/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Endurance Formula Lemon Lime
You can also get your lemon lime fix with Gatorade’s Endurance Formula Thirst Quencher Powder.
This flavor has 4.5/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Lemonade
Lemonade Gatorade has a refreshing, classic lemon flavor.
Red & Pink Gatorade Flavors
Thirst Quencher Fruit Punch
Gatorade Fruit Punch has all the color and flavor you expect from a fruit punch!
This flavor has 4.8/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Gatorade Zero Fruit Punch
Gatorade Zero Fruit Punch has the flavors of the original with no added sugar.
This flavor has 4.6/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
G2 Fruit Punch
G2 Fruit Punch has the flavors of the original with less sugar.
This flavor has 4.6/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Strawberry Lemonade
This sports drink has a classic combo of strawberry and lemonade flavors with a light pink color.
This flavor has 4.1/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Fierce Fruit Punch + Berry
This flavor has a nice balance of light fruit punch with notes of berry.
This flavor has 4.1/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Fierce Strawberry
This flavor has 4.6/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Strawberry Kiwi
Gatorade Zero Strawberry Kiwi
This flavor has 4.1/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Gatorlyte Strawberry Kiwi and Cherry Lime
These flavors have 4.7/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Gatorade Zero Berry
This flavor has 4.8/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Orange Gatorade Flavors
Gatorade offers several orange-colored drinks with flavors including classic orange, passion fruit and melon.
Thirst Quencher Passion Fruit
Thirst Quencher Orange
This flavor has 4.8/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Gatorade Zero Orange
Gatorlyte Orange
This flavor has 4.4/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Endurance Formula Orange
This flavor has 4.3/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Thirst Quencher Fierce Melon
This flavor has 4.7/5.0 star reviews on Amazon. Check out some customer reviews here.
Clear & White Gatorade Flavors
Gatorade offers quite a few flavors that are either white in color or are clear beverages with no added colors. Here’s the rundown of these flavors.
- Thirst Quencher Frost Glacier Cherry
- Gatorade Zero Glacier Cherry (no sugar)
- Gatorade Fit Watermelon Strawberry (no added colors)
- Gatorade Fit Tropical Mango (no added colors)
- Gatorade Fit Citrus Berry (no added colors)
- Gatorade Fit Cherry Lime (no added colors)
- Organic Thirst Quencher Mixed Berry (no added colors)
- Organic Thirst Quencher Passion Fruit (no added colors)
- Organic Thirst Quencher Strawberry (no added colors)
As you can see, there is no shortage of interesting flavors and options when it comes to Gatorade. The flavors in this article have been around for quite some time. But also keep in mind that the company is known to periodically offer new flavors and discontinue underperforming flavors. So if you see something you like, drink up!
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