Ispent years in the military and the next decade writing software as a defense consultant. Two pretty different worlds, one shared habit: when something doesn't add up, you read the source.
A few years ago I read the source on sports drinks. Maltodextrin. Dyes. “Natural flavors.” Citric acid made by fermenting corn with a fungus. Then I read Ray Peat — and the stack of physiology textbooks behind him — and the math kept coming out the same way: working muscle wants real sugar, a little salt, and the B-vitamins that keep glucose oxidation running clean.
So I made the whole drink.
Six ingredients. All on the front of the bag. The ingredient deck is the marketing.
— Coral