How much sodium is in creatine electrolyte drinks per serving?
Creatine electrolyte drinks contain 160 mg to 1,000 mg of sodium per serving, with a median of 425 mg, across the 7 products the DO IT team checked, from Hi-Lyte at the low end to DO IT Creatine Hydration at the top (labels read November 11, 2026). That is a sixfold spread for products sold under the same label, so the number on the tub matters more than the word "electrolytes".
DO IT sells one of the products in this table. We show the method so you can check it against today's labels.
The numbers
| Product | Sodium per serving | Creatine per serving | Sodium you'd get with 5 g creatine |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO IT Creatine Hydration | 1,000 mg | 5 g monohydrate | 1,000 mg |
| Create Creatine + Electrolytes | 800 mg sodium, potassium and magnesium combined (sodium alone not listed) | 5 g monohydrate | not calculable |
| Stacked TONE Creatine + Hydration | 550 mg | 5 g monohydrate | 550 mg |
| TruLabs Hydrate + Creatine | 500 mg | 5 g monohydrate | 500 mg |
| mindbodygreen creatine with electrolytes+ | 350 mg | 3 g monohydrate | ~583 mg |
| Myprotein THE Creatine (HYROX edition) | 230 mg | 2 g creatine HCl | ~575 mg |
| Hi-Lyte Electrolytes + Creatine | 160 mg | 3 g monohydrate | ~267 mg |
DO IT Creatine Hydration
- Sodium per serving
- 1,000 mg
- Creatine per serving
- 5 g monohydrate
- Sodium you'd get with 5 g creatine
- 1,000 mg
Create Creatine + Electrolytes
- Sodium per serving
- 800 mg sodium, potassium and magnesium combined (sodium alone not listed)
- Creatine per serving
- 5 g monohydrate
- Sodium you'd get with 5 g creatine
- not calculable
Stacked TONE Creatine + Hydration
- Sodium per serving
- 550 mg
- Creatine per serving
- 5 g monohydrate
- Sodium you'd get with 5 g creatine
- 550 mg
TruLabs Hydrate + Creatine
- Sodium per serving
- 500 mg
- Creatine per serving
- 5 g monohydrate
- Sodium you'd get with 5 g creatine
- 500 mg
mindbodygreen creatine with electrolytes+
- Sodium per serving
- 350 mg
- Creatine per serving
- 3 g monohydrate
- Sodium you'd get with 5 g creatine
- ~583 mg
Myprotein THE Creatine (HYROX edition)
- Sodium per serving
- 230 mg
- Creatine per serving
- 2 g creatine HCl
- Sodium you'd get with 5 g creatine
- ~575 mg
Hi-Lyte Electrolytes + Creatine
- Sodium per serving
- 160 mg
- Creatine per serving
- 3 g monohydrate
- Sodium you'd get with 5 g creatine
- ~267 mg
Each brand's own product page or supplement facts panel, one flavor each, labels read November 11, 2026. Flavors of the same product can differ slightly.
What the table shows:
- Median 425 mg, mean 465 mg per serving across the 6 products that list sodium separately. Create lists only a combined electrolyte figure, so it's left out of both.
- Only one product reaches 1,000 mg. The other five with a sodium figure sit between 160 and 550 mg.
- Per serving and per 5 g of creatine tell different stories. Three products give less than 5 g of creatine per serving. If you take enough to reach 5 g, mindbodygreen and Myprotein both land near 580 mg of sodium, close to Stacked and TruLabs. Hi-Lyte stays the lowest at about 267 mg.
How much sodium is that, really?
Two reference points:
- Daily limit. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030, say people 14 and older should have less than 2,300 mg of sodium a day, and add that highly active people may benefit from more to offset sweat losses.[1] One 1,000 mg serving is about 43% of 2,300 mg; a 160 mg serving is about 7%.
- Sweat. The ACSM puts average sweat sodium at about 800 mg per litre, with a range of roughly 230 to 1,600 mg per litre.[2] An hour of hard training often costs 0.5 to 1.5 L of sweat, so losses run from about 100 mg to over 2,000 mg depending on the person.
| Sodium per serving | Roughly covers | Products |
|---|---|---|
| 160 to 350 mg | A light top-up; a low-salt sweater losing about a litre | Hi-Lyte, Myprotein, mindbodygreen |
| 500 to 550 mg | About half a litre of average sweat | TruLabs, Stacked |
| 1,000 mg | A heavy or salty sweater, or training in heat | DO IT |
160 to 350 mg
- Roughly covers
- A light top-up; a low-salt sweater losing about a litre
- Products
- Hi-Lyte, Myprotein, mindbodygreen
500 to 550 mg
- Roughly covers
- About half a litre of average sweat
- Products
- TruLabs, Stacked
1,000 mg
- Roughly covers
- A heavy or salty sweater, or training in heat
- Products
- DO IT
Which level should you pick?
- You sweat lightly, train indoors, or limit salt: stay at the low end. With high blood pressure, kidney disease or a sodium-restricted diet, ask your doctor before any daily sodium drink.
- You train hard most days and sweat a fair amount: 500 to 550 mg is a reasonable daily middle.
- You finish sessions with salt marks on your shirt, or train in heat: 1,000 mg is where DO IT sits. It is more than most light sweaters need, and too much as a default if you've been told to cut salt.
Our HYROX sodium guide shows how to estimate your own losses with a scale before and after a session.
FAQ
How much sodium is in a creatine electrolyte drink?
Between 160 mg and 1,000 mg per serving across the 7 products we checked on November 11, 2026. The median of the 6 that list sodium separately is 425 mg.
Which creatine electrolyte drink has the most sodium?
DO IT Creatine Hydration, at 1,000 mg per scoop with 5 g of creatine monohydrate.
Which has the least sodium?
Hi-Lyte Electrolytes + Creatine, at 160 mg per serving with 3 g of creatine. At a 5 g creatine dose that becomes about 267 mg, still the lowest.
Is 1,000 mg of sodium a day from a drink too much?
For a heavy sweater who trains daily, it can replace part of what's lost, and the 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines note that highly active people may need more sodium. For someone who sweats little or has been told to limit salt, it's a large share of the 2,300 mg daily limit, and a lower-sodium product or none fits better.
Does the sodium change if I take enough to get 5 g of creatine?
Yes, for the three products with less than 5 g of creatine per serving. You need 1.67 servings of mindbodygreen or Hi-Lyte, or 2.5 of Myprotein, and the sodium scales up with it.
How we built this
Sodium and creatine per serving: each brand's own product page or supplement facts panel, one flavor, labels read 2026-11-11 (N = 7). Median and mean use the 6 products that list sodium on its own. Sodium with 5 g creatine = sodium per serving ÷ grams of creatine per serving × 5. We'll re-read the labels quarterly and date every change.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030. https://cdn.realfood.gov/DGA.pdf
- Sawka MN et al. Exercise and fluid replacement. ACSM position stand. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2007;39(2):377–390. https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0b013e31802ca597
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