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Table: Comparison of Commercial Electrolyte Products

Summary of selected nutrients in commercial oral rehydration products. Table assumes products are mixed with water according the manufacturer's directions.

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January 10, 2023

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Molar concentration of selected nutrients in commercially available oral rehydration products (assumes product is mixed with water according to package directions).¹
Product	Company	Glucose mmol/L	Glycine mmol/L	Na mmol/L	Cl mmol/L	K mmol/L	Bicarbonate mmol/L	Citrate mmol/L	Acetate mmol/L
Advance Arrest	Manna Pro (Milk Specialties)	108	0	46	*	8	*	0	0
Advance Pro-Lyte Plus	Manna Pro (Milk Specialties)	200^F	*	104	*	23	*	*	0
Blue Ribbon	Merrick's Inc.	*^M	*	144	*	20	0	*	0
Bluelite C	TechMix Inc.	*^{F, M, L, S}	*	48	*	34	0	0	0
Bluelite Replenish^M	TechMix Inc.	*^{F, S}	*	86	*	32	0	0	*
Bounce Back	Manna Pro	167	24	144	*	23	*	0	0
Bovi-Mate^ORS	Drench Mate	246	40	130	60	20	0	0	99
Calf Gel 95	Van Beek Natural Science	*^M	0	39	*	7	*	*	*
Calf GoldLyte	Bio-Vet Inc.	*	*	143	93	27	*	0	0
Calf Quencher	Vedco Inc.	397	0	134	76	23	81	0	0
Calf Restart One-4	TechMix Inc.	*^{F, M, L, S}	*	*	*	128	0	0	0
Comeback	Aspen	*	*	113	*	24	0	0	0
Diaque	Boehringer Ingelheim	157	7	78	*	14	*	*	*
Electrolyte Base	Land O'Lakes	*	0	59	*	20	0	*	0
Electrolyte Complete	Land O'Lakes	*	*	115	*	20	*	*	0
Electrolytes Plus	Sav-A-Caf (Milk Products)	250^A	30	117	*	7	*	*	0
Entrolyte HE	Zoetis	*	29	90	45	23	81	0	0
Epic Calf Electrolyte	Tomlyn	*	*	91	59	20	0	0	*
Formula 911	Durvet Inc. (Advantech Ltd.)	*	*	127	*	19	*	0	0
Gener-Lyte	Bio-Vet Inc.	162	*	120	93	24	*	0	*
Gener-Lyte 'G'	Bio-Vet Inc.	117	*	120	93	24	*	0	*
Hydrafeed²	A&L Laboratories	184	*	115	*	11	*	0	0
Hydra-Lyte	Lloyd Inc.	368	16	85	45	30	0	10	60
Multi-Electrolyte	Aspen	150	24	130	*	27	*	*	0
'O' Calf GoldLyte³	Bio-Vet Inc.	*	0	143	93	27	*	0	0
'O" PectiLyte⁴	Bio-Vet Inc.	*	0	111	*	19	*	0	0
One Day Response⁵	Farnam	0	*	65	39	10	*	*	0
Oralive ORS Technology⁶	Nouriche Nutrition Ltd	646	46	115	58	35	0	6	63
PectiLyte⁷	Bio-Vet Inc.	*	0	110	*	18	*	0	0
Re-sorb	Zoetis	129	45	80	80	17	0	0	0
Revitilyte	Vets Plus Inc.	*^A	24	101	50	18	*	0	0
Source E	American Farm Products	394	39	241	152	38	0	*	*
SX Oral Electrolyte	EcoPlanet	*	0	*	*	*	0	0	0
Theracaf	Calf Solutions (Milk Products)	134	35	108	71	22	45	4	0

Source: Calculated from information listed in the Compendium of Veterinary Products, 2017 and from product labels. When product label included a range in guaranteed analysis, the minimum concentration was used for comparison.
¹ May not include every available product. Where trade names appear, no discrimination is intended, and no endorsement by Penn State Extension is implied.
* Nutrient is provided by the product, but label contained insufficient information to calculate concentration.
^{F, M, L, S, A} In addition to glucose, product contains another carbohydrate source: F = fructose, M = maltodextrin, L = lactose, S = sucrose, A = amylose.
² Instead of glucose, contains 63 g of lactose (glucose and galactose).
³ Energy source is not specified; contains reed-sedge peat and organic dried kelp.
⁴ Energy source is organic sugar; label does not specify the form.
⁵ Instead of glucose, contains sucrose.
⁶ Instead of glucose, contains a glucose-polymer (chain of many glucose molecules); glucose value listed is glucose equivalents.
⁷ Energy source is not specified; contains roughage products, reed-sedge peat, and dried kelp.