TORQ Hydration is a mild, lightly flavoured hydrating drink mix. Our Performance Hydration product has been formulated to optimise fluid and electrolyte delivery over and above any other factor.
540g Pouch: 500ml Serves
TORQ Hydration Drink uses passive and facilitated transport mechanisms to optimise fluid and electrolyte delivery. Its hypotonic formulation capitalises on the passive transport process, whilst the high sodium and mild glucose content drives the facilitated transport activity. This makes TORQ Hydration Drink the most thorough and effective hydration product on the market today, with significant benefits over electrolyte tablets.
The contents of a sachet of TORQ Hydration Drink powder makes a 500ml of drink. TORQ Hydration Drink mixes very easily, but if using a 500ml bottle, be sure to leave a small amount of air space to facilitate mixing. Shake vigorously and top up with water to make 500ml. Don’t add water to powder, add powder to water. TORQ Hydration is now ready to drink.
Technical Information:
Hypotonicity: For any drink/solution to be effective in hydrating us, it must be rapidly absorbed into the body. One of the main factors affecting how quickly solutions are absorbed, is the speed at which it can move across the wall of the small intestine and into the blood stream. Fluids are absorbed into the body almost exclusively in the small intestine, via two main mechanisms; passive transport, and facilitated transport.
Passive Transport: Here, water moves across the small intestine as a result of an osmotic gradient, which is a result of a pressure difference between the solution in the small intestine and blood stream. Water molecules move across semi permeable membranes (the intestinal wall) through channels called aquaporins.
Facilitated Transport: Water can also enter the body in the small intestine as a result of the absorption of carbohydrate and sodium, through the process of cotransport. Carbohydrates, such as glucose, are absorbed into the body via a specific transporter called sodium-glucose cotransporter 1, or SGLUT1 for short. These transporters act as a conveyor belt for glucose and sodium, moving them across the small intestine without the need for an osmotic gradient. As carbohydrate and sodium is moved through the SGLUT1 transporter, it also drags with it large volumes of fluid, significantly assisting in hydration. For every single glucose molecule (and 2 sodium molecules) that is moved by SGLUT1, 260 water molecules are moved with it (Loo, Zeuthen, Chandy, & Wright, 1996).
The Fastest Possible Method of Hydration: A hypotonic solution offering combined passive and facilitated transport mechanisms represents the fastest possible way to hydrate. In situations where perspiration rates are extremely high over short periods of exercise (up to 60 minutes), including intense indoor turbo/cycling sessions, spinning classes and short competitions in extreme heat, replenishing fluids with TORQ Hydration will deliver superior performance over any other fuelling/hydration strategy.
Electrolytes: TORQ Hydration Drink contains Sodium, Chloride, Magnesium, Potassium and Calcium to replace the 5 electrolytes lost through perspiration. These salts maintain homeostasis within the body, allow it to hold onto water and preserve muscle function. As the animation above demonstrates, the sodium content of TORQ Hydration combined with the light glucose content is essential for the facilitated transport process to take place.
Superior to Electrolyte Tablets: We have been particularly vocal on this website about the misselling of electrolyte tablets for a variety of reasons. Our original article on the subject simply entitled Electrolyte Tablets proved very popular and opened many people’s eyes to the performance and financial disadvantages of using such products. In short, they use artificial sweeteners instead of carbohydrate and therefore can’t take advantage of the facilitated transport process and then of course there’s the controversial issue of artificial sweeteners in general and the unnecessary colours used in these tablets. Since publishing that article we developed our TORQ Hydration Drink on the basis that we wanted to create a product that truly optimised the hydration process and wasn’t compromised in any way.
Disadvantages of Pure Water: Pure water is a particularly poor hydrator. Plain water causes bloating due to poor absorption and also suppresses the thirst reflex, leading to decreased desire to drink. It also stimulates urine output and is therefore, inefficiently retained within the body. The carbohydrate and electrolytes in TORQ Hydration’s formulation overcome all of these problems.
Multiple-Transportable Carbohydrates: TORQ Hydration Drink utilises a 2:1 blend of glucose-derivatives and fructose founded on a now substantial body of peer-reviewed published research. The carbohydrate sources for TORQ Hydration Drink come from sucrose & dextrose, sucrose being 1:1 glucose-derivatives:fructose and dextrose being 100% glucose-derivatives. This dual-delivery carbohydrate formulation has been proven beyond doubt to supply energy faster than any other combination of carbohydrates or single carbohydrate source formulations.
Gluten Free & Vegan Formulation: TORQ Hydration Drink is a gluten-free hydration product. The formulation for TORQ Hydration Drink is also entirely plant-based, so is suitable for Vegans.
Natural Flavours and No Colours: Under exercise stress, digestion is affected as blood is diverted to the working muscles and any solutes added to a product will raise its osmolality unnecessarily making it harder to absorb, so irrespective of the health debate surrounding the consumption of artificial ingredients, during exercise is certainly not the time to take them. Therefore, we only use natural flavours that the body can recognise and break down easily and we don’t use colours (artificial or natural), because they simply don’t need to be in the product.
No Artificial Sweeteners: For the same reasons as highlighted above, we don’t believe in the use of artificial sweeteners like Aspatame, Acsulfame-K, Saccharine and Sucralose. These artificial sweeteners are 100’s of times sweeter than sugar and Aspartame/Acsulfame-K are particularly controversial with regard to long-term health. They offer no performance benefit at all and our stance is the same with these as with colours and preservatives – if they don’t need to be included in our formulations for functional reasons, why include them?
Nutritional Information:
Lemon Flavour
Ingredients: Sucrose, Glucose, Citric Acid, Natural Flavouring (3%), Electrolytes (Sodium, Chloride, Calcium Lactate, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Carbonate).
| per 100g dry | per 500ml (18g) | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1482 | 267 |
| Energy (kcal) | 349 | 63 |
| Fat (g) | 0 | 0 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 87 | 16 |
| of which sugars (g) | 62 | 11 |
| Fibre (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Protein (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Salt (g) | 3.8 | 0.68 |
| Chloride (mg) | 2670 | 481 |
| Sodium (mg) | 1526 | 275 |
| Potassium (mg) | 350 | 63 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 32 | 6 |
| Calcium (mg) | 145 | 26 |
Allergen-Free: No gluten containing ingredients used.
No Preservatives // No Colours // No Artificial Sweeteners // Natural Flavouring // Wheat-Free // Dairy-Free // Suitable for Vegans
Tested under ISO 17025 for the presence of prohibited substances.
Red Berries Flavour
Ingredients: Sucrose (57%), Glucose (30%), Electrolytes (Sodium Chloride, Calcium Lactate, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Carbonate), Acid (Citric Acid), Flavouring (3%).
| per 100g dry | per 500ml (18g) | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1510 | 272 |
| Energy (kcal) | 355 | 64 |
| Fat (g) | 0 | 0 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 88 | 16 |
| of which sugars (g) | 62 | 11 |
| Fibre (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Protein (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Salt (g) | 3.8 | 0.68 |
| Chloride (mg) | 2672 | 481 |
| Sodium (mg) | 1526 | 275 |
| Potassium (mg) | 350 | 63 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 32 | 6 |
| Calcium (mg) | 145 | 26 |
Allergen-Free: No gluten containing ingredients used.
No Preservatives // No Colours // No Artificial Sweeteners // Natural Flavouring // Wheat-Free // Dairy-Free // Suitable for Vegans
Tested under ISO 17025 for the presence of prohibited substances.
Tangerine Flavour
Ingredients: Sucrose, Glucose, Citric Acid, Natural Flavouring (3%), Electrolytes (Sodium, Chloride, Calcium Lactate, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Carbonate).
| per 100g dry | per 500ml (18g) | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1501 | 270 |
| Energy (kcal) | 363 | 65 |
| Fat (g) | 0 | 0 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 88 | 16 |
| of which sugars (g) | 63 | 11 |
| Fibre (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Protein (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Salt (g) | 3.8 | 0.68 |
| Chloride (mg) | 2670 | 481 |
| Sodium (mg) | 1526 | 275 |
| Potassium (mg) | 350 | 63 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 32 | 6 |
| Calcium (mg) | 145 | 26 |
Allergen-Free: No gluten containing ingredients used.
No Preservatives // No Colours // No Artificial Sweeteners // Natural Flavouring // Wheat-Free // Dairy-Free // Suitable for Vegans
Tested under ISO 17025 for the presence of prohibited substances.
Watermelon Flavour
Ingredients: Sucrose, Glucose, Citric Acid, Natural Flavouring (3%), Electrolytes (Sodium, Chloride, Calcium Lactate, Potassium Chloride, Magnesium Carbonate).
| per 100g dry | per 500ml (18g) | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy (kJ) | 1561 | 281 |
| Energy (kcal) | 367 | 66 |
| Fat (g) | 0 | 0 |
| of which saturates (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Carbohydrate (g) | 92 | 17 |
| of which sugars (g) | 65 | 15 |
| Fibre (g) | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Protein (g) | 0 | 0 |
| Salt (g) | 3.8 | 0.68 |
| Chloride (mg) | 2670 | 481 |
| Sodium (mg) | 1526 | 275 |
| Potassium (mg) | 350 | 63 |
| Magnesium (mg) | 32 | 6 |
| Calcium (mg) | 145 | 26 |
Allergen-Free: No gluten containing ingredients used.
No Preservatives // No Colours // No Artificial Sweeteners // Natural Flavouring // Wheat-Free // Dairy-Free // Suitable for Vegans
Tested under ISO 17025 for the presence of prohibited substances.
Please note: The nutritionals stated per 500ml to 1000ml are mixed at the recommended 3% hypotonic solution. The 100g figure represents the nutritional content of the dry powder before mixing.
pH Data: Watermelon pH 3.8 // Tangerine pH 3.0 // Lemon pH 2.78