Find your format
Hydration, sized
to your day.
One balanced formula, six ways to take it — from a pocketable 250 ml mini stick to a workforce-ready 500 ml bottle. Pick by where you drink, not by marketing.
The size guide
Match the format to the day.
Every powder and tablet format mixes to the same serve — 20 g of powder or two tablets per 500 ml — so the only real decisions are how many serves you want in one pack and whether you want to mix at all. Tap a format for the detail.
| Format | Size | Makes | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sticks | 20 g sachet | one 500 ml serve | Gym bags, glove boxes, site-issue kits |
| Mini sticks | 10 g sachet | one 250 ml serve | Pockets, school bottles, small flasks |
| Effervescent tubes | 20 tablets | twenty 250 ml serves | Desk, travel, hotel-room routine |
| Jars | 200 g | ten 500 ml serves | The family jug, fridge-cold |
| Pouches | 800 g | forty 500 ml serves | Welfare stations, camps, events |
| VitaSport+ RTD | 500 ml bottle | ready to drink | Vans, coolers, match day |
Which format is yours?
Three answers, one format.
Answer where you drink, how many people you are covering and whether you are happy to mix. The matching format lights up below. For flavour and use-case in one go, the full product recommender does the longer version.
Or jump straight to: 20 g sticks · 10 g minis · tubes · jars · pouches · VitaSport+ RTD
Format 01 · Sticks
The 20 g stick.
- 20 gnet per stick
- 500 mlwater per serve
- 1serve per stick
The 20 g stick is the format the rest of the range is built around: one sachet, one 500 ml bottle, one complete serve of the five-mineral formula and 500 mg of vitamin C. It tears open with wet hands, empties cleanly and takes up no more room than a pen, which is why it lives in glove boxes, site-issue kits and gym bags. For teams it is the easiest format to hand out and the easiest to count — one stick per person per break, no dispenser to manage. Available in all four flavours.
Format 02 · Mini sticks
The 10 g mini stick.
- 10 gnet per stick
- 250 mlwater per serve
- 1serve per stick
Half the powder, half the water, the same serve ratio. The 10 g mini stick is for the moments when a full 500 ml bottle is too much: a school bottle, a 250 ml flask on a ride, a coffee-cup-sized glass at the desk, or a gentler serve for younger children. It is the lightest thing in the range to carry and the quickest to finish, so it suits short, repeated top-ups through a hot afternoon rather than one big drink. Same four flavours, same formula, smaller glass.
Format 03 · Effervescent tubes
The effervescent tube.
- 20tablets per tube
- 250 mlwater per tablet
- 20serves per tube
The tube is the desk and travel format. Twenty tablets in an airtight tube, each one making a 250 ml serve — drop it in, wait for the fizz to settle, drink. There is nothing to measure and nothing to spill, so it works in a hotel room, a shared office kitchen or a carry-on bag where a scoop and a jar would not. Two tablets make a 500 ml bottle. Because a tube holds twenty serves in the space of a highlighter, it is also the format most people keep as the backup in a drawer.
Format 04 · Jars
The 200 g jar.
- 200 gnet per jar
- 500 mlwater per 20 g serve
- 10serves per jar
The 200 g jar is the household format: ten 500 ml serves under one resealable lid, measured out at 20 g per serve. It is the right size for a family fridge jug — mix a litre at a time, keep it cold, and it covers a weekend of pool days or a week of after-school sport. The jar also suits a small office, a clinic waiting room or a studio where a single mixing point is enough. Reseal after every serve and keep it out of the sun; the powder stays free-flowing as long as it stays dry.
Format 05 · Pouches
The 800 g pouch.
- 800 gnet per pouch
- 500 mlwater per 20 g serve
- 40serves per pouch
The 800 g pouch is the site and camp format. Forty 500 ml serves in one stand-up, resealable pack — or, at the same 20 g ratio, half a pouch fills a 10-litre welfare-station dispenser. That arithmetic is why pouches sit at the centre of most workforce hydration programmes: fewer packs to store, one mixing point per station, and easy replenishment on a scheduled drop. It is also the format for events, sports clubs and large households that get through a jug a day. For station layouts and supply schedules, start on the business page.
Format 06 · Ready to drink
VitaSport+ RTD.
- 500 mlper bottle
- 0mixing
- 1serve per bottle
VitaSport+ is the range without the mixing: a 500 ml bottle, chilled, ready when the moment is. The same five minerals and vitamin C, in three formulas — Ignite, Defence and Perform — for before, during and after the heat. It earns its place where there is no clean water to mix with, no time, or no habit: delivery vans between drops, site coolers at the gate, the touchline five minutes before kick-off. Buy it by the case for a fridge or a cooler, and pair it with pouches for the stations.
The servings maths
How many packs for a month?
One serve per person per day for 30 days means 300 serves for ten people, 1,500 for fifty and 6,000 for two hundred. The table turns that into packs, rounded up to whole packs — useful for a family cupboard, a club kit list or a first site order. Heavy-sweat days may need a second serve; see the science page for when.
| Format | Serves per pack | Litres per pack | 10 people | 50 people | 200 people |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 g stick | 1 | 0.5 L | 300 sticks | 1,500 sticks | 6,000 sticks |
| 10 g mini stick | 1 | 0.25 L | 300 sticks | 1,500 sticks | 6,000 sticks |
| Tube · 20 tablets | 20 | 5 L | 15 tubes | 75 tubes | 300 tubes |
| 200 g jar | 10 | 5 L | 30 jars | 150 jars | 600 jars |
| 800 g pouch | 40 | 20 L | 8 pouches | 38 pouches | 150 pouches |
| VitaSport+ RTD | 1 | 0.5 L | 300 bottles | 1,500 bottles | 6,000 bottles |
Pouch and tube counts are rounded up (7.5 → 8, 37.5 → 38). Litres are the mixed volume at the pack ratio: 20 g per 500 ml, one tablet per 250 ml. For a headcount of your own, the workforce hydration planner does the sums.
How to mix
Thirty seconds, any format.
The four steps
Water first
Start with cool water in the bottle, jug or glass — 250 ml for a mini or a tablet, 500 ml for a stick or a scoop.
Add the serve
One stick, one tablet or one 20 g measure. Powder goes in second so it wets evenly instead of caking at the bottom.
Mix until clear
Shake a bottle, stir a jug, or let a tablet finish fizzing with the cap off. Clear means dissolved.
Drink it cold
Sip through the heat window of your day — before it, during it, or right after the session. Cold just tastes faster.
Mixing notes by format
20 g stick
One stick into 500 ml. Tear the notch, pour, cap, shake for ten seconds.
10 g mini
One mini into 250 ml — a small flask or a tall glass. Two minis make a 500 ml bottle.
Tube
One tablet per 250 ml, two per 500 ml. Leave the cap off until the fizz stops, then close and go.
200 g jar
20 g per 500 ml — one level scoop. For a litre jug, two scoops; stir, chill, drink within the day.
800 g pouch
Same 20 g per 500 ml. A 10-litre dispenser takes 400 g — half a pouch. Reseal the zip every time.
VitaSport+ RTD
Nothing to mix. Chill, open, drink. Keep the case in the cooler, not on the dashboard.
Storage and shelf
Store every powder and tablet format in a cool, dry place out of direct sun — a cupboard or a site store, never a dashboard or an open welfare table between shifts. Reseal jars and pouches after each serve and keep tube caps tight; the tablets are moisture-sensitive and lose their fizz if they get damp. Once mixed, keep the drink chilled and finish it the same day. Sealed VitaSport+ bottles are best kept cold, and every pack carries its own date — check it before the season starts, not after.
Questions, answered
Format questions, answered.
Which format is best for a worksite?
Pouches for the welfare station — half an 800 g pouch fills a 10-litre dispenser, and one pouch covers forty 500 ml serves. Add 20 g sticks for individual issue to crews working away from the station, and VitaSport+ bottles in the gate cooler for the people who will not stop to mix. The business page covers station layouts, supply schedules and documentation.
Can the tablets go in any bottle?
Yes — one tablet per 250 ml, two for a 500 ml bottle, in a glass, a shaker or a sports bottle. Leave the cap off until the fizz has settled; a sealed bottle will build pressure while the tablet dissolves. The tablets suit plain water best; carbonated water foams over.
Stick or jar — which gives more serves?
Count serves, not grams. One 200 g jar is ten 500 ml serves, the same as ten 20 g sticks or twenty 10 g minis by volume, and an 800 g pouch is forty serves — four jars in one pack. Sticks win on portability and exact dosing; jars and pouches win wherever there is one mixing point and a fridge.
Ready-to-drink or powder?
Both carry the five minerals and vitamin C. Powder wins on pack size and serves per pack; a stick or a scoop makes a serve wherever there is water. VitaSport+ wins on behaviour — a chilled bottle gets finished in a van, at a gate cooler or on a touchline where nobody is going to shake a bottle. Most programmes use both: pouches at the stations, bottles in the coolers.
Which format travels best?
Sticks and minis: flat, sealed, single-serve and light, so a week of them fits in a wash bag. The tube is the next best — airtight, twenty serves, no measuring — and the right choice for a hotel room or a long-haul carry-on. Leave the jar and the pouch at home; they are built for a fridge and a dispenser, not a suitcase.
Still deciding?
Run the format finder above, or skip the maths and take the kit with all four flavours. Buying for a crew or a fleet? The business desk builds the station plan with you.