Talk:Gatorade

Original formulation

There appears to be a contradiction in the text of the article...

The History section has a cited link mentioning that the original formulation of Gatorade contained an artificial sweetener. However, the composition section mentions that the original formula used sugar and syrup, with no mention of other sweeteners. Which is it? --DLWormwood (talk) 18:27, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Contrary to popular belief, the University of Florida did not come up with the sports drink that is now known as Gatorade. The team doctor for the FSU football team, Dr. R.A. Johnson, began producing a sports drink that he called "Seminole Firewater" as early as 1962. Dr. Johnson blended sugar and lime flavoring with electrolytes (salts) to help keep the players hydrated and to prevent cramping. In 1964 at an annual Seminar of Collegiate sports physicians and athletic trainers held in Tallahassee, Fl., a representative from the University of Florida found out about the discovery that sodium and potassium keeps athletes better hydrated because it gives back to the body what is lost through sweat. They returned to Gainesville and, after being tested on the UF football players, the name "Gatorade" was given. The University of Florida requested a certified patent in 1967 for the drink that Dr. Johnson had freely shared with the public. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sskyler328 (talk • contribs) 22:14, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

It was invented in Nebraska. [1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.32.227.114 (talk) 22:22, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Flavors

Perhaps a list of all the flavors would be a good new section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Darth Beppo (talk • contribs) 00:42, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

How about explaining why Tiger Gatorrade was discontinued as well? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.107.152.206 (talk) 00:42, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

Researchers has to be updated

The article does not mention Dr. de Quesada.
This is the text from http://www.gatorade.com/history/born_in_the_lab/

...Dr. Robert Cade, Dr. Dana Shires, Dr. H. James Free and Dr. Alejandro de Quesada ...

greetings from Santiago, Chile —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tomasgreene (talk • contribs) 14:20, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. I have fixed the article and added a link to the reference you provided. I also reformatted your comment a bit, as it didn't quite work (there is no reference list on the talk page, and your four-tilde signature wasn't picked up by the page, hence the "unsigned" template). Horologium (talk) 14:41, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

This information is incorrect. Gatorade was patented by University of Florida in 1965. However, it was created by an FSU researcher in 1962 and was originally known as "Seminole Firewater." This was highlighted during the 2008 FSU vs. UF football game by ABC commentators on 11/29/2008.

There are no reliable sources that can confirm the trivia question on ABC referred to by the previous commenter. It is nothing more than an urban legend -(11/29/2008 9:10pm) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.74.248.83 (talk) 02:11, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

This article from the Tampa Tribune is the evidence FSU supporters use. 147.9.156.201 (talk) 17:23, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

G2 - correct list of flavors

Fruit Punch

Orange

Grape

Lemon-Lime

Strawberry Kiwi

Blueberry-Pomegranate

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.112.92.101 (talk) 23:31, 11 January 2009 (UTC) 

Carbonated Gatorade

Does anybody remember Carbonated Gatorade? Probably early 70's and it wasn't around long. It was delicious! I remember having it at a Goony Golf/Go Kart Track in Tampa, Florida.66.236.254.36 (talk) 19:43, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Mission G commercials

Does anyone have information about how Mission G and those G commercials are related to Gatorade? I can't find anything and expected to find something here, but nothing. The only mention of Gatorade on the missiong website is on the terms and conditions where it says its the Gatorade company. -- Suso (talk) 11:57, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

Gatorade now has high fructose corn syrup as the sweetener

Can someone add that for me please?Powers m (talk) 22:39, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

SoftDrinks importance rating

I changed it to 'high' importance from 'top'. IMHO, Gatorade is not a core soft drink topic, nor is widely known globally. Andyo2000 (talk) 14:41, 18 May 2009 (UTC)

Nutrition information

I don't have any standard Gatorade labels handy, but the bottle of G2 right next to me reads 10% RDV of vitamins C and E, and 25% RDV of niacin, B6, and pantothenic acid. You might want to fix that. Update: a quick glance at a bottle of standard Gatorade reveals 50 calories, 110mg sodium, and 30mg potassium per serving, not the 63, 95, and 36.6 that are currently listed. Please edit the article accordingly.99.157.206.162 (talk) 00:54, 24 June 2009 (UTC)

Hey guys, if you're not going to correct this misinformation, then at least unlock the article so that someone else can fix it.69.109.228.165 (talk) 19:31, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Cool Blue

This is listed under blue raspberry as a flavor of Gatorade. I can't find info about it on this page. If anyone has any, could you add a disambig to the name for it? It's also a movie is why. Tyciol (talk) 20:16, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Idiocracy

Resolved

 – Not a permissible addition to the article under WP guidelines.

The pop culture section could tell about Idiocracy. In this Sci-fi movie, a Gatorade-like drink (described as some kind of Gatorade) called Brawndo replaces water everywhere except in the toilets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.66.166.72 (talk) 17:58, 31 August 2009 (UTC)

Or not. See WP:TRIV. And it's not actually Gatorade, so this idea would violate WP:ROC. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 21:40, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Reorganize

Recommend moving "2009 Rebranding" as subsection under History. Sueswim03 (talk) 01:48, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
Also recommend creating sections "Products" and "Former Products." Then, under "Products," list current products and move current "G2" section to subsection under "Products." Move current "Tiger" and "Gator Gum" sections to subsections under "Former Products" heading. Sueswim03 (talk) 01:48, 7 October 2009 (UTC) I think this section should be deleted. The products still say "Gatorade Rain" etc. on the bottles--I believe these are just messages/slogans on the bottle--similar to how bottles of Jones' Soda appear under the cap. Modor (talk) 12:34, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

New article re: G2

Stale

 – No interest generated in this proposal in over 5 months.

Recommend splitting G2 section into new article especially because G2 Composition infobox looks out of place in current format; keep summary of G2 in current article. Sueswim03 (talk) 01:37, 14 November 2009 (UTC)

There's not nearly enough content here about G2 to warrant a split. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 21:22, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Competition section needs correction

This content is no longer correct. The All Sport brand is now owned by All Sport, Inc. The brand was acquired from The Monarch Company in July 2007. See below for source -

All Sport is a competitor marketed by The Monarch Beverage Company, located in Atlanta, Georgia. All Sport was marketed by PepsiCo until 2001 when Gatorade's maker, the Quaker Oats Company, was acquired by PepsiCo and was soon after sold off to the Monarch Beverage Company.

Source: http://www.beverageworld.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33413:cadbury-strengthens-distribution&catid=3:daily-headlines&Itemid=173

July 12, 2007

Also this week, Atlanta-based Monarch Beverages completed a deal to sell its All Sport business to Austin, TX-based Gary Smith, former chief operating officer for Red Bull energy drink. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aad3284 (talk • contribs) 17:57, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Entire article sounds like marketing PR

Why does this entire article sound like it was written by a PR person at Gatorade? 63.86.107.162 (talk) 16:03, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

I would agree. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Micksterama (talk • contribs) 20:54, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

As a procedural matter, I've tagged it with Template:Ad, pending resolution of the issue. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 21:53, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

That's overstating things, large parts of the article were fine when I found it. I've made some tweaks and removed the tag. Choalbaton (talk) 00:06, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Gator Gum section is self-contradictory

The section in question says that the gum both WAS an electrolyte gum with at least a rehydration-assisting function, and yet that it WASN'T a product with Gatorade electrolytes and served no actual function aside from being regular gum. We can't have it both ways. A source needs to be cited on this (even an original wrapper's contents list could be cited as as source, if anyone has one). Also, it's entirely unclear in this section if the revived product had any differences from the original. Practically nothing is said at all about the second-run version, and there's no source for the idea that this version even existed. Also the article states that the gum contained electrolytes to assist rehydration. This is not true because the salt ions, otherwise known as electrolytes, would require the occupation of water molecules to remain stable. Since the gum does not in any way introduce any water, it would ultimately only decrease the available water in the body and therefore would actually counter the rehydration process. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 21:44, 6 May 2010 (UTC)