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What’s your favorite Gatorade flavor? Well, even if it’s not Cool Blue or Glacier Freeze, chances are a blue Gatorade flavor is somewhere in your top three. Over the years, there have been a lot of blue Gatorades on the market, but not all of them are easy to get your thirsty little paws on. For our most recent taste test, we couldn’t find Gatorade Blue Cherry or Gatorade Berry (some Redditors have even wondered if they were discontinued), but we sat down with all the blue Gatorade we could find, tasted them back to back, and picked our faves. Here’s the best blue Gatorade.
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- Gatorade Thirst Quencher Cool Blue
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I have a confession to make. The first time I sat down and tried all the blue Gatorades (yes, I’ve done this more than once), I decided that Cool Blue was the best blue Gatorade flavor. But I was wrong! So wrong. Cool Blue is beautiful—a deep cerulean—but it tastes bad. We all really disliked this from our first whiff. It smells like cotton candy, and sure enough, when you take a sip, you get fake blueberry flavor up front and then cloying cotton candy on the finish. We’ll pass on this (blue)grass.
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- Gatorlyte Glacier Freeze
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Gatorlyte is Gatorade’s version of Pedialyte, which means it’s a beverage, but it’s also medicine for children with diarrhea or adults with bad hangovers. It doesn’t have to taste good, but Glacier Freeze Gatorlyte definitely does. This is saltier and it tastes less good than other Glacier Freezes (there are three more on this list). I have bought Gatorlyte when I’m super dehydrated, and I would definitely buy this flavor again—even if I didn’t have diarrhea!
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- Gatorade G Zero Glacier Freeze
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Gatorade is pretty sugary. A 20-ounce bottle of full sugar Glacier Freeze Thirst Quencher has 34 grams of sugar—that’s a lot. And I gotta say, in terms of flavor, I really don’t think there’s much of a difference between this and the full sugar version. This blue Gatorade is very gentle tasting, and the sucralose isn’t all up in your face. If you like more subdued Gatorade flavors and you’re avoiding guzzling a boatload of sugar, this is a good blue Gatorade.
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- Gatorade G Zero Cool Blue
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Weirdly enough, Zero Sugar Cool Blue Gatorade tastes so much better than regular Cool Blue. It has a bold, true berry flavor rather than a weird berry-cotton candy hybrid. Even if you’re suspicious of sugar free drinks, try this if you like “blue” bevs.
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- G Zero Thirst Quencher Powder Glacier Freeze
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This blue Gatorade, which comes powdered and in a little packet like Liquid I.V., has a MUCH bolder flavor that regular Glacier Freeze gatorade. It’s much more berry forward. It’s nice! It’s like a Crystal Light berry lemonade. And if you don’t like how bold it is, you can simply add more water. Voila! It’s also more electrolyte-filled but it’s not significantly saltier than the regular version, which is nice. I think the sucralose must combat the salt a little. It’s nearly the best blue Gatorade, but not quite.
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- Gatorade Frost Thirst Quencher Glacier Freeze
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It’s a little berry-ish. It’s vaguely citrusy. It’s the definition of “blue” flavor. It’s light and pleasant and a little salty, but not overwhelmingly so. It’s Gatorade Glacier Freeze and it’s the best blue Gatorade. (But, like I said, the zero sugar version is really good, too—it’s what I’d personally grab.)
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