Sports drink, PEPSICO QUAKER GATORADE, original, fruit-flavored, ready-to-drink: How Many Grams in a Tablespoon?

By Fidamen-Chefsolver Team | Reviewed by Chefsolver Staff

Original fruit-flavored Gatorade is ~1.028 g/mL. Weighing is cleaner and ensures consistent carbs/electrolytes when mixing or portioning.

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Does how I hold the tablespoon of Sports drink, PEPSICO QUAKER GATORADE, original, fruit-flavored, ready-to-drink affect the weight?: Barely — watery liquids fill the spoon flush regardless of angle. Expect repeatability within 0.3 g per level fill.
Can I substitute Sports drink, PEPSICO QUAKER GATORADE, original, fruit-flavored, ready-to-drink with plain water in these gram values?: For density purposes yes — both are near 1 g/mL, so the cup/tbsp-to-gram conversion barely changes. Flavor and recipe chemistry are a separate question.