Company & People

Meet Us

Best Hydrate is an Alberta hydration company founded from lived experience and built with product, health and nutrition-science perspectives.

Two laboratory professionals working together during liquid preparation
Founded in 2021Started after a serious health experience changed how founder Austin Swiniarski thought about hydration.
Product in marketBest Hydrate is sold in Canada and the United States.
Research growingPublished hydration research and ongoing product development support the next stage.

Why we exist

Make hydration more useful and understandable

Best Hydrate began with a practical hydration problem. Today we are building a consumer hydration business while continuing to improve the product and evidence behind it.

Read Best Hydrate’s Edmonton Journal feature →

Best Hydrate

Meet the people. Then see what we built.

Short team profiles are below. For the product story or formula, continue from here.

People Behind Best Hydrate

A small team building the product, science and company.

Austin Swiniarski

Austin Swiniarski

Founder, CEO

Power Engineer who founded Best Hydrate after a serious health experience changed how he thought about hydration.

Dr. Spencer Proctor

Dr. Spencer Proctor

Chief Scientific Officer

University of Alberta professor bringing nutrition and hydration research expertise to Best Hydrate.

University of Alberta Profile
Simone

Simone

Co-Founder, Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse contributing health-care and management experience.