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Best Hydrate Lemonade electrolyte powder with water splash and lemon
Alberta-grownFounded in 2021 in Alberta, Canada, with product mixed and packaged in Edmonton.
Science-firstConsumer hydration today, alongside a growing research and clinical-development program.
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New peer-reviewed publication

U of A and Local Startup Explore the Next Frontier in Hydration

Revisiting the Need for Innovative Oral Hydration Technologies was published in Frontiers in Nutrition on September 23, 2026. The review examines developments and opportunities across hydration technology and applications.

Read the review →

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Best Hydrate Lemonade electrolyte powder clean product image

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Primary catalog-ready Best Hydrate Lemonade product image.

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Best Hydrate Lemonade electrolyte powder splash image

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Editorial and promotional product image with water-and-lemon treatment.

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Austin Swiniarski, founder and CEO of Best Hydrate

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Austin Swiniarski, Founder & CEO, Best Hydrate Inc.

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Austin Swiniarski, founder and CEO of Best Hydrate

Five fast facts

Best Hydrate at a glance

  1. Founded in Alberta: Best Hydrate was founded in 2021 and is based in Alberta, Canada.
  2. Made here: the current Best Hydrate product is mixed and packaged in Edmonton.
  3. Canadian authorization: Best Hydrate Lemonade carries Natural Product Number 80118664.
  4. Peer-reviewed work: a 2026 oral-hydration review involving Best Hydrate-affiliated authors was published in Frontiers in Nutrition on September 23, 2026.
  5. Research platform: current work spans hydration science, measurement, performance and staged clinical-development pathways.

Copy-ready company description

Best Hydrate in brief

Best Hydrate is an Alberta-based hydration company developing science-informed oral hydration products and research. Its current Lemonade electrolyte powder is mixed and packaged in Edmonton and is sold for consumer hydration, while the company continues work across performance, everyday, medical-development and humanitarian hydration applications.

Accuracy note: Best Hydrate's 2026 Frontiers in Nutrition article is a published peer-reviewed review, not a clinical efficacy trial of the Best Hydrate product. It synthesizes and interprets existing literature and should not be presented as direct proof of finished-product efficacy.

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Founder story

A personal hydration problem became an Alberta company focused on oral hydration.

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Science & research

Why hydration is an evolving field with expanding potential across performance, everyday hydration and future clinical applications.

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Performance

Hydration for training, competition, heat and high-sweat settings.

Performance →

Canadian company

Building an Alberta hydration company with its current product mixed and packaged in Edmonton.

Company Background →

Interview topics

Hydration, science and building the company

Available topics include oral hydration science, glucose and electrolytes, formulation strategy, performance hydration, research development, consumer-to-medical pathways, humanitarian access, Canadian mixing and packaging, and the experience of building an Alberta science-first startup.

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Press & media contact

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COMMERCIAL DIFFERENTIATOR

A simple difference consumers can understand.

Best Hydrate occupies a deliberate low-sugar middle: 1 g of sugar per 100 mL prepared, retaining purposeful glucose for sodium-glucose transport without the sugar load common in conventional sports and energy drinks.

Low sugar. Purposeful glucose. Balanced electrolytes.

1.0 gsugar / 100 mL
SGLT1sodium + glucose transport
5electrolytes

More context

Press resources are still growing

This is the starting point for journalists, creators and organizations looking for company background, product context or a direct media contact. Best Hydrate is a startup, so the press library is still lean and will expand with major milestones, publications and announcements.