Hux’s electrolyte tablets are a good low-sodium option, and are more suitable to general fitness and wellness than intense sessions or endurance sports, writes nutritionist Rob Hobson.
Hux’s hydration tablets contain a good mix of electrolytes to support your body’s fluid balance. Here’s how they matched up to the other best electrolyte drinks on test.
Men’s Fitness verdict
These sugar-free tablets feature high-quality ingredients and a sweet and tangy flavour. Dissolving quickly in water, they’re ideal for general hydration, but sodium is too low for intense training.- Good mix of electrolytes and great taste
- Suitable for general fitness and wellness
- Reasonably priced
- Low amounts of sodium may not be suitable for endurance sports or heavy sweaters
- Limited flavours
- Small serving size may limit its use in sports
How we tested the best electrolyte drinks
Nutritionist Rob Hobson has tested eight of the best electrolyte drinks to help you find the right one to support your hydration and recovery needs. An award-winning, registered nutritionist and sports nutritionist with over 15 years of experience, Rob is a distinguished expert in the fields of nutrition, health, and sports. During the testing process, Rob tested each electrolyte drink for taste, solubility and effectiveness in terms of their hydration and nutritional benefits.
Hux Hydration Tablets: performance on test
Hux’s hydration tablets contain a good mix of electrolytes to support your body’s fluid balance. However, at just 116mg per serving they don’t have a lot of sodium compared to other electrolyte drinks brands I’ve tested. So they may be better suited to general fitness and overall wellness than competitive sportspeople or those engaged in endurance-based sports.
That low sodium level may also make them a good choice if you’re looking to reduce your sodium intake for medical reasons. The recommended dosage is quite small when you look at the amount of water per tablet (Hux recommends two tablets in 200ml water), so this may make it less suitable if you exercise for extended periods and need to fill your whole water bottle.
The tablets are sugar-free and sweetened with sucralose. The lemon and elderflower tablets I tested have a pleasant taste; their flavour was a nice balance of sweet and tangy. I reckon you could dilute them further if you needed more fluid and you’d still retain the flavour.
Hux Hydration Tablets: flavours and packaging
There are two other flavours to choose from – watermelon and ginger & lemongrass. The tablets dissolve really quickly and completely with no shaking required.
The packaging is convenient as the tablets come in a slim tube to throw in your kit bag. Hux is a new brand that produces a small range of products but focuses on quality ingredients with high potency. The price of its hydration tabs is reasonable at just £7 per tube (that’s 70p a serving), though not the cheapest, and they’re only available online.
| Serving size: | 2 tablets in 200ml water |
| Sodium per serving: | 116mg |
| Price per serving: | 70p |
| Flavours: | Lemon and elderflower, ginger and lemongrass, watermelon |
