Ingredients listed are Sugar (Japan-processed), high fructose corn syrup, fruit juice, salt / acidulant, fragrance, potassium chloride, calcium lactate, flavor enhancer (amino acids), magnesium chloride, antioxidants (vitamin C)[4] It is sold in aluminium cans, PET bottles, and as a powder for mixing with water.

[5] Pocari Sweat was launched in 1980 in Japan by Rokuro Harima, an Otsuka Pharmaceutical employee who came up with the idea after observing a doctor drink IV solution to rehydrate.

However, the name was chosen by the manufacturers originally for the purpose of marketing the product as a sports drink in Japan,[7] where English words are used differently.

[1] Otsuka began a targeted marketing campaign in Indonesia after an outbreak of dengue fever in 2010, promoting the drink to prevent dehydration, a common symptom of the disease.

[12] Originally scheduled to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in October 2015,[13] it was flown on the Astrobotic Technology lander Peregrine that failed to reach the Moon and burned in the Earth's atmosphere in January 2024.