Our standards
Refreshingly real ingredients.
We are obsessed with water, but let's be honest, sometimes it needs a little help. The help we use is short, readable and mostly grown: real fruit powders, essential minerals, vitamins and stevia. Nothing you need a chemistry degree to pronounce.
Natural fruit powders
We start with fruit, then add function.
Every blend leads with a real fruit powder rather than a flavouring alone. Fruit first is what gives Spruce its colour, its acidity and its taste, which is why our labels read like a fruit bowl before they read like a supplement.
Raspberry
The lead ingredient in Raspberry & Elderflower. Real raspberry, pressed and dried, doing the flavour work a syrup usually does with sugar.
Elderflower
The British hedgerow classic. All the character of Grandma's cordial, without the buckets of sugar that used to come with it.
Lemon
Lead fruit in Lemon & Pomegranate Daily Electrolyte, and a supporting note in Peach Perfect. Sharp, clean, unmistakably real.
Pomegranate
Deep, tart and grown-up. It balances the lemon so the electrolyte blend tastes like a drink rather than a remedy.
Black cherry & cherry
Rich and rounded, across the Black Cherry Water Enhancer and the Cherry & Lime Daily Electrolyte.
Lime & mint
The cold-glass-on-a-hot-day combination. Sharp lime, cool mint, nothing else pretending to be either.
Pineapple & grapefruit
Bright, tropical and a little bitter in the best way. The one people reach for in the gym bag.
Peach
The evening one. Peach flavouring over orange and lemon fruit powders in Peach Perfect Magnesium.
Pink Himalayan Salt
A natural source of sodium that replenishes what you lose through sweat, helping you maintain fluid balance and hold onto the water you drink.
Magnesium
Magnesium Citrate in Daily Electrolytes. In Peach Perfect we use a marine and glycinate blend, 250mg per sachet, for sleep, recovery and mood.
Stevia leaf
Stevia glycosides, taken from the leaf of the stevia plant. Plant-based, zero sugar, and not an artificial sweetener despite the common mix-up.
The vitamin line-up
Vitamin C, B1, B3, B12, D3, Biotin and Zinc across the range, at 100% RDA of the core vitamins per serving. Which ones depends on the blend.
The no list
What you will never find in a Spruce sachet.
A short ingredients list is a decision, not an accident. These are the things we leave out on purpose.
- Added sugar
- Artificial sweeteners
- Artificial colours
- Bulkers and fillers
- Caffeine
- Anything you cannot pronounce
How we work
Standards we hold ourselves to.
Three principles that decide what goes into a blend, and what gets cut before it ever reaches a sachet.
Nutritionist designed
Our Daily Electrolyte blends are designed by nutritionists to carry the right amount of all four essential electrolytes for daily consumption, not race-day extremes.
Full doses, front of pack
100% RDA of the core vitamins in every serving. If a vitamin or mineral is worth naming on the front, it is present at a level worth having.
The full list, every time
Every ingredient is published in full on each product page, in order. No proprietary blends, no hiding a sweetener behind a trademark.
Read the label
Exactly what is in each blend.
Straight from the pack. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, as UK labelling requires.
| Blend | Ingredients |
|---|---|
| Lemon & Pomegranate Daily Electrolyte | Lemon Fruit Powder, Natural Pomegranate flavouring, Acidity Regulators (Citric & Malic Acid), Pink Himalayan Salt, Chicory Root Fibre (Inulin), Potassium Carbonate, Calcium Citrate, Magnesium Citrate, Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Natural Sweetener (Stevia Glycosides as Stevia), Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide), Zinc Citrate, Vitamin B1 (Thiamine HCl), Vitamin B12 (Methylcobalamin). |
| Raspberry & Elderflower Water Enhancer | Raspberry Fruit Powder, Natural flavourings (Raspberry & Elderflower), Acidity Regulators (Citric & Malic Acid), Chicory Root Fibre (Inulin), Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid), Apple Fruit Powder, Natural Sweetener (Stevia Glycosides as Stevia), Natural Colour (Cranberry Extract), Vitamin B3 (Niacinamide), Zinc Citrate, Vitamin B1 (Thiamine HCl), Biotin, Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol), Vitamin B12 (Methylcobalamin). |
| Peach Perfect Magnesium | Magnesium blend (Marine & Glycinate), Orange Fruit Powder, Natural Peach flavouring, Citric & Malic Acid, Lemon Fruit Powder, Lion's Mane Extract, Tremella Extract, Natural Sweetener (Stevia Glycosides as Stevia), Zinc Citrate, Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine HCl). |
Full ingredient lists and nutritional tables for every flavour are published on each product page. Formulations are occasionally improved, so the pack in your hand is always the definitive list.
FAQs
Ingredient questions.
Does Spruce contain real fruit?
Yes. Every blend leads with a real fruit powder such as raspberry, lemon, orange or apple, supported by natural flavourings. The colour in Raspberry & Elderflower comes from cranberry extract, not a dye.
Is stevia an artificial sweetener?
No. Stevia glycosides come from the leaf of the stevia plant. It is a plant-based sweetener with no sugar and no calories, and it is what we use across the whole range.
Is Spruce caffeine free?
Completely. There is no caffeine in any Spruce product, at any time of day.
How much magnesium is in Peach Perfect?
250mg of magnesium per sachet, from a marine and glycinate blend, alongside Lion's Mane, Tremella, Zinc and Vitamin B6.
Can I take Spruce alongside my other vitamins?
Spruce provides 100% RDA of its core vitamins per serving, so it is worth checking the totals across everything you take. If you are on medication or have a health condition, speak to your GP or pharmacist.
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