Review: Gatorade Limon-Pepino (Lime-Cucumber)
May 23rd, 2011 by Jason
Guest reviewer Jason Steele returns with a look at a sports beverage by a familiar brand targeted at the Hispanic market.
If you are like me when you read the flavor of this G(atorade) you probably thought…huh?! Cucumberwhatnow? Yes, cucumber lime.
I had never heard of Gatorade Limon-Pepino until my sister sent me a 32 oz bottle in the mail all the way from Phoenix (full disclosure, my sister works for Gatorade.) She knew I am a fan of interesting beverages and knew I occasionally contributed to BevReview.com and thought I, and my fellow beverage hounds, would appreciate this unique flavor. She gave me one note with the bottle "drink extremely cold and on a hot day." So I promptly placed it in the fridge and waited for a warm day. The latter never arrived so instead I did 45 minutes of cardio at the gym and then rushed home to chug some G. Same dif.
The actual flavor name is Limon Pepino (Lime Cucumber) and is noted on the bottle as a "sabor nuestro" (new flavor). You'll notice the label also has a tag line in Spanish that basically translates to "Rehydrates, replenishes and reactivates your performance (game) when you need it most." It is part of the "G Series 02 [PERFORM]" whatever that means. I don't even think Gatorade employees can decode their naming/numbering system. 01Prime? 03Recover? Who cares.
The ingredients are fairly standard:
Gatorade Limon-Pepino (Lime-Cucumber)
Water, sucrose, dextrose, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, salt, sodium citrate, monopotassium phosphate, gum arabic, glycerol ester of rosin, Yellow 5, and Blue 1
A 32 oz bottle contains 200 calories, 420 mg sodium, 56 g carbs, and 56 g sugars.
When I first opened the bottle I was greeted with a pleasant cucumber-y scent; like if you walked through your garden and accidentally tramped on a half dozen cukes. The lime is very faint. If I close my eyes, stick my nose completely into the bottle and inhale deeply there is a slight lime scent at the top. The flavor on the first few sips is mostly cucumbers as well but finishes with a nice light lime taste. I think this is because the cucumber is not a flavor I normally expect so it is overpowering initially. However, the more I drink it the cucumber flavor becomes more subtle and the lime makes itself more present.
The flavor is pretty nice. It's refreshing and tasty and would be great on a hot day at the beach with some chips y salsa y tacos y burritos. I have a feeling some people will love it while others might think it's gross. I for one, like cucumber slices in water, which, at all the swanky brunch places is trés is à la mode (the actual definition, not "with ice cream") so I liked this Limon Pepino Gatorade.
Being that this product is essentially marketed towards the Hispanic population you might be hard pressed to find it depending on your city. It was front and center at my local 7-11, but then again Chicago has a large Mexican population. It's worth seeking out if you are even mildly curious.
i love this gatorade its the best hard to find…
I hope Pepsi company decides to carry this drink throughout the entire country and not just Mexico and Hispanic U.S. areas. Seems like a really interesting drink. No other types of beverages beat Gatorade.
Best, most refreshing gatorade yet!!! but yeah its very hard to find.
I love this pepino Gatorade I experimented by putting pico de gallo chile powder in it and it tastes so much better
I'm in the phx area (Mesa) I'm glad they have I here!
What next horchata gatoraid.
"Sabor Nuestro" doesn't mean "New Flavor"… It means "Our Flavor"
[...] recently that we reviewed a sabor nuestro (new flavor) of Gatorade aimed at the Hispanic community, Gatorade Limon-Pepino. This delicious flavor was cucumber-lime; it was both refreshing and delicious. Gatorade has a [...]
i live in dallas tx and i recently visited indian wells ca and had theis delicious beverage there and now that im back in tx i cant find it anywhere and im having withdraws from it and its not even on the gatorade website. DAMN YOU GATORADE!!!!!!!!
i found this at the Exxon in Palmer TX which is south of Dallas about 30 miles. i did not enjoy it at all but i guess just keep an eye out, there are some in your area!
I wanna try this so bad, I can't find it anywhere in Lubbock. My sister loved it and bought it in New Mexico
There ok. Too much of a cucumber after taste for me. O and for the people in Dallas looking for them I've seen them at 3 different albertsons
Sabor Nuestro, Dosent Mean New Flavor ?
It Mean Our Flavor .
Love this!!!!!!!!!!! Very refreshing. I can find it at convenient stores, not at large super markets.
Which Albertsons did you get it at, my son loves it and we cant find it,tonight we found it at 7-11 and bought all they had! thanks…
KW
I recently was visiting San Diego, CA and came across this Gatorade. Oh. My. Goodness! It was delicious, however I am a big sucker for cucumber anything so I may be somewhat partial. I live on the east coast, so I'm not going out of my way to find it (not a large Hispanic population around here), but if I ever do happen to see it, I'll be pleasantly surprised. Hopefully with a lot of support and following, they will begin to sell it online and make it a lot easier to get. Yum!
The Hispanic market likes some unusual flavor combinations, evidently. Here, they sell prepackeged Bud Light and Clamato mixed together. I couldn't come up with something more revolting sounding for mass consumption if I tried.
I found it in Phoenix at the Food City Market, However… the shelf space where this G2 flavor is stocked was almost empty with Only two bottles left. I grabbed the last two!!!
I found the cucumber lime Gatorade at Hydrationdepot.com
Albertons at the corner of Midway and NW Hwy in Dallas
im in the chicago area….im pretty sure they carry it in most 7-11's!!!! i just got done drinkin 1
[...] Pepino’ (Lime Cucumber) aimed at the Hispanic market, the latter getting favourable online reviews. But still, if after reading this some form of chromosome deficiency causes you to think making [...]
Taste great. ..Like chili and limes but only thing missing is the chili powder…and no im not mexican…jk i am ha ha ha ha ha
I was just at Walmart today, and I found two 32 ounce bottles of WATERMELON CITRUS Gatorade that has the same Spanish label.
I found them at a Walmart in Godfrey, Illinois.
I only bought one bottle, but now I'm wishing that I would have bought the second bottle because this stuff is ORGASMIC!!!
Hopefully I'll find the Lime Cucumber one.
I just had this in El Paso last week, i live in Nebraska and am now on a mission. amazing flavor!!!!!!!
oops, am now on a mission to find it, it's been tough so far, have been submitting "customer requests" at the stores i have been searching. sure hope it goes main stream!!!!!!
It's so yummy! They carry it at Albertsons now!!
Tried the cucumber lime at a friend's house and loved it. Different, refreshing and doesn't seem so SWEET. We are only able to find it at one store. We bought all they had (only 6 bottles). I emailed Gatorade. They said this is a hispanic flavor, available only at select markets. They didn't even have the store listed on their website where I found it. Email Gatorade and tell them you would like to see greater availability (Walmart). I'll try Albertson's again, and see if they can get it. If you get the chance, try it YOU'LL LIKE IT!
I'm from Denver and haven't seen this flavor there despite the large Latino population. Luckily, i discovered it all over the San Diego area. It's a new favorite, really looking forward to mixing it with vodka and soda water…
worst gatorade ever. u couldnt pay me to drink it
OMG i didnt know this was so sought after. I walk to my local 7-11 here in orange county, southern california ^_^ is full of this flavor… i love drinking this after a morning working and is very interesting in the beginning, but gets delicious in the end and you want more. I think im going to go back and take all they have!!!
This stuff is soooo fire!!! Omg!!
i agree with kyle, all the rest of you must be on crack, it is gross, lime i can deal with but the cucumber is extremely overpowering, the whole day my burps have tasted like cucumber, u couldnt pay me to drink it either. fruit and vegetable flavors mix well sometimes like carrot and orange but this was vile…. and disgusting