As a 17-year-old athlete in Bethesda, Maryland, I was looking for a sports drink to support recovery after practice.
When I learned that most options were high in sugar, full of additives, and expensive, I realized something bigger: they focused on hydration, not recovery. As sports science increasingly points to recovery as essential, I wondered why ingredients like tart cherry and pomegranate — known for their antioxidant and recovery-supporting properties — were readily available, yet rarely used in meaningful amounts.
So I started working.
Hydraco Restore was created to support recovery as a daily practice, with low sugar, a gentle electrolyte profile, and clinically relevant amounts of tart cherry and pomegranate extracts.