Aboriginal owned & operated · Australian made
Australian native hydration.
Zero-sugar electrolyte hydration made with Australian native fruit. Eight ingredients, clearly named. Built for people who work, train and sweat in Australian conditions.
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Why it exists
Hydration doesn't need to be complicated.
So we kept MERWA simple. No sugar, no artificial sweeteners, no artificial colours, no fillers and no maltodextrin. Just a straightforward electrolyte formula built around Australian pink lake salt, essential minerals and native fruit.
It tastes good and it's clean
Lemon aspen and desert lime, tart, not perfumed. Sugar-free without the artificial aftertaste. Turn the pack over and every ingredient has a name you recognise.
Australian native, properly sourced
Lemon aspen from the Queensland rainforest. Desert lime from Yiman country. Kakadu plum from Aboriginal growers in the north. Murray River salt, Australian ocean magnesium.
Aboriginal owned
100% Aboriginal owned, managed and controlled. A father and son, two directors, no silent partners. Purchases count as Aboriginal business spend.
How it stacks up.
No hype. Just the numbers side by side, so you can see exactly what you're getting.
| MERWA | Sports drink | Coconut water | Imported electrolyte powder | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar | 0 g | ~36 g | ~11 g | 0 g |
| Sodium | 700 mg | ~230 mg | ~40 mg | ~500 mg |
| Potassium | 250 mg | ~120 mg | ~470 mg | ~200 mg |
| Magnesium | 100 mg | 0 mg | ~25 mg | ~60 mg |
| Sweetener | Stevia leaf | Sugar | Natural sugars | Stevia / synthetic |
| Australian native fruit | Yes, 3 named | No | No | No |
| Aboriginal owned | Yes | No | No | No |
| In short | Sugar-free, eight named ingredients, built for a shift in the heat. | High in sugar, light on electrolytes. | Low sodium for hard, sweaty work. | Solid electrolytes, shipped from overseas. |
Category figures are typical values shown for comparison, not a claim about any specific brand. MERWA figures are per serve.
Straight answers
Frequently asked questions.
It's Australian native hydration, built around lemon aspen, desert lime and Kakadu plum, with Murray River salt and Australian ocean magnesium. Sugar-free, eight named ingredients, and 100% Aboriginal owned. Made for people who sweat for a living.
Eight named ingredients: Australian pink lake salt, potassium citrate, Australian magnesium citrate, lemon aspen, Kakadu plum, desert lime, citric acid and stevia leaf. No sugar, no artificial sweeteners, no added colours or flavours, no maltodextrin.
No. The only sweetener is stevia leaf, and we use less of it than the mainstream sugar-free brands. No sugar and no sugar alcohols either.
Real fruit doesn't dissolve clear. A little cloud in the glass is the native fruit powder doing its job, not a fault.
700 mg per serve on the single-serve tier, and 700–1000 mg on the worksite tier. It's set for occupational heat and a full shift, not a gym session.
Taste it against whatever you're drinking now.
Samples go out to sites, procurement teams and buyers. Tell us the site and roughly how many people are on it.
Request a sampleOur electrolytes.
Australian native hydration, built on one clean electrolyte base. Launching soon, register your interest and we'll let you know when each one drops.
Hydration
Lemon aspen
Lemon aspen + desert lime
Our hero drink. Native lemon aspen and desert lime over MERWA's electrolyte base, sodium, potassium and magnesium, with zero sugar.
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With creatine
Lemon aspen + creatine
Lemon aspen · with creatine
The lemon aspen hydration base with added creatine monohydrate. Same clean formula, zero sugar.
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Hydration
Davidson plum
Native Davidson plum
A deep, tart native Australian plum flavour over the same electrolyte base. Zero sugar.
View product Available soon+ Magnesium
With magnesium
Magnesium, lemon aspen
Lemon aspen flavour
A magnesium-focused drink in MERWA's lemon aspen flavour. Zero sugar.
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Register your interest or request a sample ahead of launch.
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Lemon aspen
Our hero drink. Native lemon aspen and desert lime over MERWA's five-electrolyte base, sodium, potassium, magnesium and more, with zero sugar.
Choose your flavour
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Zero sugarNo added sugar, sweetened without it.
Five electrolytesSodium, potassium, magnesium and more.
Native fruitReal Australian natives, not flavourings.
Aboriginal owned100% Aboriginal owned and operated.
The native fruit
Meet lemon aspen
A small native citrus from the rainforests of tropical Queensland and northern New South Wales. Lemon aspen (Acronychia acidula) has been gathered as bush food for thousands of years, tart and zesty, somewhere between lemon and lime.
It's the hero flavour in MERWA: real native fruit, not an added flavour.
What's inside
One clean base
Every MERWA is built on the same base, five electrolytes, including sodium, potassium and magnesium, with zero sugar. Eight ingredients, all clearly named.
No maltodextrin, no fillers, nothing hidden.
What we left out
- Added sugar
- Artificial sweeteners
- Artificial colours
- Fillers
- Maltodextrin
Our story
Grown here, owned here
MERWA is 100% Aboriginal owned and operated. Our native fruit comes from Country, and we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands it grows on.
Blended and packed in Australia.
Launching soon.
Register your interest and we'll let you know the moment Lemon aspen drops.
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Lemon aspen + creatine
The lemon aspen hydration base with added creatine monohydrate. Same clean formula, native fruit, zero sugar.
Choose your flavour
Register interestAvailable soon
Zero sugarNo added sugar, sweetened without it.
Five electrolytesSodium, potassium, magnesium and more.
Added creatineCreatine monohydrate in every stick.
Aboriginal owned100% Aboriginal owned and operated.
The native fruit
Meet lemon aspen
A small native citrus from the rainforests of tropical Queensland and northern New South Wales. Lemon aspen (Acronychia acidula) has been gathered as bush food for thousands of years, tart and zesty, somewhere between lemon and lime.
It's the hero flavour in MERWA: real native fruit, not an added flavour.
What's inside
One clean base
Every MERWA is built on the same base, five electrolytes, including sodium, potassium and magnesium, with zero sugar. Eight ingredients, all clearly named.
No maltodextrin, no fillers, nothing hidden.
Why we added it
With creatine
The same clean lemon aspen base, with creatine monohydrate added to every stick.
What we left out
- Added sugar
- Artificial sweeteners
- Artificial colours
- Fillers
- Maltodextrin
Our story
Grown here, owned here
MERWA is 100% Aboriginal owned and operated. Our native fruit comes from Country, and we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands it grows on.
Blended and packed in Australia.
← All drinks
Davidson plum
A deep, tart native Davidson plum over MERWA's five-electrolyte base, sodium, potassium, magnesium and more, with zero sugar.
Choose your flavour
Register interestAvailable soon
Zero sugarNo added sugar, sweetened without it.
Five electrolytesSodium, potassium, magnesium and more.
Native fruitReal Australian Davidson plum, not flavourings.
Aboriginal owned100% Aboriginal owned and operated.
The native fruit
Meet Davidson plum
A deep-crimson native plum from the rainforests of northern New South Wales and Queensland. Intensely tart with a rich, tangy depth, it has long been gathered as bush food.
Real native fruit, not an added flavour.
What's inside
One clean base
Every MERWA is built on the same base, five electrolytes, including sodium, potassium and magnesium, with zero sugar. Eight ingredients, all clearly named.
No maltodextrin, no fillers, nothing hidden.
What we left out
- Added sugar
- Artificial sweeteners
- Artificial colours
- Fillers
- Maltodextrin
Our story
Grown here, owned here
MERWA is 100% Aboriginal owned and operated. Our native fruit comes from Country, and we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands it grows on.
Blended and packed in Australia.
Launching soon.
Register your interest and we'll let you know the moment Davidson plum drops.
Request a sample
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Magnesium
A magnesium-focused drink in MERWA's lemon aspen flavour, native fruit over the electrolyte base, with zero sugar.
Choose your flavour
Register interestAvailable soon
Zero sugarNo added sugar, sweetened without it.
300mg magnesiumMagnesium in every stick.
Lemon aspen flavourMade with real native lemon aspen.
Aboriginal owned100% Aboriginal owned and operated.
The native fruit
Meet lemon aspen
A small native citrus from the rainforests of tropical Queensland and northern New South Wales. Lemon aspen (Acronychia acidula) has been gathered as bush food for thousands of years, tart and zesty, somewhere between lemon and lime.
It's the hero flavour in MERWA: real native fruit, not an added flavour.
What's inside
One clean base
Every MERWA is built on the same base, five electrolytes, including sodium, potassium and magnesium, with zero sugar. Eight ingredients, all clearly named.
No maltodextrin, no fillers, nothing hidden.
Why we added it
With magnesium
300 mg of magnesium in every stick, carried in MERWA's lemon aspen flavour.
Magnesium is an essential mineral a lot of us run low on. It plays a part in normal muscle and nervous system function and in easing everyday tiredness, so it's the stick to reach for in the evening, after a long day or a hard session, when your body is winding down.
What we left out
- Added sugar
- Artificial sweeteners
- Artificial colours
- Fillers
- Maltodextrin
Our story
Grown here, owned here
MERWA is 100% Aboriginal owned and operated. Our native fruit comes from Country, and we acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands it grows on.
Blended and packed in Australia.
The drink
The formula, honestly.
A sugar-free hydration powder with electrolytes, built around Australian native fruit. Eight ingredients, all of them named, turn the pack over and read every one.
The drink
Ingredients.
01
Murray River salt
700 mg
Sourced from Australia's Murray River region, Murray River salt is a natural mineral salt with a soft pink colour and a clean taste. It's the sodium in the mix, the main electrolyte you lose in sweat, dosed at 700 mg a serve to replace what a shift in the heat draws out.
02
02 · Potassium citrate
Potassium
250 mg
The second electrolyte in the mix. Potassium works with sodium, and you lose both when you sweat, dosed at 250 mg a serve to sit alongside the 700 mg of sodium.
03
03 · Australian magnesium citrate
Magnesium
100 mg
Magnesium from Australian ocean sources. It's a mineral you draw down through hard work and sweat, MERWA puts 100 mg back per serve.
04
04 · Native botanical
Lemon aspen
Hero flavour
Native lemon fruit, tart, juicy, the flavour engine. From the Queensland rainforest, it's what makes MERWA taste like fruit, not a supplement.
05
05 · Native botanical
Desert lime
Native citrus
Native citrus body, the lemon-lime character in the mix. Desert lime grows on Yiman country, Dad's side of the family.
06
06 · Kakadu plum
Kakadu plum
Wild-harvested
Native wholefood fruit, wild-harvested and bought from Aboriginal growers in the north.
700
mg sodium / serve
250
mg potassium / serve
100
mg magnesium / serve
0
sugar
Nutrient content per serve, stated flatly. Mix instruction and sodium per serve vary by tier, see For worksites.
Eight named ingredients
Nothing hidden behind "natural flavours" or a proprietary blend. This is the whole list.
| Ingredient | What it does |
|---|---|
| Australian pink lake salt | Murray River salt, sodium plus trace minerals |
| Potassium citrate | Potassium |
| Australian magnesium citrate | Magnesium, from Australian ocean sources |
| Lemon aspen | Native lemon fruit, tart, juicy, the flavour engine |
| Kakadu plum (wild-harvested) | Native wholefood fruit, from Aboriginal growers |
| Desert lime | Native citrus body, grows on Yiman country |
| Citric acid | Acidity trim |
| Stevia leaf extract | Sweetness, well under the mainstream sugar-free brands |
Ingredient names as they appear on pack. Exact quantities are commercial-in-confidence.
Tart, not perfumed
Lemon aspen is fruit acid, tart, juicy, grapefruit-edged and genuinely refreshing. Desert lime carries the lemon-lime character and the Yiman-country story. Together they read as thirst-quenching, not as a lolly.
Expect cloudiness. Real fruit doesn't dissolve clear. A little cloud in the glass is the fruit powder doing its job, not a fault.
Free from
No sugar
No artificial sweeteners
No sugar alcohols
No added colours or flavours
No fillers · no maltodextrin
No caffeine
No iron
MERWA is a food. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition, and we make no health claims, here or on the pack.
Read the label. Then taste it.
We'll send a sample stick and the spec sheet. Compare it against whatever's in the crib room now.
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Built for occupational heat, not the gym.
Crib-room tub format, scooped into a litre bottle. Sodium set for a shift in the sun, written for a safety officer, not a shopper.
Sodium tiers by channel
Same flavour base, different salt scoop. Sodium per serve is the spec number, millilitres of water is a label instruction, not a reformulation.
| Tier | Sodium per serve | Mix into | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site / worksite | 700–1000 mg | 750 ml – 1 L | Crib-room bottle, occupational heat, full-shift fluid |
| Single-serve | ~700 mg | 400 ml | One bottle, higher intensity |
| Lighter serve | 300–500 mg | 500 ml | Lower-sweat conditions and general use |
Why the bigger bottle wins on site. The crib-room format delivers more sodium and the litre of fluid a sweating worker actually needs, while tasting less salty per sip.
Documents
Mine sites won't stock a product without an SDS. Here's what your safety and procurement teams need, sent as PDFs, same day.
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Product spec sheet
Nutrient panel, ingredients, format, shelf life
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Safety Data Sheet (SDS)
Issued with the manufactured product
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Rate card
Per-serve and per-carton, with volume tiers
Supply & prequalification
Format. Tubs first for crib rooms, scoop and go. Single-serve sticks for kits and sampling.
Pricing. Positioned as a premium against the commodity site incumbents. Volume tiers on the rate card; the value is in what the spend counts toward, see For procurement.
Prequalification. We onboard through the major contractor prequal portals (Avetta, Cm3 and similar) on request, tell us which system your site uses.
Product liability insurance and a supplier onboarding pack (ABN, bank details, certificates) are available to send with any quote.
Put a tub in the crib room.
Tell us the site and roughly how many people are on it, and we'll send a sample and the spec.
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Spend that counts toward your target.
A consumable your team can already report. Here's the entity, the ownership, and how the spend is counted.
The entity
- Registered entity
- MERWA PTY LTD
- ABN
- 69 701 348 727
- Ownership
- 100% Aboriginal owned, managed and controlled
- Directors
- Two directors, a father and son. No silent partners.
- Supply Nation
- Registration in progress
- Insurance
- Product liability, certificate of currency on request
How the spend is counted
Purchases from MERWA constitute Aboriginal business expenditure. Depending on your contract and jurisdiction, that can be reported against:
APIC 1.5% Aboriginal participation when a builder or subcontractor buys for site supply.
NSW APP 3% goods and services under the NSW Aboriginal Procurement Policy.
Commonwealth IPP supplier-use when sold to government.
The plain version. Construction contracts carry minimum Aboriginal participation requirements, and shortfalls cost money. A drink is one of the lowest-friction ways to make that spend. Confirm treatment with your own procurement team.
For your file
MERWA PTY LTD (ABN 69 701 348 727) is a 100% Aboriginal owned, managed and controlled Australian business. Purchases from MERWA constitute Aboriginal business expenditure and may be reported under the Commonwealth Indigenous Procurement Policy, the NSW Aboriginal Procurement Policy, and Aboriginal participation frameworks applying to construction contracts. Confirm treatment with your own procurement team.
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Capability statement
Entity, ownership, insurance, product spec, one PDF
Ready to send within the hour.
Capability statement, ABN, insurance and spec, request the pack and we'll reply same day.
Request the packOur country
Merwa is the Yiman word for thunder.
Yiman country is the brigalow belt of central Queensland, the Dawson River, Taroom. Thunder brings the rain.
Merwa is the Yiman word for thunder. Yiman country is the brigalow belt of central Queensland, the Dawson River, Taroom. Thunder brings the rain. The product comes first; the story is the depth behind it.
Desert lime grows on Yiman country, Dad's side, around Taroom. Kakadu plum is wild-harvested in northern Australia and bought from Aboriginal growers. Lemon aspen is a rainforest fruit from FNQ and the Byron hinterland, not Yiman country, and we don't claim it is. Each plant, its own place.
MERWA is 100% Aboriginal owned, Yiman heritage on Matthew and Riley's side, and Punthamara heritage on Riley's mother's side. Two directors, father and son. No silent partners, no joint venture, no black cladding, ownership, management and control are all genuinely ours.
We speak for our own family and our own business, not for other nations. No dot-painting, no "tribal" graphics as decoration; the name carries the culture, the letterforms don't try to. We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the countries our ingredients come from, and pay respect to Elders past and present.
The cleanest drink on the site, and it's ours.
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Contact
Trade enquiries.
Mines, builders, procurement teams and buyers. Retail and pharmacy enquiries welcome.
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Get in touch
- Trade email
- trade@merwa.com.au
- Web
- merwa.com.au
- Entity
- MERWA PTY LTD · ABN 69 701 348 727
- Based
- New South Wales, Australia
Who we sell to
MERWA is a trade-first supplier. We work directly with mines, civil and building contractors, subcontractors, government and RAP-corporate procurement teams, and Aboriginal-owned PPE and industrial distributors.
Retail and pharmacy enquiries welcome, if you're a buyer, get in touch and we'll talk category.
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