Format
AWAKE Can
- Container
- aluminium can, sealed
- Taste
- lemon and lime
- Preparation
- ready to drink
Provider statement
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Guide
Understanding hydrogen water: research status, measurable values and the AWAKE range
Hydrogen water is drinking water with molecular hydrogen (H₂) dissolved in it. Around this beverage there is a growing body of research on one side and a market with very different products and promises on the other. This page keeps the two apart.
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Editorially reviewed
Classified by level of evidence, with source and reference date.
Provider statements kept apart
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Transparent redirection
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Orientation
How this page is structured
01
Research first
A count describes how often a topic has been published on. It says nothing about how robust the individual papers are, in whom they were carried out, or which endpoints they recorded. We state it with its source and reference date so that you can check it yourself.
02
Terms and measurable values
Before any provider speaks, it is worth looking at which values can be described on a product at all. There are few of them, and none of them says anything about an effect:
03
Provider statements kept apart
From here on, everything comes from the provider H2 AWAKE. It is not research and not a finding by introdrink.ch.
Basics
What hydrogen water is
We do not tell you what hydrogen water does for you. We show you what has been studied, how robust those studies are, and how you can place a product technically. The decision is yours.
H₂ is a colourless, odourless gas that dissolves in water in small amounts. Chemically the water stays water: no new compound forms, the gas is simply distributed within it, similar to carbon dioxide in sparkling water but in a far smaller quantity.
There are several technical production routes. A common one is electrolysis, where electricity splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. Introducing hydrogen gas directly under pressure is also possible. Ready-to-drink products are charged and sealed at filling.
Orientation
Measurable values: what a product can actually be assessed on
Before any provider speaks, it is worth looking at which values can be described on a product at all. There are few of them, and none of them says anything about an effect:
- 01
Concentration in PPM: describes how much hydrogen is dissolved at the time of filling. It is a value in the beverage, not an outcome in a person.
- 02
Container and tightness: hydrogen is a very small molecule and escapes through some plastics. Aluminium and glass with a tight closure are gas-tight.
- 03
Time of measurement: a figure without a reference point cannot be placed. What counts is always the provider's statement for the specific product.
- 04
Preparation route: with a ready-to-drink beverage the provider sets the value at filling; with home preparation the result depends on the device and the handling.
None of these values is a statement about what a beverage does in the body. They are checkpoints for the product description, nothing more.
Research
What the research offers and where it stops
The section below sorts the research by level of evidence. It sits deliberately before any product information, because it limits it: a publication count says something about research activity, but nothing about a benefit for you. Studies in cell cultures or animals do not transfer to people, and a small human study is no basis for a recommendation. So read the levels for what they are: a classification of robustness, not a list of outcomes.
H1
Human study
L2
Laboratory or animal model
M3
Mechanism or measurement
N
Evidence gap
PubMed, retrieved 3 September 2026: 4,376 indexed publications and 34 clinical human studies. Neither count is a benefit, recommendation or safety statement.
Selected publications: Ohsawa et al. 2007 · Aoki et al. 2012
How to read these figures
A count describes how often a topic has been published on. It says nothing about how robust the individual papers are, in whom they were carried out, or which endpoints they recorded. We state it with its source and reference date so that you can check it yourself.
Provider section
From here on, everything comes from the provider H2 AWAKE. It is not research and not a finding by introdrink.ch.
H2 AWAKE and the two container formats
AWAKE is a ready-to-drink hydrogen beverage from H2 Vital GmbH, based in Germany. It is offered in two container formats: a can and a glass bottle.
Provider statements
- The provider quotes a technical value of more than 11 PPM of dissolved hydrogen for the product.
- The provider states that production takes place in Germany.
- The provider offers the beverage ready to drink, so without a device, tablet or home preparation.
- The provider uses cans and glass as containers and gives the gas properties of hydrogen as the reason.
Format
AWAKE Glass Bottle
- Container
- glass bottle, sealed
- Taste
- unflavoured
- Preparation
- ready to drink
Provider statement
View the glass bottle at the provider
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The two formats stand side by side as equals. According to the provider they differ in taste and container; we state no ranking between them. Both links lead to the provider's product pages.
Side by side
The two formats next to each other
Container
AWAKE Can
aluminium can, sealed
AWAKE Glass Bottle
glass bottle, sealed
Taste
AWAKE Can
lemon and lime
AWAKE Glass Bottle
unflavoured
Where the statements match
- Preparation: ready to drink
Provider statements, presented as equals. No rating and no ranking.
Questions
Frequently asked questions about hydrogen water
Provider statement: continue to the provider
What these statements are not: they are not research results and they say nothing about what the beverage does in the body. What counts is always the provider's information for the specific product in front of you, not a general description on a guide page such as this one.
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Transparency
Transparency and scope
Affiliate notice. The links to h2-awake.de on this page are affiliate links carrying the affid=H2 parameter. If a purchase is made through one of them, introdrink.ch may receive a commission. This notice applies to every provider link on this page.
Scope. introdrink.ch is a guide portal, not a shop. We hold no stock, process no orders and make no statements on prices, shipping, customs, taxes, payment methods, delivery times or returns. Those points are handled solely by the respective provider, under their terms.
Statement and evidence kept apart. Provider statements on this page are marked as such. They are not research findings. Conversely, the publications named in the evidence section are not product claims: they concern molecular hydrogen as a research subject, not any particular product.
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