This year marks the 50th anniversary of one of UF’s most important research discoveries — Gatorade. Gatorade not only launched a sports beverage industry, it also created a culture of innovation that persists at UF Health today.
Drs. Alejandro de Quesada, J. Robert Cade, Jim Free and Dana Shires invented Gatorade in a basement lab.
For the full article, please visit
The Post – 50 years of Gatorade
By Morgan Sherburne