Yes, it is. I made a mistake last post. The bottled stuff uses high fructose corn syrup, a carbohydrate that is essentially useless to tired muscles. Same stuff as Coca Cola.

Check the labels on both.

The powder on the other hand uses sucrose as its primary ingredient, followed immediately by dextrose. Since sucrose is one part dextrose, dextrose is a.k.a. glucose, and glucose is great fuel for working muscles... powdered gatorade is probably the best thing that your local grocery store has. Add some Maltodextrin, and you can up the dextrose/glucose concentration. Throw in some BCAAs, and you're really cookin.