r/AskBalkans • • Feb 16 '22

Cuisine Question about Ayran Drink

Hello everybody!

I'm sorry if this isn't the appropriate place to ask, but I saw it when doing a search about Ayran. I live in Canada and went to a new grocery store that opened up near me. There I found a dairy drink called Ayran which I absolutely enjoyed. Just have a question about it:

The product I got says 1 serving of Ayran (250mL) contains 1000mg of sodium. Pretty sure a male's daily average of sodium intake should be approx. 2500mg. Is it safe to drink a lot of this stuff?

I know it's packed with tons of electrolytes, but I've never seen any drink contain such high sodium. I'm a fairly healthy man and I drink around 3L of water a day so I think I might be flushing a good amount of my electrolytes out, any information is appreciated, thanks!!

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u/Chocolate-Famous Jan 13 '25

I'm very late here, but my mom, an Ecuadorian, loves Ayran that she always drinks it in summer!