An orally administrable formulation of distasteful ketone body material comprising: (a) a ketone body material selected from ketone body alkali metal salts, ketone body esters between a ketone body and an additional ketone body, ketone body esters between a ketone body and a ketone body precursor, ketone body esters with glycerin, and amides between ketone bodies and physiologically acceptable amines, wherein the ketone body esters between a ketone body and a ketone body precursor are selected from the group consisting of 3-butyryl-O-butyric acid, 3-hydroxybutyl-3-hydroxybutyrate and 1,3-butandiol-3-hydroxybutyrate monoester; wherein the ketone body material is present in the final formulation in an amount of 85.0 parts by weight (pbw) to 89.0 pbw; (b) propylene glycol; wherein the propylene glycol is present in the final formulation in an amount in the range of 8.402 pbw to 11.076 pbw; (c) ethanol; wherein the ethanol is present in the final formulation in an amount equivalent to 0.278 pbw to 0.415 pbw of 95% ethanol; (d) water; wherein the water is present in the final formulation in an amount of from 0.381 pbw to 0.569 pbw, exclusive of water contributed by the 95% ethanol used in component (c); (e) natural or synthetic flavor selected from bitter orange, grape and mixtures thereof; wherein the total flavor oils are present in the final formulation in an amount of 0.35 pbw to 0.532 pbw; (f) a high potency sweetener; wherein the high potency sweetener is present in the final formulation in an amount of from 1.609 pbw to 2.404 pbw; and (g) a bitter mask agent which is 3-(1-((3,5-Dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)methyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1-(3-hydroxbenzyl)imidazolidine-2,4-dione; wherein the bitter masking agent is present in an amount of from 0.039 pbw to 0.058 pbw. (a) a ketone body material selected from ketone body alkali metal salts, ketone body esters between a ketone body and an additional ketone body, ketone body esters between a ketone body and a ketone body precursor, ketone body esters with glycerin, and amides between ketone bodies and physiologically acceptable amines, wherein the ketone body esters between a ketone body and a ketone body precursor are selected from the group consisting of 3-butyryl-O-butyric acid, 3-hydroxybutyl-3-hydroxybutyrate and 1,3-butandiol-3-hydroxybutyrate monoester; wherein the ketone body material is present in the final formulation in an amount of 85.0 parts by weight (pbw) to 89.0 pbw; (b) propylene glycol; wherein the propylene glycol is present in the final formulation in an amount in the range of 8.402 pbw to 11.076 pbw; (c) ethanol; wherein the ethanol is present in the final formulation in an amount equivalent to 0.278 pbw to 0.415 pbw of 95% ethanol; (d) water; wherein the water is present in the final formulation in an amount of from 0.381 pbw to 0.569 pbw, exclusive of water contributed by the 95% ethanol used in component (c); (e) natural or synthetic flavor selected from bitter orange, grape and mixtures thereof; wherein the total flavor oils are present in the final formulation in an amount of 0.35 pbw to 0.532 pbw; (f) a high potency sweetener; wherein the high potency sweetener is present in the final formulation in an amount of from 1.609 pbw to 2.404 pbw; and (g) a bitter mask agent which is 3-(1-((3,5-Dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)methyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1-(3-hydroxbenzyl)imidazolidine-2,4-dione; wherein the bitter masking agent is present in an amount of from 0.039 pbw to 0.058 pbw.