Soda Made With Fresh Fruit
I recently discovered that you can buy soda made with fresh fruit! I know, right! This is just a genius idea, especially for kids, at least the kids in my house. My kids love soda, and I let them drink it more often than I should. I do usually buy the diet and caffeine free soda, so that makes me feel slightly better! As for me, I LOVE diet soda and although I probably won’t show up on a television show about diet soda addicts, I drink a lot. With me trying to lose weight and get healthy, I need to get away from the soda and make the switch to water, but I just don’t love drinking water. I did some research and found some great tips for How To Make Water More Flavorful. Here are just a few:
- Herbs: I would not have thought about adding herbs to my water, but it is more popular than I realized. The two most popular herbs to add to water is mint or lemongrass. The mint will leave a crisp and clean taste in your mouth while the lemongrass adds a deeper, earthier flavor. Both of these are also great as a natural breath freshener, so it is a double bonus!
- Cucumbers: Here is one I had not heard of. If you want a really fresh and subtle flavor, you can cut a cuke into small pieces and let them infuse into the water. Several spas will serve cucumber water to their guests.
- Citrus: We all know you can add fresh lemon to water, but how often do we think about the other yummy citrus fruits you can add as well? What about a juicy orange or maybe a fresh squeezed lime? Another neat idea that I would not have thought about was to cut up grapes and add them to the water. If you want something a little bit bubblier, you can combine the carbonated properties of soda with fresh fruits and you get a company by the name of Spindrift!
Soda That Is Healthy
If I am going to let the kids drink soda, the least I can do is to find soda that is healthy. I was really intrigued when I heard about the Spindrift Company, a manufacturer of naturally flavored sodas and waters. As a matter of fact, Spindrift is the first company to use fresh squeezed ingredients in their soda. The soda is made with a triple purified sparkling water and then fruit or puree is squeezed in with a bit of cane juice, which is a natural sweetener. Each 12 ounce bottle contains at least 50% fruit and what you won’t find in the Spindrift drinks is syrup, concentrate, additive or a preservative. It may seem trivial, but there is something about drinking from a glass bottle. Yes, I am old enough to have drunk from a glass bottle back in the old days. My kids thought the bottles were very..what is the word they used…oh, yes…antique!!! I am not a fan of sparkling water, so I was happy to see 3 flavors for their water; raspberry lime, tangerine and good old lemon. We had friends over when the box arrived and we served each kid a sample of each soda. Most of the kids went crazy for the cranberry raspberry and mango orange. My friend really loved the half and half, which is tea and fresh squeezed lemon. With no more than 10 calories in any of the flavors, this is a great way to get great flavor without the calories. Do you wonder How To Make Water More Flavorful for your kids? What do you do?
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Sparkling mango orange.
The sparkling mango orange soda is my favorite.
The sparkling mango orange soda would probably wind up being a fave 🙂
I like the tangerine water
sparkling mango orange
Tangerine Water
I like the Sparkling Grapefruit.
I like the lemon or tangerine water.
Grapefruit!
Sparkling Blackberry would be my choice
I really want to try the sparkling grapefruit flavor.
The Sparkling Lemonade! Yumm
tangerine water 🙂
sparkling lemonade
The Sparkling Mango orange is my favorite flavor.
I like the sparkling
cranberry raspberry
i like the sparkling mmango orange soda
sparkling blackberry
tangerine water
Sparkling Blackberry sounds really good.
I like the lemon water
Tangerine sounds good to me.
The sparkling half & half
The Sparkling Lemonade sounds so good!
Sparkling Mango Orange would be the best!
Lemon water
The Sparkling Blackberry soda.
Sparkling Blackberry soda
Sparkling Blackberry Soda
The grapefruit one
Sparkling Cranberry Raspberry
My fave is the sparkling blackberry 🙂
The sparkling lemonade!
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Sparkling Grapefruit
TheSparkling Lemonade sounds good. Thanks!
I’d like the Sparkling Mango Orange.
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Cranberry Raspberry!
The Raspberry Lime Water is my favorite
Sparkling grapefruit
sparkling blackberry
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I’d love to try the Raspberry Lime water.
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The sparkling grapefruit
I’d love to try the Sparkling Grapefruit.
I like the sparkling lemonade.
The Blackberry Soda
The Sparkling half and half is my favorite.
like the cherry andthen lemaon one
I like Sparkling Half and Half
sparkling blackberry looks good.
Sparkling Mango Orange
The tangerine sparkling water sounds good to me.
I’d like the Blackberry Soda.
the lemon soda
sparkling blackberry
Sparkeling Grapefruit
Mango Orange
mango orange
Sparkling Grapefruit sounds great!!
half and half
The Sparkling Grapefruit looks tempting.
the orange mango sounds yummy.
the tangerine water sounds good.
the tangerine water sounds good.
the tangerine water sounds good.
Mango Orange Soda sounds good..thanks
Sparkling Grapefruit
Sparkling Mango Orange Soda
i would like to try the sparkling lemonade soda
The sparkling blackberry soda
cranberry raspberry sounds amazing!
sparkling blackberry soda
The half and half looks good.
Sparkling Grapefruit
sparkling cranberry/rasberry pop
Tangerine Water! grammypenny@frontier.com
I want to try sparkling half & half
Sparkling Mango Orange sounds amazing!
sparkling grapefruit
I’d like the Sparkling Blackberry!
sparkling grapefruit
I’d love to try the Sparkling Blackberry!
lemon water
the Tangerine
I’d like to try the sparkling blackberry.
I think I would like the sparkling 1/2 and 1/2 best.
raspberry lime water
Sparkling Lemonade sounds good
sparking grapefruit for me
Tangerine is a favorite flavor in my household.
I like the sparkling cranberry raspberry! Cranberry is my favorite 🙂
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I would like to try the Tangerine.
Love to try Sparkling Mango Orange
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raspberry lime
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raspberry lime
Sparkling Lemonade sounds yummy!
I’d love to try the Sparkling Half & Half.
raspberry lime!
Sparkling Mango Orange for me!!!
the last one on the right – sparkling
cranberry raspberry
sparkling cranberry raspberry
sparkling blackberry
mmm blueberry
I would love to try the mango orange soda & the raspberry lime water .. yummy.
Thanks! 😀
sparkling lemonade
They all sound pretty delish, but I’d pick the Blackberry and also the Half and Half as ones I’d like to try first.
We would like the sparkling grapefruit and sparkling blackberry
sparkling lemonade
I like the sparkling half & half
made with brewed tea &
1/4 of a fresh squeezed lemon.
So many delicious flavors to choose from. The sparkling mango orange soda sounds yummy!
Sparkling Mango Orange!
I’d love to try the sparkling half & half
made with brewed tea &
1/4 of a fresh squeezed lemon
raspberry lime is what i would like to try.
what a great product. you get the best of both worlds. i like the sparkling lemonade pop i buy in cans so for me id love to try of course the sparkling lemonade soda.
I would like to try sparkling blackberry!!yum,yum
I would like to try sparkling blackberry!!
I’d like to try the sparkling blackberry
like the sparkling blackberry
Lemon sounds refreshing
I’d like to try the Tangerine Water.
The sparkling grapefruit sounds fantastic
Would love the Sparkling Blueberry