Admittedly I'm not a huge soda drinker. I do enjoy soda, but the idea of filling my body with loads of high fructose corn syrup and caffeine is just not even remotely appealing to me. Not to mention the bottles and cans associated with consuming such beverages.That's when I heard about Sodastream. Sodastream allows you to make your own soda using just tap water. You can add flavorings too.
Sodastream offers a large selection of flavors, and NONE contain HFCS! All of their regular flavors are sweetened with sugar and Splenda® and their diet flavors are sweetened with Splenda® (and some also have Acesulfame Potassium).
*I want to note that Splenda® is not something that I personally support or use knowingly. I found a great video explaining a little about Splenda®. Also be aware that some people have a bad reaction to Splenda® (sucralose).
Here are just a few of Sodastream's great flavors:
Regular: Cola, Cherry Cola, Cream Soda, Fountain Mist, Ginger Ale, Lemon Lime, Orange, Root Beer, Tonic, Grape, Lemonade, etc.
Diet: Caffeine-Free Cola, Zero Cola, Cream Soda, Fountain Mist, Pete's Choice (compare to Dr. Pepper®), Lemon Iced Tea, etc
To see them all, check out these links: Regular, Diet. Be sure to check out the Variety Pack when you buy yours! It's a great way to check out the flavors before buying the full sizes.
In addition to all of the great flavors, they also offer unsweetened MyWater flavorings to do simple flavored waters in Lemon-Lime, Orange & Berry. They even have an energy drink. You can check out the nutritional information for all of their flavorings here.
Check out this cute video showing just how the Sodastream systems work. This may differ a little from the other models, but the idea is the same :)
The Sodastream systems use BPA-Free *reusable* plastic bottles. They even offer a system that uses glass. This is the model that I tested out and I have to say that I just love it. Not only do I find it incredibly convenient, I love that I have the option of keeping my kitchen plastic free, even if it is BPA free.
I like to leave my bottles filled with water in the fridge and ready for whenever I feel like a soda.
I would also like to mention that the flavoring is totally up to you! I only use half of what they recommend and it is plenty to flavor it to my liking. I can actually get two bottles out of each sample pack instead of one and find that it offers plenty of flavor.
I also tried using juice concentrate to flavor my soda. It's great, easy, super affordable and I can give it to my kids!
Speaking of kids! My children have never had soda before this. Too much bad stuff in there. With the Sodastream I can let them have fizzy juices and waters (my son enjoys the MyWater flavorings). They love it and I am happy to be able to do something special for them. My son always comments on how it tickles his nose as he giggles.
I think that this is a really great item to have in your kitchen. It's a fun way to change things up and great for parties! Think birthdays, holidays and other family get-togethers. There are no bottles or cans to recycle (or have people throw away while you cringe and plan to save it later). That is so much better for the environment. The only thing that would make me love this more is simply having fully natural flavorings for the sodas (the MyWater is all natural!) and no caffeine options would be perfect too. I recently dumped caffeine and it's hard to find a no-caffeine/non HFCS option.
Be sure to stop by the Sodastream online store and pick up a model for yourself! They offer four different models for all price points as well as some great starter packages.
I really love the orange and root beer flavors. What flavors do you think you might like? Do you have a Sodastream? I'd love to hear how you use yours.
I also wanted to mention that Sodastream has a gift for all of you too!
Now through JUNE 30th you will get $10 off of any new soda maker by using our code at checkout!
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2 comments:
neat product, especially that it comes in a glass version. however, on the website it states that their regular sodas also contain splenda...not a product that some of us like to use as an artificial sweetener. just thought you should be aware/mention that instead of stating it's only sugar in the regular.
From the site: "Regular flavors are sweetened with a combination of sugar and Splenda® brand sweetener. Diet sodamix flavors contain no sugar, no aspartame and are sweetened with Splenda® brand sweetener."
Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I added that to the post :)
The great thing about the machine is that you can use other products to flavor it as well, like juice, as mentioned in the post. That would be a really great way to know exactly what's going into it as well.
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