Would you drink a "flavored" water drink with the following ingredients:

[madinmaryland]

Filtered water
White grape juice concentrate
Natural flavors
Phosphoric acid
Sodium hexametaphosphate (to protect flavor)
Citric Acid
Potassium Citrate
Aspartame
Potassium benzoate and potassium sorbate (preserve freshness)
Acesulfame Potassium
Calcim Disodium EDTA (to protect flavor)
Vitamin E acetate
Niacinamide
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6)
Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12)
Phenylketonurics: Contains Phenylalanine

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What ever happened to regular drinking water. That just scares me.

[Taverner]

1. Isn't Phenylketonurics Nutrasweet?

I do not know if Nutrasweet is safe or not - there is too much disinformation on both sides to make an informed decision

[hatrack]

25. I think it's a warning to people with phenylketonuria that it contains phenylalanine

For people with PK (IIRC) that can be a serious problem.

[TheWraith]

39. You are correct. Phenylalanine is an amino acid enzyme, not a sweetener. nt

[Avalux]

35. Nutrasweet is aspartame.

And from what I've read, won't touch the stuff.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Nope, I would not.

IF I really want some extra flavor, I'd squeeze in some lemon juice.

The ingredients in these flavored waters are put in to justify the higher price.

[Ohio Joe]

3. I probably have already

I probably will again... I'm not sure what that is listed but I do drink many different things.

[msongs]

4. drink bottled water at $50/gallon then complain about being broke lol nt

[madinmaryland]

10. I drink tap water. As someone else said, just flavor your water with a spritz

of lemon, lime, or whatever flavor you want!

[MineralMan]

5. Nope. I wouldn't drink it.

I drink tapwater, coffee, and real fruit juices.

[Lint Head]

6. The chemical CEO's need a bonus.

"Better Things for Better Living...Through Chemistry." DuPont

[Fumesucker]

7. It all depends how thirsty you get..

It only takes about a day to get to the point you'll drink from a mud puddle and be glad of it.

[AsahinaKimi]

8. I thought Aspartame was considered dangerous..

or did I hear that wrong? :shrug:

I have infront of me a bottle of Natural Lemon Flavored Crystal Geyser. Ingrediants are:

Natural Mineral Water
Essence of Natural Lemon
Carbonation added

35mg of Sodium.

I guess its not bad.

[MADem]

9. I like plain water, myself. If I want to get fancy, I'll take a slice of lemon or lime in it! nt

[librechik]

11. aspartame and phenylalanine are big no-noes

at least it's not full of HFCS, so sneaky these days!

[Liberal Veteran]

18. HFCS is sooo last year. All the cool kids are calling it "corn sugar".

:rofl:

A corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum) by any other name still smells like a rotting dead body.

[a simple pattern]

12. Mmm, benzene.

No I would not!

[Nye Bevan]

13. Anything with Nutrasweet gives me a headache

as well as tasting bad.

[Liberal Veteran]

20. Same here. I'd like to see stevia become more common.

At the very least, it seems to be better for you than aspartame.

[madinmaryland]

22. It gives my wife a migraine.

[DeSwiss]

14. I try to avoid drinking poisons whenever possible. :-/ K&R n/t

[supernova]

15. Ditched that stuff 10 years ago

I stopped drinking artificially flavored waters ages ago. 1) for all the chemicals. 2) I realized the fake sugar was just making me crave more sweet stuff. I often went on to eat or drink real sugar at some point during the day.

Now I drink flavored seltzer with lemon or lime if I want a fizzy drink. Cheaper and better for me. Otherwise it's mostly water, unsweet tea and coffee.

[zeemike]

29. Me too...and for the same reasons.

It's the best health move I have ever made.
Unsweetened ice tea with a little lemon in it is just about the most refreshing drink there is...

[dipsydoodle]

16. whatever

if its got phosphoric acid in it like Coca Cola then at least its useful for cleaning old banjo parts.

Aside from that why on earth anyone buys these drinks defeats me anyway.

[WillParkinson]

17. No more than I would...

A 100% juice that contains a dye made from bug shells.

Water Filtered, Grape(s) Juice White Concentrate, Grapefruit Ruby Red Juice from Concentrate, Apple(s) Juice Concentrate, Pectin, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Carmine Color, Citric Acid, Flavor(s) Natural

[Liberal Veteran]

28. Bug shells? At least it would be "all natural".

:)

[WillParkinson]

30. Perhaps, but...

I don't consider 'bug juice' to be part of 100% Juice. Silly vegans.

[SoapBox]

19. If I want flavored water, I simply add a slosh of pure apple, grape, orange juice.

That list of creepy chemicals freaks me out.

Now...about that Double-Double at In-n-Out Burger!

:-)

[pipi_k]

21. Not anymore...

They should have stopped with the first two ingredients...


Now I do plain water. Filtered through a Brita filter. :)

[ret5hd]

23. Does it have what plants crave?

Electrolytes!

[Liberal Veteran]

26. It's the thirst mutilator!

[northoftheborder]

24. I no longer buy some of those flavored drinks, although some are...

......refreshing. I drink water from the faucet which has a filter on it, because our water has SO MUCH chlorine in it, it smells like a swimming pool. It is also VERY hard, so I use bottled water to make coffee and tea. I recently tasted some water at a house whose owner had a run-off collection system for his house, with all the appropriate filters, etc. and it was the most delicious water I have tasted in a long time. I would love to have a system like that, but it is very expensive. He relies totally on his 5, 5000 gallon tanks for his water needs, including the yard. During our current drought, he has had to almost stop watering his plants outside, though, to conserve his supply.

[progressoid]

27. I dunno but suddenly I'm thirsty.

Aspartame...MMMMM

[HopeHoops]

31. Pay no attention to those ingredients behind the curtain.

They're just there to cover up the smell of toxic fracking waste water.

[Initech]

32. I don't drink anything that's artificial.

[Retrograde]

33. Nope, can't stand the taste of aspartame and we have great tap water

I'll confess to having an occasional soft drink, and I stock Crystal Geyser and similar flavored fizzy waters for parties, but the recent ads for enhanced waters amuse me.

[The Straight Story]

34. If the label says green and healthy, sure!

;)

[madinmaryland]

40. Shouldn't people be free to ingest what ever they want to??

:)

[Mimosa]

36. We use Brita filters because ATL water often taste like doodoo. N/T

[deaniac21]

37. Go for 1 part tap water to 40 parts 100 proof Knob Creek.

[theophilus]

38. No, I would not. I think this "flavored water" stuff is sad. n/t