I know people make fun of la croix having no flavor but it and other seltzer waters obviously taste like something! As an active seltzer lover, with new brands and flavors coming out all the time now, some of these are objectively quite flavorful and sweet. Yet, they have 0 calories, 0 sweeteners or sugar, only “natural flavors.” Do they really have 0 of everything or is it just such a small amount that they call it 0?
eli5 what natural flavoring means and how it can taste so strong with no sugar or anything so I can enjoy my seltzer without mental turmoil. Thank you!
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FDA does not require food companies to disclose the ingredients creating a “natural flavor,” so long as they all fall into the GRAS category chemicals “generally recognized as safe.”
Essential it may very well contain sugar and other artificial ingredients, just less than they are required to display. Their own website says it’s made from fruit essence, fruit contain sugar so it probably has some, just enough to taste but not enough to regulate.
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