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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Taste is not directly related to calories. Our sense of taste is more like a chemical analysis of something, giving us a clue of what it is made of. A silly example: you could eat dirt and while it would not have any calories, it would still have a (probably bad!) taste of sorts.
Taste is just there to help us determine whether we should or should not eat something.
Even just pure water has a taste as well because drinking water is never 100% pure (in fact, 100% pure water is actually toxic, but that is a topic for another question). There are always some trace minerals in the water, either because it is natural mineral water that got the minerals from its natural sources or because those minerals were added deliberately. And the specific amount of minerals and their type can very slightly change the taste of the water.
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