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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There is still some sweetener that comes from the “natural flavors” they use. Its just that theres non extra sugar or anything recognized as a high intensity sweetener by the FDA.
Regulations also allow you to put in less than some certain amount of calories (I think 5 per serving) and still call it 0 calorie.
And sorry, but natural flavoring just means that it started off in plants or animals and has only had certain specific chemistry done to it. Much of the time its not directly related to whatever the flavor is supposed to represent.
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