what are the “natural flavors” and how are they zero calories?

Question

For example on my sparkling water it’s flavored with “natural flavors” but is still zero sugar and zero calories

In: Chemistry

Answer 1

In short, It’s trace oils derived from plants and such, Crazy crazy concentrated so it doesn’t effect the nutrition facts.

Think about putting a single drop of red dye in a glass of water, the water is still 99.9% pure water but now it’s completely red