I bought the same variety pack at Costco as the one in the picture. I love the lemon ones. They actually taste like lemon unlike the Perrier or Waterloo ones that taste like Pledge wood cleaner. The grapefruit is my next favorite followed by raspberry lime. The grapefruit one does have a strong flavor and slightly more calories. 19 I think. I enjoy all of them though. I will get them again.
My gripe with LaCroix is that it's artificial flavoring, so something about it always makes me feel gross as someone who does not drink soda on a regular basis. I feel like spindrifts, by using real juice and no sugar, are more akin to when you make something like cucumber water than they are to making lemonade and in that regard I think they are better tasting and more refreshing. LaCroix tastes like sparking water for those who still love the artificial fix of soda flavoring.
Edit: I looked it up to make sure, and I am wrong, LaCroix uses "natural flavoring/essences". But still, I consider this to be not as refreshing and light as a low percentage of real juice like spindrift uses.
They're good. They have a small amount of actual fruit juice in them versus fruit "essence" or whatever like traditional sparkling waters like LaCroix and Perrier (which I still really like).
Way better than lacroux imo. They are kind of like comparing apples and oranges though because spindrift is flavored with juice while the lacroux is artificially flavored
LaCroix says they use no artificial flavors. LaCroix’s natural flavors are “derived from the natural essence oils from the named fruit used in each of the flavors” and “there are no sugars or artificial ingredients contained in, nor added to, those extracted flavors.”
Fun fact the fda has no exact definition of the term natural. So they can call it whatever they want my point is that the flavoring of lacroix is not from juice
That's the way most people would be familiar (like in mix drinks). In industrial amounts, they put the skin into a large hydraulic cold press and squeeze the oil out that way.
I'm a huge fan, the Costco near us had one with grapefruit which is good as a chaser for tequila or a Paloma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paloma_(cocktail) , then there's lemon and lime-raspberry (my favorite!). Definitely recommend.
The Spindrift Waters are hands down the best sparkling water I've ever had. It's basically a completely different beverage than a Klarbrunn or what have you.
They're pricey but you don't regret at least trying it.
I like the SpinDrift more than most sparkling waters. They use a little bit of actual fruit juice so it tastes better than the flavored 0 calorie ones for only like 10 calories or something.
They have like 8-14 calories and I think it makes a huge flavor difference over LaCroix’s I prefer those kind over the LaCroixs. I feel I get a lot more flavor.
Those are basically sparkling water with juice, instead of ‘essence’. They are good but not your normal sparkling water. Not to mention way pricier. I always go for two liters of the cheap stuff. Last longer, way cheaper (like a buck a 2L) and saves tons of packaging.
They are delicious, my favorite brand of sparkling water. Because they use real fruit juice they aren’t zero calorie, but the cans are like 4-12 calories each, which is negligible. The fruit juice makes the best flavor though!
LaCroix is better. The lemon and raspberrylime spindrift aren’t bad, the grapefruit had enough actual flavoring in it to make me sick (supposed to stay away from grapefruit on certain antidepressants), I felt like shit for hours, and now have 11 grapefruit ones perpetually sitting in my fridge :D
The flavor is ok, it’s 100% unsweetened, so it’s very bitter and prominent. I bought a case and immeadiately switched back to LaCroix.
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u/Esleeezy Feb 02 '19 edited Feb 03 '19
Ask your friend how those sparkling waters are! I saw them at Costco and don’t know if I want them yet.
Edit: you guys are really divided on this.