Flavored Water 1 article

Flavored water starts with still or sparkling water and adds flavor through fruit essences, natural or artificial flavors, or other ingredients. Some products remain unsweetened, while others use sugar, non-nutritive sweeteners or added electrolytes, so the category spans more than one nutrition profile. Bottles and cans may look similar even when their ingredient lists differ sharply. Checking sweeteners, calories and electrolyte additions is more informative than assuming every fruit-flavored water is nutritionally equivalent to plain water.