Today I was craving soda! We all know that soda is absolutely horrible for you. Even the diet ones aren't so great for your diet after all. While I was at the grocery store, I asked someone for a sugar free, natural alternative to soda and she recommended ZEVIA. Luckily, I was able to get one because pretty much all the flavors were completely sold out!
Where's the sweetness come from?Mostly from stevia, an herb many times sweeter than sugar.ZEVIA products are 100% natural, with zero calories. YAY! The after taste is slightly reminiscent of splenda, but it's still pretty tasty. I got the ginger root beer today and it was really good. Knowing that it's sugar free and all natural makes it tastes even better.
For more info on Stevia, visit stevia.net! Below is an excerpt from their webpage.
If you've ever tasted stevia, you know it's extremely sweet. In fact, this remarkable noncaloric herb, native to Paraguay, has been used as a sweetener and flavor enhancer for centuries. But this innocuous-looking plant has also been a focal point of intrigue in the United States in recent years because of actions by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
The subject of searches and seizures, trade complaints and embargoes on importation, stevia has been handled at times by the FDA as if it were an illegal drug.
Since the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), stevia can be sold legally in the United States, but only as a "dietary supplement." Even so, it can be found in many forms in most health-food stores, and is also incorporated into drinks, teas and other items (all labeled as "dietary supplements"). It cannot, however, be called a "sweetener" or even referred to as "sweet." To do so would render the product "adulterated," according to the FDA, and make it again subject to seizure.
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