crystal light has food coloring!

motherhen

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 7:45 pm

so I recently read some rly scary stuff abt food coloring and I thought I ttly removed it from my diet and mostly removed it from my kids' and then im picking up a couple new containers of crystal light iced tea mix and I happen to notice the back and see that it has...red 40 and blue 6! help! this was my go-to drink...I cant drink water all day and my kids definitely cant...anyone know of any company that makes a similar mix that is food coloring free? or know of any other drink that is tasty, healthful and low in sugar and calories??
thanks muchly

oliveoil

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 7:50 pm

lol. what did you think? the only way for something to be zero calories and colorful is chemicals and food coloring.

oliveoil

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 7:52 pm

You and your kids can definitely learn to drink water.

If you must flavor it, use a small amount of juice and slowly reduce it until you're drinking just water.

bnm

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 7:56 pm

am I going to sound childish if I say 'duh'? how in the world did you think it gets its coloring? beet juice?!?!

motherhen

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 7:59 pm

well obviously the raspberry and punch ones I knew were colored but iced tea?? plenty of companies can make them without the coloring, why cant crystal light?? and did u knw that in countries in europe the same foods we enjoy here -same brands and everything-r colored naturally with beet juice and carotene and stuff because of stricter food laws??

oliveoil

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 8:08 pm

I love when people have epiphanies and then assume everyone else was in the dark too...

So entertaining :-)

bnm

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 8:12 pm

a jewish brand used to make a food coloring free cool aid. colors where a bit weird but taste was ok and it was pure sugar. I didn't see it in a long time.

mummiedearest

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 8:27 pm

make your own iced tea. a bunch of tea bags in a cup or two of hot water. allow to cool. add lemon slices and your preferred sweetener, or just add sweet fruit. dilute to taste.

srbmom

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 8:28 pm

Tons of regular food has food coloring; pickles, oranges, life cereal... To name a few
None of these NEED the coloring, it just makes it brighter and more enticing.
I give my kids the honest kids juice pouches for school and on Shabbos as a special treat we have snapple. It has a lot of sugar, but it does not have chemicals and artificial ingredients.

chocolate chips

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 8:52 pm

Yeh I realized this when it stained my tshirt and counter!!

spring13

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 8:55 pm

With the fake sugar and other chemicals, its the coloring you're worried about?

spring13

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 9:14 pm

Try putting some fresh mint leaves or cucumber slices or orange slices in water. Get a Sodastream machine, making seltzer in it is so much fun that your kids probably won't mind that it's less like juice - and you can get flavoring for the seltzer that's natural and calorie free. Coconut water or Honest Kids pouches are also things to try.

imamiri

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 9:16 pm

Water with lemon. Or add some cucumber. Delicious, refreshing, nothing fake.

greenfire

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 9:31 pm

imamiri wrote:

Water with lemon. Or add some cucumber. Delicious, refreshing, nothing fake.

omg - cucumber water is insanely refreshing ... my dd made it one day & I thought ew - but wow

imamiri

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 9:42 pm

greenfire wrote:

imamiri wrote:

Water with lemon. Or add some cucumber. Delicious, refreshing, nothing fake.

omg - cucumber water is insanely refreshing ... my dd made it one day & I thought ew - but wow

Frozen watermelon chunks in it is good too!!!

Sparkle

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 10:49 pm

My kids drink homemade seltzer with a bit of juice, or I make "lemonade" with lemons and raw honey.
And plain water of course.

yogabird

Tue, Oct 01 2013, 11:10 pm

Happy18 wrote:

There isnt really a substitue. Let us know if you find one.

crystal lite makes a product called crystal light pure. It is naturally colored and flavored, and sweetened with stevia.
http://www.kraftbrands.com/cry...../pure