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Flavorings
Water flavorings for when plain water bores you. Discover the two flavors, mixed berry and green tea with lemon: flavor powders for water, with mineral electrolytes and no added sugar. Add them to your office bottle, your gym bottle or the jug in the fridge.
Choose fast: both work for everyday use, so go with the flavor you're in the mood for, mixed berry or green tea with lemon. If you're training for more than an hour, what you need is an isotonic drink with carbohydrates; the rest of the bottle options are in hydration.
Own brand: every product page has the full composition, sweetener and mineral electrolytes included.
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Daily hydration
If plain water won't go down, give it flavor
Water flavorings with no added sugar
Water flavoring powders add taste to every glass with mineral electrolytes and no added sugar. They're for anyone who doesn't reach two liters a day, and for anyone who wants the taste of a soda without the sugar.
Shop flavoring powdersPowder to dissolve
Mixed berry and green tea with lemon
No added sugar
Sweetener and sugars, always on the product page
With mineral electrolytes
No carbohydrates: doesn't replace an isotonic drink
Own brand
Full composition on every product page
How to choose for your goal
The question isn't which flavor you prefer, but why you're drinking it: hitting your water goal, watching sugar, or training.
To drink more water
EFSA sets the adequate total water intake at 2.0 liters a day for women and 2.5 for men. The flavoring helps you reach that figure when taste is what's stopping you from drinking more often.
If you're watching sugar
A flavoring with no added sugar swaps your soda for flavored water and leaves your daily sugar allowance for something else. The exact grams per dose and which sweetener it uses are on each flavor's product page.
If you're training
Up to an hour of effort, water — flavored or not — covers the session. Past that, you lose sodium and burn carbohydrates the flavoring doesn't provide: that's an isotonic drink.
In summer and at the office
It's peak season for this: the cold bottle on your desk. When it's hot you drink more often, and flavored water goes down where plain water falls short.
Plain water, flavoring or isotonic drink
Three ways to fill your bottle. The difference is in the sugar, the sodium and what you're about to do.
Zero cost
Water, fruit or herbs
A slice of lemon, mint or cold tea adds taste with no sweeteners and no cost at all. It's the cheapest option; it needs a fridge, prep time, and the taste changes every day.
Every day
Flavoring powder
A water flavoring is a powder that adds taste and mineral electrolytes without going over 0.5 g of sugar per 100 ml. It gives you consistent flavor, a measured dose and zero prep. It's what's here.
Over an hour
Isotonic powder
An isotonic drink replaces water, sodium and carbohydrates in the same dose: EU rules require between 460 and 1,150 mg of sodium per liter. It has its own category, isotonic drinks.
What to check before you buy
Four facts on the label, always for the drink as prepared, not the powder in the tub.
Sugars per 100 ml
"Sugar-free" requires no more than 0.5 g per 100 ml; "low sugar" means under 2.5 g in liquids. Those are the thresholds set by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006: you either meet them or you don't.
Calories per glass
"Energy-free" means no more than 4 kcal per 100 ml, and "low-energy", 20 kcal. That's the real difference between a flavoring with no added sugar and a sugary powdered soda mix.
Sodium and minerals per dose
Every sachet or scoop declares the milligrams of sodium and the rest of the mineral salts on the label, not just the flavor. It's the figure an ordinary powdered soda mix usually skips.
Liters the tub yields
Divide the contents by the dose the label states: that number of liters is what you're really buying. It's how you compare two tubs of different sizes.
Myths and objections
Three things people repeat about water flavorings, and what the bodies that assessed them actually say.
Myth: sugar-free means no sweetener
They're two different things. A powder that flavors water without sugar almost always carries a sweetener to make it taste sweet. Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 regulates how much sugar can remain, not whether a sweetener is used. If you want neither, go for fruit or cold tea.
Myth: it works as a sports drink
Without carbohydrates there's no sports drink. For efforts over an hour, the American College of Sports Medicine recommends between 0.5 and 0.7 g of sodium per liter alongside carbohydrates: that's an isotonic drink.
Myth: sweeteners are dangerous
Every sweetener authorized in the EU has passed an EFSA safety evaluation, which sets an acceptable daily intake, and approved uses have to stay below that amount.
Tip: dissolve the labeled dose in ice-cold water and sip it through the morning; in summer, that same dose in the freezer gives you a slushie — the recipe is in sugar-free slushies. If your training runs past an hour, check the supplements to take during your session.
Frequently asked questions
What is a water flavoring and what is it for?
A water flavoring (or water flavouring, if you spell it the British way) is a powder that dissolves in your glass and adds taste with barely any sugar or calories. It's for drinking more water when plain water won't go down. It carries no carbohydrates, so it doesn't replace a sports drink.
What's the best water flavoring?
The one that hits two figures on the label: no more than 0.5 g of sugar per 100 ml as prepared, and few calories per glass. There are no better brands, only better labels. Compare sugars per 100 ml, the sweetener, and the liters the tub yields.
Do water flavorings have sugar or calories?
It depends on the product: the law defines "sugar-free" as 0.5 g per 100 ml at most, and "energy-free", 4 kcal per 100 ml. The ones in this category have no added sugar; the grams per dose are on the product page, which is where you check each threshold.
How healthy is it to drink flavored water?
It fits a healthy diet if you use it for what it is: drinking more water. Sweeteners authorized in the EU are evaluated by EFSA, which sets an acceptable daily intake. The simplest alternative is still free: fruit or cold tea.
How do you use a flavoring, and how much does a tub yield?
Dissolve it in cold water; each tub states its own dose, usually per 500 ml or per liter. To know what you're buying, divide the contents by the dose: that number of liters is the honest comparison between two tubs of different sizes.
Do they come in powder, sachets or drops?
On the market, the powder is sold in a tub or in single-dose sachets, and there are also liquid drops and effervescent tablets. This category works with the powder, the format that lets you adjust the dose per glass or per liter.
Does a flavoring work as an isotonic drink for training?
No. A flavoring provides taste and electrolytes, but not the carbohydrates you burn in a long effort, nor the sodium per liter the rules require of an isotonic drink. Up to an hour, water; beyond that, the difference is explained in isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic drinks.
Where can I buy water flavorings?
At online sports nutrition shops, at pharmacies and health stores, and in some supermarkets. The channel changes little; what changes is the range on offer. In supermarkets, sachets with sugar sit on the same shelf as the ones without, so check the front label before the price.
Can people with diabetes drink flavored water?
It depends on the label, not the category as a whole: every product page declares the grams of sugars per 100 ml and which sweetener the product uses. This page isn't giving medical advice: compare that figure with what your healthcare team tells you before adding it to your diet.
Do water flavorings help you manage your weight?
No — the WHO advises against using them for that: its 2023 guidance discourages non-sugar sweeteners for long-term body weight control. Their real job is replacing sugary drinks and helping you reach your daily 2.0-2.5 liters of water.