Berry Nice! Glaceau Vitaminwater-Dragonfruit (C+Taurine)
Written: Jun 26 '04
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Pros: Tasty, hydrates, great ingredients
Cons: 50 calories (not a big deal; still low calorie), 8g sugar
The Bottom Line: This is a very good tasting fruity water, provides numerous vitamins, but do be aware of the sugar content, and calories in each bottle. I do recommend it highly.
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| Suzer's Full Review: Glaceau Vitamin Water Power-C Dragonfruit (C Plus ... |
Like many of you, I try really hard to take in enough water, and keep myself hydrated. In the last couple of years I've made a sincere effort to try and cut down the junk food, drink more water, ingest more vegetables (not a vegetable person innately), and of course to exercise regularly. I have discovered that by drinking lightly flavored water, it is easier for me to increase my water intake. Propel (made by Gatorade) is generally my flavored water of choice, but on occasion I give other flavored waters a try.
I was at my local Stop and Rob, oops, I mean 7-11 store, and saw the Glaceau Vitaminwater bottles in the cooler section. Vitamin C tends to enhance my immunity, or that has been my experience, and I do enjoy most berry type fruit flavors, so was drawn to the Dragonfruit.
Packaging:
Glaceau Vitaminwater in the dragonfruit flavor comes in an 8 fluid ounce plastic container. The top is clear, and there is a band of rose (dark pink for you guys) in the middle, and white at the bottom. You can order 24/20 ounce bottles for $25.00-$30.00 online or purchase individually at selected brick and mortar stores. The best deals are generally online, and you can have it delivered, so much less hassle.
Ingredients from packaging:
Distilled/deionized, crystalline fructose, citric acid, natural flavor, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), natural flavor extract (for color), electrolytes (calcium, magnesium and potassium), vitamin E acetate, zinc picolinate, taurine, vitamin A palmitate, niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), Siberian ginseng extract, chromium polynicotinate, cyanacolobalamin (B12), pyridoxine hydrochloride (B6), dragonfruit juice concentrate
* Calories 40 or 50 (packaging and website vary)
* Total fat 0g
* Sodium 0mg
* Total carbohydrate 9g
* Sugar 8g
* Protein 0g
* Vitamin A 25%
* Vitamin B3 25%
* Vitamin B5 25%
* Vitamin B6 25%
* Vitamin B12 25%
* Vitamin C 250%
* vitamin E 25%
* Chromium 75%
* Zinc 25%
* Siberian ginseng 25mg
* Taurine 3mg (amino acid)
My impressions:
This is the first time I've tried one of the Glaceau Vitaminwater products, so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. My hope was that it wouldn't be nauseatingly sweet, wouldn't taste too bland (like barely flavored water), yet wouldn't be bitter either. Overall, I found it to be lightly sweet, not bitter either, though I did read a review where the reviewer thought there was a slight bitter taste. We are all different, and it just didn't effect me that way at all.
Other flavors available:
*~* Endurance peach mango
*~* Rescue green tea
*~* Multi-v lemonade
*~* Stress b lemon-lime
*~* Defense lemon ice
*~* Revive fruit punch
*~* Focus kiwi-strawberry
*~* Essential orange-orange
*~* Balance cran-grapefruit
*~* Energy tropical citrus
Summing up and recommendations:
Glaceau Vitaminwater is an excellent way of hydrating yourself and ingesting valuable vitamins at the same time. My concerns about the product are the 8g of sugar (Propel has just 2g), the 40 calories (Propel has just 10 calories). On the other hand Glaceau Vitaminwater has 0 mg of sodium while Propel has 35 mg of sodium. For those of you concerned about carbs, you'll note that it contains 9g. Both have 0 mg of fat. Ginseng and zinc are definite pluses for me as well as the vitamin A, B, C, E. I recommend this product for anyone who prefers flavored water to regular bottled water, needs some extra energy (ginseng), and a boost of vitamins! 4 stars from me! I can't wait to try the other flavors. Thanks to Liss for adding this to the database for me!
Thanks for reading!
Suzi
Recommended:
Yes
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