SodaStream Markets Low-Calorie Alternatives

Posted by writer on September 12th, 2009 at 09:16pm

If you are a savvy consumer, you know there are more beverage choices than ever. Before you buy that next high-calorie soda pop, you might want to stop and consider a healthier alternative.

SodaStream was introduced in 1903. Giles Gilby invented a carbonation system; it made fizzy water from standard water, and was originally intended for the upper classes. In the 1920s, a variety of flavours were introduced. These choices included sarsaparilla and cherry ciderette. It enjoyed vast success in the 1970s and 80s, becoming a big hit in countries such as the Germany, Australia, and the UK.

SodaStream underwent numerous changes in ownership, at one point even being part of the Cadbury Schweppes empire. 1998 was the year the company changed hands for the final time when purchased by Soda Club, which at that time was the biggest supplier of SodaStream to Israel. Soda Club made a bid to change the brand from SodaStream to Soda-Club, but the name of the brand remained SodaStream.

Recently Soda Club sought to rename the SodaStream brand. Focusing on the health and diet issues that are so prevalent in this day and age, SodaStream was relaunched with a new machine and many new flavours, concentrating on offering a healthy alternative to fizzy, sugar-rich drinks such as Coca Cola and Pepsi.

The SodaStream product is essentially a home carbonation kit; it allows you to change water into sparkling water, as well as allowing you to add low-calorie flavours such as cola and orange. A large assortment of calorie-free flavours to flavour sparkling water to great taste is sold at allfreightfree.com.

The SodaStream machine process forces co2 into a water-filled bottle suitable for pressurising. It is the co2 that turns the water into carbonated (sparkling) water. This process of dissolving co2 is what we call carbonation. The carbonated water can then be drunk on its own as sparkling water, or mixed with flavours to create tasty, healthy treats. Once the co2 canisters have been used up they can be sent back to Soda-Club who recycle the canisters by refilling them with co2 then sending them back out.

Regarding actual health and diet benefits gained from drinking SodaStream, the company claims that all their flavours are completely sugar-free and contain a maximum of 2 calories per 100ml; this is, assuredly, good news for every parent concerned about a child’s diet.

The SodaStream machine adds only co2 to the water, meaning it does not have the added sugar that some bottled sparkling water contains, so there is essentially no difference between it and normal water.

SodaStream have made much of their environmental and health credentials, even going so far as to say that every one litre bottle of SodaStream made saves three aluminum cans. This, in turn, means that over 3 years, a family of four could slash their soft-drink-related packaging usage by over 90%. This is an attractive claim, one that in this environmentally conscious age will stand them in good stead. Obviously, Sodastream has developed into a viable alternative to the big players in the soft drink world.

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