We've all heard that we should drink eight glasses of water a day. You can make it easier to gulp down all that water by mixing in Crystal Light, but be aware of its nutritional information first.
Stir in Crystal Light to flavor your water.
Function
Crystal Light is a low-calorie drink mix. Mix the powder with water to make a flavored drink.
Types
Crystal Light comes in more than 40 flavors, divided into four product lines. The refreshment line includes fruit flavors (e.g., lemonade, white grape, andstrawberry kiwi); the tea line comprises several flavored iced teas; the sunrise line offers citrus flavors; and the claims to offer essential nutrients in such flavors as green tea peach mango and natural cherry pomegranate.
Features
All the Crystal Light varieties have five calories per serving. The sunrise line of flavors contains 100 percent of the recommended daily value of vitamin C and 10 percent of the recommended daily value of calcium. The enhanced line includes other nutrients designed to increase energy, immunity, and metabolism.
Significance
Crystal Light has positioned its drink mix as healthy because it encourages people to drink more water, without any added calories from sugar.
Considerations
Crystal Light uses the controversial sweetener aspartame. However, according to a 2006 study performed by the National Cancer Institute, "increasing levels of consumption [of products containing aspartame] were not associated with any risk of lymphomas, leukemias, or brain cancers in men or women."
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