Saturday, December 12, 2009
Why We Drink Flavored Water With 0 Carbs
Flavored water thrives in the soft drink market where consumers are looking for innovative products at a value.
Flavoring concentrates are one of those new innovative products that makes perfect flavored water each and every time.
Best of all it has no carbs and no calories.
Here are the top reasons we drink flavored water:
1. As an everyday treat, flavored water is quickly becoming a top consumer choice.
2. Drinking water at required levels is difficult and flavored waters makes drinking plain water easier and more fun.
3. As an alternative to bad tasting waters, we drink flavored waters to get our daily intake.
4. Flavored water is a healthy alternative for health minded consumers.
5. We drink flavored water for general refreshment, instead sugary alternatives.
6. To get a feeling of something substantial, we drink flavored water.
7. Flavor concentrates lets us make flavored water and has no artificial sweeteners and use natural sweeteners with 0 carbs, 0 calories, 0 fat.
8. To satisfy a craving for sweetness we look for fruit, berry or citrus tastes with no additional calories from natural sugars.
9. When it comes to diets, flavored water from flavoring concentrates makes the perfect diet drink.
10. As a low cost alternative to high caloric beverages, sodas, juices and pops.
11. Perfect for diabetics.
12. Flavored water is quickly becoming a smart health choice beverage.
We're drinking calories than ever.
About 450 calories daily are consumed from beverages, juices and pops.
About 29 pounds annually.
Rather than drinking beverages loaded with high sucrose corn syrups that are nothing more than sugary water, choose flavored water with 0 calories and 0 carbs.
If there are no flavored water with no carbs available, look at the nutrient label and pick the one with the least amount of carbs.
Now you have a choice in flavored waters and using flavoring concentrates is smart.
Flavored concentrates with 0 carbs is an excellent low cost alternative when it comes to making your own flavored water. Flavor concentrates for flavoring water are easy to carry and easy to use. With flavor concentrates you can blend the flavor strong or subtle.
Next time you need to quench your thirst, reach for a flavored water or flavor concentrate to blend your own. Nothing quenches thirst better than water.
That's why we call water the "perfect thirst quencher"! You can call it the "perfect diet drink" if you use flavor concentrates with 0 carbs.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
Stevia and Blue Agave Top Recommendations From Dr. Oz For Weight Loss And Diabetics
Dr Oz from ABC show ran a segment on weight loss recently. The patient he was working with was addicted to sugar and need to eliminate sugar from her diet. The patient was reported to be addicted to sugar using over 5 packets of sugar at a time. Dr. Oz recommended two natural sweetener products for her to use : Blue Agave and Stevia.
Diabetes and obesity statistics around the world are extremely high. The food industry has been spinning off healthier foods as a proactive trend that started over a decade ago. Today, the terms ‘natural’ and ‘organic’ are consumers’ preferred terms in healthy food.
Organic Blue Agave- this natural sweetener extracted from the heart of the Blue Agave plant has been consumed for thousands of years. It is sweeter than regular sugar and Agave is a low glycemic Index (GI) sweetener. It is slowly absorbed into the body preventing spikes of blood sugar, so a little goes a long way. Use this delicacy instead of table sugar or for baking.
Stevia based sweeteners offer a combination of positive benefits: natural, high intensity, and zero calories and zero carbs. Stevia-based high purity sweeteners are natural. Stevia is 200-300 times stronger than table sugar and has been a proven product for weight loss and diabetic patients.
Application for this sweetener is growing everyday and this natural sweetener has both favorable physical and functional benefits. Natural stevia-based sweeteners are compatible for use in a wide array of foods, beverages, and dietary supplements. Artificial sweeteners with aspartame and sugar are likely to be the main substitution targets for emerging stevia sweeteners, and beverages will be the initial main application.
In the US the FDA only granted the first no objection letters for Reb-A’s (Rebaudioside –A) use in foods in December 2008 to Cargill. Until then, dried stevia leaves and extracts could only be used in dietary supplements (since 1995). In addition, stevia is expected to be used as a part substitute for sugar and also used in combination with other artificial sweeteners in the emerging phase of lifecycle.
Stevia RA 97 is now recognized as a natural sweetener and not just a dietary supplement. This will bring stevia to main stream quickly.
All of our flavor drops use a hint of stevia to enhance the flavoring and not sweeten it. Try our natural liquid stevia sweetener and see why this product is gaining in popularity.
Dr. Oz knows all about the benefits and attributes of both blue gave and natural stevia.
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Low Carb Flavor Concentrates- A New Discovery For Dietician And Nutritionists
Dieticians and Nutritionists recently conducted their annual conference and expo in Denver in October. Over 800 of these professionals were sampled with natural flavor concentrates that contain just a hint of stevia and 0 carbs.
The response was truly overwhelming. Not only did they think they delivered on flavor, better yet they contained no carbs.
The Dieticians and Nutritionists that were surveyed specialized in areas of weight loss and diabetics. This group of practitioners understood the storyline that we're drinking more calories than ever. About 450 calories a day, that's a whopping 29 pounds annually consumers have to work off. Collectively, they saw the value in a 0 carbs, 0 calorie flavor concentrates used to enhance the flavor of water while promoting proper hydration.
Dieticians and Nutritionists are challenged in the treatment of weight loss and diabetics when it comes to beverages. Their patients are not able to drink high caloric beverages so they have very limited options for beverages and soft drinks.
Natural flavor drops and concentrates with 0 carbs were a welcome recommendation for these professionals.
Here's the problem with most soft drink beverages. Juices, sodas and pops are loaded with high fructose corn syrups, which are typically nothing more than sweetened water. Some of these beverages also contain artificial sweeteners that stimulate insulin, so they are not recommended for diabetics either.
Here's a tremendous benefit to using natural flavor concentrates: they promote proper hydration. When water tastes better, consumers are more likely to drink more water. The better it tastes, the more they drink, it's as simple as that.
For the first time, Dieticians and Nutritionists have a go to product that serves as low cost alternative no carb product to recommend to their patients and consumers alike. Flavoring drops and concentrates are natural flavorings of fruit, berry or citrus and contain just a hint of stevia to enhance the flavoring, not sweeten it.
Some natural flavor drops low carbs and low calories, others on the market contain 0 Calories, 0 Carbs, 0 Fats.
Stevia is a natural sweetener that is approved for diabetics. Stevia is 200-300 times sweeter than sugar and is heat stable to 390 degrees. A prefect natural sweetener to enhance any flavoring application: hot or cold.
Check with your dietician or nutritionist to learn all about natural flavor drops for flavoring water. Natural flavor concentrates are great to flavor water, teas, dairy products and desserts. Flavoring concentrates are great to flavor almost any beverage or food products.
Natural flavoring drops and concentrates are available at your local weight loss or diabetic clinics and health stores. You can easily find these products in the market and they are also available for purchase online at www.yumdropsflavoring.com.
Natural flavor concentrates are a real value and typically make gallons of flavored water per bottle. Yum Drops flavor concentrates makes 5 gallons of flavored water out of one bottle. Typical serving size is 4-6 drops per 8 oz and a half oz bottles contains 600 drops.
Next time you need to quench your thirst, reach for plain tap water and a natural flavor drop from Yum Drops to make your own flavored waters. Flavor concentrates are pennies a serving, easy to carry and even easier to use. Best of all, you control the strength of flavoring by the number of drops you use letting you blend the perfect tasting flavored waters each and every time.
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Monday, October 26, 2009
”Drinking skim milk can help cure hunger."
Food Network Magazine ran a short article titled” Drinking skim milk can help cure hunger. According to a recent study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people who drank about two servings of skimmed milk in the AM claimed they felt full throughout the day and consumed about 10% less at lunch time than those who had a fruit juice.
So how do we learn from this and incorporate it into our daily routines. One was is to make skim milk taste better. Yum Drops© Flavoring concentrates work perfectly in milk to enhance the flavoring experiences.
Try some of the more familiar flavors like chocolate, raspberry and strawberry to start off. Then you can get more creative blending your own blended flavors. Try 4 drops of strawberry and two drops of chocolate for a great combination of flavor milk.
Milk is a great alternative to high caloric juices, beverages and sodas. Whatever your beverage choice, always choose low calorie, low carbs or 0 carb, 0 calorie. Take your skim milk to another level by using Yum Drops© natural flavor concentrates. That will make the taste experience even better as you feel fuller throughout the day.
Hopefully you will eat 10% less along the way like the report claims.
Buy Yum Drops© flavoring concentrates with 0 calories and 0 carbs now.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Stevia is Sweeter Than Sweet!
Here’s a short perspective on sweeteners. Are you one of those people who count calories and prefer to stay away from artificial sweeteners such as Splenda or Equal? Stevia is the safe, all natural alternative to sugar and chemical sweeteners, such as NutraSweet. The sweetness of Stevia is much different compared to the sweetness of other natural sweeteners, sugar, or artificial sweeteners, but tastes great.
Diabetics love stevia. Stevia is an ideal choice for diabetics and is becoming increasingly recommended for those suffering from diabetes. Aspartame makes diabetes worse along with sugar, while stevia is used to treat it in Germany, and Japan. Individuals suffering from diabetes, hyperglycemia, or obesity, or other serious ailment should consult with a qualified medical doctor prior to using stevia. The sweet leaf as it is often referred to be used for diabetes, obesity, cavities, hypertension, fatigue, depression, sweet cravings, and infections.
Stevia is also considered healthy for other reasons, but most importantly for diabetics: stevia stimulates the release of insulin and normalizes the response to glucose, particularly in type 2 diabetes, and is also used a therapeutic remedy for hyperglycemia. Stevia is heat stable to 392 degrees Fahrenheit so is great for baking and cooking. Stevia is a helpful aid in weight loss due to the fact that it contains no sugar, no calories and has been shown to reduce craving for sweets and fatty foods. Stevia is being touted as a safe and natural sweetener that is an alternative to artificial sweeteners.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Secrets Inside A Nutrient Label For Beverages Flavored Water And Why They Are Both Your Friend And Foe
A beverages flavor descriptor for flavored water and other beverages is a signal to what’s in the drink. Not all descriptions are approved by the FDA, so now you have to deal with fantasy descriptions such as “pure flavoring” and “all natural flavors” along with descriptions that are on point but still just as confusing: “natural”, “artificial”, “natural and artificial”…phew! More on flavoring descriptions later.
1. The Nutritional Facts Panel- Here are the nutrients you want to drink or eat less of (saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium and sugar) as well as those you want to get enough of (vitamins, minerals and fiber). A flavored bottled water, beverage or food that provides 5 percent or less of daily value is considered to be low in that nutrient, while a food is considered a good source of a nutrient if one serving provides 20 percent DV.
4. The Nutrients: This box lists what's in the beverage, including any added nutrients, fats or sugars. Ingredients are listed in order by weight, from the largest to the smallest. So if you want to cut back on sodium or sugar, don't choose a beverage, flavored water or food product with sugar as the first ingredient. And don't be tricked by different forms of fat and sugar listed with unfamiliar names. If you want to know how much sugar is really in a product, look for what we call the “osis” words that end in "ose" -sucrose, dextrose, fructose - as well as more common synonyms: corn syrup, molasses and honey.
5. Descriptors: What does “pure flavoring” or “all natural” really mean? What does "light", "fat-free" and "low-sodium" really mean? Here's how the FDA defines these words: low-saturated fat (one gram or less per serving); low-sodium (140 milligrams or less); low-cholesterol (20 milligrams or less and 2 grams or less of saturated fat); low-calorie (40 calories or less). Light beverages and foods have two-thirds the calories of the regular variety. Note: It’s important to understand that just because a product is low-fat or low-sugar that does not necessarily me low calories. Here' an example of our flavor concentrate nutrient label.
6. According to the FDA, there are really only three approved flavor descriptors, well 4 if you include spices. Here’s a brief summary and some of the more common language used:
C. Natural & Artificial- A combination of natural and artificial flavorings.
So, when it comes to flavoring descriptors for the flavored water or beverage you drink, you need to look further when a beverage touts, “pure flavoring”. Look deeper at fruit juices, they taste great but are loaded with high fructose corn syrups, even though they are natural flavorings. Look for alternative beverages that allow you to get all the flavoring with none of the calories, carbs and fats.
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Sources: FDA/Govt. food, fourelders.org/tips
Online Resources: FDA/Govt. food, fourelders.org/tips
Sunday, September 20, 2009
The Peach Fruit And Peach Flavoring Highlighted
Is one of our most popular cliches when it comes to peaches. The meaning could be anything from your sweet and juicy to your a real find.
"Peach Image" Peaches and peach flavoring is one of summer times great fruits and flavoring experiences. From peach melba to peach salsa the cullinary world uses the peach as a favorite flavoring. But, besides tasting great, the cliche' "you're such a peach" comes with some real nutrient value to you..
Peaches don't have seeds, but they do have the largest stone in the fruit category and that's all good. Fruits with a stone have tremendous nutritional value to it. Peaches like their fruit cousin oranges are loaded with vitamin C, well known for being one of the best vitamnins for your immune system. Also, in the wellness arenas it's also good for your skin, vision and digestive system. Peaches also have a strong bond to their fruit cousin the apple when it comes to dietary fiber,
There are as many varieties of peaches available. Typically, we buy peaches between in the Summer starting in May through October. This is when the fruit is in season, fresh and available.Here's just a couple from a very long list:
Elberta-- Large, yellow with red cheek juicy and of high quality
Chair's Choice- A late yellow-fleshed variety; very beautiful and desirable
Stump the World- Very large, skin white, with bright red cheek, flesh white, juicy
Yum Drops peach flavoring concentrates and peach flavoring additives are leading the flavoring revolution in general and in flavored water in particular. Our peach flavoring concentrates and additives has a great fresh fruit taste to it, with a slight earthy tone to it. Try it in flavored water and flavored teas, or enhance the flavoring of your favorite dessert or dairy products like yogurts.
Next time says: "did you ever neck with a nectarine" or "your such a peach", you just maybe "the apple for their eye"!
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Monday, September 14, 2009
If You Have Basic Flavoring,You Can Have Your Cake And Eat It Too!!!
Raspberry Flavoring Image
When it comes to mint flavoring, you can use it alone or with many different flavorings. Just use your imagination. Best yet, use mint flavoring all by itself. It's great tasting, refreshing, cool and even has a therapeutic aroma to it. Use it flavored water, flavored teas, desserts and yogurts. Flavored teas and mint flavoring are very cooool tasting!
Mint Flavoring Image
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Conclusion to Blending Favors for Flavored Water,
This is the conclusion to the 3 part story on blending flavorings. By now you've come to understand that blending flavors adds a new dimension in flavored water. We call that new dimension your signature blend. Signature because no one else knows what it is or what the exact blend is. It could be 4 parts of lemon and 1 part lime. Or it could be 2:2 , equal amounts of lemon flavoring and lime flavoring. If you like lemon and lime flavoring, mixing the two gives you a very familiar taste to your flavored water experience. Tastes almost like fresca. In our case, we already have the two blended in our signature blend. Give it a try.
3 Benefits of Blends and Blending Flavor Concentrates
1-Blending flavors attracts consumers with a sense of adventure
And satisfies that urge to do something different. People are always look for fresh new tastes. Especially the clean taste a citrus blend adds to flavored waters or other dairy, dessert, food applications. When these customers open their pantry or refrigerator door, they want to reach inside for something new, something different, a way to make a bold statement about enhancing a simple product like flavored water. They are looking beyond the flavors of orange or raspberry. Flavor blends allow you to be creative, think out of the box and blend new flavor combinations, while still staying connected to the main stream flavors familiar to both flavored water and other food applications.
2-Blending flavors opens new markets
Blending flavors for flavored waters and other applications helps you connect with new customers and market segments. And, that's critical to the flavored water market. For example, kids choose fruit punches, peanut butter, cotton candy and bubble gum among their top flavor blends. Not all of these apply to flavored waters, but some do very well and those that don't fit in the dairy and dessert applications nicely. Our bubble gum makes a great tasting water actually and kids really like it.
3- Lets you develop and create a signature taste
Available just for you, for your perfect flavored water or dessert application. Letting you combine your own flavoring concentrates makes us unique and the exciting flavor blends they create for our customers sets us apart from our competitors, while peaking consumer interests. and curiosity. You can even come up with a signature name and make it more exciting. Think cold and bold for our lemon-lime flavor blends and call it Artic Rush.
In conclusion, this is the next step for consumer and our company alike. Blending flavors from natural flavor concentrates for flavored waters, desserts, coffees and dairy products. Combining anchor flavor concentrates with trendy flavorings and calling them your, our Signature series of blended flavored waters. Creative names will hopefully catch a child's eye or moms, and help them to get their kids to drink more water or milk, or a new customer that has an inkling for the taming the wild side of blending flavored concentrates to make your own flavored waters.
Top 15 Flavor Blends for Flavored Waters, Desserts, Dairy and Coffee Products
1-lemon-lime flavoring for flavored water, teas and desserts
2- kiwi-strawberry flavoring
3-peach-mango flavoring concentrates
4-blueberry-pomegranate flavoring
5- raspberry-
6-blueberry-acai flavored water, teas desserts and dairy products
7-cranberry and raspberry
8-orange-mango flavored concentrates for flavored waters, teas, dairy and desserts
9-mango-passion fruit flavor
10-pomegranate-blackberry
11-pomegranate-acai
12-chocolate-raspberry
13-strawberry-acai
14- berry-pomegranate
15-orange-lime flavoring drops
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Sources: Fona Int., Flavor University 101
Beverage Products Magazine
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
How Flavor Blends are Created for Flavoring Concentrates
Monday, August 31, 2009
Flavored Blends Using Flavor Concentrates
Blueberry Flavoring Drops-Pomegranate Flavoring Drops, Mango-Passion Fruit Flavoring Concentrates, Strawberry-Acai. Blending flavor concentrates into flavored waters and other applications can bring a delightful new spin to your tasting expereince. Blending flavored drops motivates our old customers and attracts new ones for blending flavors used in flavored waters and other applications.
Flavor belnds are featued in about 25% of new flavorings introduced, and a much higher percentage in categories such as cereal, energy drinks, desserts and chewing gums. Blending flavor concentrates provides a terrific opportunity to attract consumer attention by adding excitement to a familiar mainstream flavor with a new twist to the up and coming.
Our mainstream flavoring concentrates serve as anchors for the customer, giving them a starting point and basis they're comfortable with, such as rasberry. Blend that flavor drop with the exoctic flavors of acai-berry or pomegranate and we've just given you a new reason to be interested- and purchase our products.
It wasn't that long ago that strawberry-kiwi was first introduced as a flavoring blend. Strawberry was the anchor flavoring since it was already recognized and approved as a basic flavoring additive and then the exotic kiwi was the intriguing step into something new in flavoring. Strawberry flavoring gave customers the reassurance necessary to try the new blend, and now strawberry -kiwi is a mainstream flavoring seen in everything from juices and gums to chap stick and hair care products.
In a 3 part posting, we will follow up with next posting on how flavor blends are created and conclude with the benefits of blending new flavor combinations.
Our flavoring concentrates have 0 fat, 0 carbs and 0 calories. Give them a try!!!
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Saturday, August 29, 2009
Flavored Water Summer Tips
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Natural Flavoring Concentrates Nutrient Label
When it comes to flavoring descriptions, there are only several the Federal Government recognizes. First, all natural flavoring is a misnomer. It's not recognized or approved as an acceptable description.
Here's a quick overview of flavoring descriptions:
Natural Flavoring
Natural & Artificial Flavoring
Artificial
Next time your looking for flavor drops or flavoring concentrates for water, teas or coffee, look at the label first.
We are getting a lot of testimonials about our natural flavoring cocentrates from happy customers. They tell us they like our flavor drops in milk products as much as they do flavored water. We've heard the our root beer natural drops makes the best root beer floats when added to milk. The parents love the idea of kids wanting more milk and Yum Drops Flavoring is a great way to promote drinking more milk.
Use Yum Drops Flavoring concentrates for flavored water or flavored milk. Your kids will enjoy the taste and you will know that they are drinking more water and milk than usual.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Flavored Waters
Flavored water storyline continued
Monday, August 24, 2009
Mixing Flavored Water Concentrates
Combine flavor concentrates to make your own unique blends of flavored water.