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Steaz Organic Green Tea Soda
By: | Nov 18, 2004
Imagine browsing the organic section of the grocery store and finding Green tea soda. My first thought was interesting! I tried the Key Lime flavor and it was very good. It was as good as ... well, any other soda. At first glance, it says 90 calories, but check out the serving size. It's 90 calories in 8 fluid ounces, but the bottle is 12 fl oz. Tricky tricky tricky! So in one bottle, it's actually 135 calories - same as any other soda. There is a bit of good news in the ingredients. Instead of high fructose sugar, they use evaporated cane juice, which is a fancy way of saying sucrose or table sugar, after all, remember that sugar comes from sugar cane, but some people think that . Steaz has 23 g of sugar - just a little less than a regular coke. But really, sugar or high fructose corn syrup - not much difference nutritionally.
It would be interesting to know exactly how much green tea is actually in this product, since it is the second to last item listed on the nutrition label, and we know that labels list things in order of the amount that is present in the product. Therefore there cannot be much tea in this product at all. It tastes good, and is organic, and not too pricey at $0.89 per 12 oz bottle. Their website has a lot of testimonials about this great nutritional alternative to soda. I wouldn't be too sure about that. I find that nutritionally, this product is no different from any other soda. Green tea has high levels of antioxidants, which are good for the body. If this product only has a very small amount of green tea, well then the green tea is not really offering anything but flavor or is a marketing gimmick. This product is good in that it doesn't have preservatives, and that's about the only good thing nutritionally about this product.
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Did you contact the company about your questions regarding the amount of green tea in each bottle? My family thinks this is a great alternative to traditional soda and we highly recommend it. Perhaps you should do your research before posting negative comments on the internet. All of my kids and their friends have tasted Steaz since it is sold at local stores in our area. They prefer it to Coke, Pepsi, etc. any day.
Thanks for taking the time to discuss our brand Steaz. All anyone has to do is call our company and inquire about the ingredients or the amounts of ingredients we use. We get a ton each week and I try to answer most of the technical ones myself, as I created the formulations. All of the ingredients are certified 100% natural under the USDA Organic program and the green tea and cane juice are certified organic. As for how much green tea is in each bottle - roughly the equivalent of one gram, which would equate to roughly the equivalent antioxidant and health benefits one receives in a brewed 6 oz. cup of hot green tea. It's not pixy dust, and it not just for marketing. We use a powdered green tea extract, which unfortunately shows low on the ingredient list, mainly because the heavier ingredients are liquid, and naturall weigh more than powder.
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Eric Schnell
Steaz Green Tea Soda
Diet Steaz is awesome. I work outside and it's great to have a tasty, low-cal, and most importantly, organic beverage that can be drank all day. I drank 4 diet Black Cherry sodas yesterday, 120 calories total, and no chemical sweeteners. That kicks ass, instead of widening it. In fact, I've had 2 today. I just wish I knew where Tanya (the reviewer) bought hers 'cause I pay $1.89 a bottle. In fact, that's the only bad thing about Steaz, it costs more than micro-brewed beer. If anyone knows where I can get it cheaper (Philly) please tell me or I'll have to drive to the factory in Newtown.
Steaz is Awesome!..and I'm seeing it all over Fairfield County.I'm officially addicted
My dermatologist told me about glycations and sugar. He said cane juice is really just sugar.
So even though something is organic, it still can have debilitating health effects - like soda!
I was drinking Steaz because I thought that the green tea would be good for my skin. Live and learn - I'll stick with real green tea and water and leave the liquid candy to the wrinkled diabetics of the future.
Nice, informational post. Thank you.
it is bad enough that adults drink soda but now they trying to sell this product that loaded with sugar in schools I guess steaz found a loophole in the Clinton school nutrition program.this stuff is no Honest Tea.
I recently read that these sodas are sold in Iowa schools where Sen. Harkin who is an advocate of school nutrition is from.
It is strange that Steaz is sold in schools when it has 135 calories in 12 oz can and 35 grams of sugars from sugar cane. And it is carbonated. A few drops of acerola can get a product, even soda, into children's hands.
It is available in Iowa schools where Senator
Tom Harkin is from. It's ironic because Senator Harkin initiated better nutrition in schools. Empty sugar calories will keep next generation of dentists and cardiologists in Mercedes and B'mers.
To settle this, someone should do an analysis of the EGCG's that are in this product.
This posting is very relevant and substantiates all claims:
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