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Vitamin water zero calories? How?

SeanD2407
SeanD2407 Posts: 139 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Looking at the back of vitamin water zero it claims zero calories but it has 5carbs.... can someone tell me how this is possible?

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  • pancakerunner
    pancakerunner Posts: 6,137 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    In the US, if a product has less than 5 calories per serving, it can be labelled as zero calories. It looks like the zero calorie Vitamin Water products are sweetened with stevia and erythritol. Stevia has no carbs or calories. Erythitol is a sugar alcohol, which counts as a carb for labelling but it is not digested and only provides about 0.2 calories/gram.

    This ^^
  • mcfly216
    mcfly216 Posts: 13 Member
    That is almost the exact answer you get if you call them. Which I did cause I had the same question.
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