Looking or a good Crystal Light alternative

bheimbrock
bheimbrock Posts: 100 Member
edited October 7 in Food and Nutrition
I love my Fruit Punch Crystal Light! I usually use only one packet a day in a 32 oz. bottle. However, I know the aspartame is bad for me and the cost is getting outrageous!!!! $4-5 for one box of packets.

Are there any better individual powdered drink packets with stevia, truvia or even splenda and maybe even cost less??

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  • MJ7910
    MJ7910 Posts: 1,280 Member
    i can't speak for those... but what i like to do is drink tea with no sweetener. you get the water you need and a little flavor too. i had to stop drinking crystal light. it was making me crave sweet things.
  • margieward82
    margieward82 Posts: 406 Member
    Make Kool-aid and add Splenda for baking?
  • hkmamma
    hkmamma Posts: 70
    I use the wal-mart brand and use on drink tube in a pitcher of water. just enough to keep it from tasting like water and much cheaper!
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    I like the Crystal Light Pure Fitness (no sweeteners or preservatives) and I get it at Walmart for 2.20 a box .... there aren't as many flavors but the tropical blend is the best ........
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    My suggestion would be something that I found really helped me to get down more water each day, and that is to flavor it naturally with slices of cucumber, strawberries, blueberries, lime, mint, etc. Just slice up whatever you want, toss it into your bottle of water, done. If you do it the night before and leave it in the fridge, it gives it time to really flavor the water. I know it's maybe not the same as Crystal Light, but it's the most refreshing thing I've had.
  • bheimbrock
    bheimbrock Posts: 100 Member
    I have the Pure Fitness kind but hated the flavors - I will look for the tropical one. Some limes sound like a good idea as I LOVE lime flavored anything - I'll try that overnight. Cucumber? That sounds kinda gross, LOL!
  • Tara4boys
    Tara4boys Posts: 515 Member
    Vitamin Water Zero is sweetened with Truvia Its good too!
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    Cucumber? That sounds kinda gross, LOL!

    That's EXACTLY what I thought when I heard it, ahaha. But it's the most refreshing water I've ever had. Give it a try. Either put a couple slices in a bottle, or a handful in a pitcher, and chill it in the fridge for a while. It's pretty awesome, and I was skeptical.
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