Machine, great; Flavorings, yuk!

“Machine, great; Flavorings, yuk!”

Written on: 08/09/2012 by Wrigr6

My kids give the machine 5 stars, but the flavorings two stars. I hesitated to buy the machine because of the flavorings having sucralose and acesulfame sweetners in them (splenda in the diet flavors). I didn't want my kids drinking that. At least I know what sugar is. We use it mainly to carbonate the water, filling the bottle below the line 4 oz, and then adding 4 oz of syrup made with Kool-Aid and sugar after carbonating. Eliminating high fructose corn syrup from their diet was my main goal, and we use alkaline water and a less refined sugar to make the syrup. My kids are satisfied with it. For my own soda, I used stevia instead of the sugar. Not great but good enough for a non-soda drinker. It's easy to use and to make. I haven't had to exchange the cartridge yet, but I'm hoping that it's just as easy.