image courtesy SodaStream
9 SodaMix Flavors, including:
Diet Cola
Diet Pink Grapefruit
Diet Lemon-Lime
Diet Cranberry-Raspberry
Lemonade
Root Beer
Orange Mango
Energy
Cola
My Water Flavor Essence in Lemon-Lime
It's so much fun to make your own soda at home! Even my husband, who doesn't get excited about much, got excited about the SodaStream. It's so simple to use that even the kids like making their own soda. And for sleepovers and playing with friends -- how cool is it to be able to make your friends fresh soda with the push of a button? Very cool.
So it's fun, you're thinking, but it's still soda, and soda's junk.
Sure, I'll give you that. Soda's not a drink for every day, and not something I'd serve my children at meal times. But if you're going to have some soda now and then, I bet you want it to be a bit better for you and your family, right?
SodaStream's SodaMix Flavors have no high fructose corn syrup, no aspartame (they're sweetened with Splenda), and are lower in calories than store-bought sodas (averaging 35 calories per serving). There are fewer carbs, less sodium, and less sugar than store brands. Plus, you control the water you use as well as the amount of flavoring and carbonation. Like a lot of bubbles and just a bit of flavor? You can do that. Like the traditional store-bought soda flavors? Easy as can be. Like just a few bubbles and lots of syrup-y goodness? You can do that, too. Maybe you prefer sparkling water with no flavorings. Easiest of all. SodaStream allows you to control and customize what you drink. It's soda on your terms.
SodaStream is better for the environment than store-bought soda, too! When you're making soda at home, in a reusable plastic bottle (SodaStream comes with two of them), there's no buying bottles or cans at the store, and no worrying about throwing them away or recycling them (my community doesn't even have a recycling program!). There's less waste in landfills. There's less energy going toward the manufacturing and shipping of those bottles. Plus, you don't have to cart them from store to home!
SodaStream is fresher than store-bought soda. You make what you need, in a neat 1 liter reusable bottle. Because it's a smaller size than traditional 2-liter store bought bottles, it's likely to stay bubbly until you're through with it. I don't know about you, but I hate it when I open a half-full bottle from the store only to find it's gone flat. SodaStream is still bubbly the next day, and I love that.
SodaStream is a great value! Twenty-five cents gets you a liter of sparkling water. According to my math, SodaStream soda costs about half of the store-bought price, and I get to make my own soda. You all know how much I love making my own.
We tried all the flavors. They're all delicious. There were a few favorites, though, and I'd like to talk about them briefly:
My husband's in an intense Army school right now. It involves classroom time all day, plus hours of studying at home. He is ever so thankful for SodaStream's Energy flavor. It's an exact match of Red Bull energy drink, only better ingredients and only 35 calories per serving. He loves it and brings it with him to class each day.
Look at how easy it is to make a liter of soda at home:
Or Win It!
That's right! Win yourself the Fountain Jet Soda Lover’s Start-up Kit (approx. $100 retail value.) It includes the Fountain Jet, CO2 makes over 100 liters of soda, 2 reusable carbonating bottles, a sample pack of flavors, and 3 full-sized flavors of the winner’s choice. Sorry, continental U.S. Addresses Only.
Here's how to enter:
Mandatory Entry: Visit SodaStream and leave me a comment telling me which three full-sized flavors you'd most like to try.
Optional Additional Entries:
- Be a public follower of this blog via Google Friend Connect. Leave me a separate comment telling me you're a public follower.
- Like All Home Cooking. All Year Long. on Facebook. Leave me a comment about this giveaway on Facebook AND tell me you've Liked me on Facebook in the comments section below.
- Explore the SodaStream site and tell me something you've learned. (Leave another separate comment)
- Post about this giveaway on your own blog. Leave me a comment with a link to your post.
Disclosure: I was provided with the SodaStream At Home Soda Maker, 9 SodaMix Flavors, My Water Essence Flavors, and a Carbonator free of charge from SodaStream for the purposes of my review. My opinions are solely my own and are in no way influences by this.
89 comments:
I'd like to try diet root beer, diet pink grapefruit, and diet cranberry raspberry!
kt1969 at comcast dot net
I like your blog on Facebook and I left you a comment under the announcement of the giveaway.
Katie E.
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I learned that you are reducing your carbon footprint every time you make your own soda/sparkling water at home instead of buying it in the store!
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I'd like to try Pete's choice, ginger ale, and rootbeer.
I follow you!
I learned that this has less sodium than store bought!
I'd like to try diet cola, lemon lime and root beer.
I learned that SodaStream is an "active green" product, each user is reducing their carbon footprint each time they use it.
I've liked your blog on Facebook, and commented. Thanks for the review...we've been curious about this.
The three flavors we'd love to try are root beer, cream soda and ginger ale. If my husband had his choice it would be root beer, root beer and root beer!
Heather
I follow your blog!
Heather
I must say that I'm shocked to learn how much less of all the 'stuff' that this has...less caffeine, less sugar, fewer carbs, less sodium.
This sounds like a great thing and pretty fun for the every so often treat!
Thanks,
Heather
i'd like to try cola, lemon lime & root beer
I would like to win this and try the diet pink grapefruit, diet fountain mist and diet creme flavors.
I'd like to try root beer, lemonade and cola!
Already like you on facebook!
Cream soda cherry cola and root beer sound too yummy!!! I love soda but it is so bad for you to drink that stuff at the store.I have entered many of these giveaways and I am hopeful that I may win one.So far no luck but I have my fingers crossed.
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I follow you on google connect
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I would like to try root bear, lemon-lime, and diet coke.
What a cool thing, I have never seen this before! Thanks so much for sharing it with us!
I would definitely try the cream soda, orange, and root beer! Yummy!
I've been a loyal follower for a while now :)
I am a follower!
lemonade,diet cranberry raspberry, and ginger ale!
I learned that it costs about 25 cents for a 12 ounce serving!
I would love to try Cola Root Beer and Ginger Ale!
I follow you with blogger!!
I would love to try the Cherry Cola, Ginger Ale and the Cola
I learned that you reduce your carbon footprint which is extremely important to me also that the carbs in this are reduced which is important to me since most of my family is diabetic.
I follow your blog .... you have a great site.
I "liked" you on facebook!
Fountain Mist, Cola, and Orange
I follow your blog.
Root beer, cream soda and ginger ale here!
Tonic would be great for cocktails. For straight up soda though, it's got to be cream soda and ginger ale!
"Liked on FB!"
I'd like to try any of the flavors with lemon! YUM!
I am a follower via google connect! I love your blog. People think it is hard to cook from scratch...but it is so easy.
I "like" you on FB.
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I think my family would enjoy the Pete's Choice, Root Beer and Diet Lemon Lime flavors.
I am a follower through Google Friend Connect.
I like you on FB!
I'd love to try diet cola, diet cream soda, and diet pete's choice (because I'm a HUGE diet dr. pepper fan).
foodiefairytale at gmail dot com
I'm a public follower of your blog
foodiefairytale at gmail dot com
I follow you on facebook
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I learned that there are great environmental benefits to using SodaStream:
One SodaStream carbonator makes 60 or 110 liters, equivalent to 170 or 310 aluminum cans! When empty, the carbonator is refilled and reused, ready to make more fizzy and tasty soda whenever you want it.
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I would try the diet pink grapfruit,diet fountain mist and diet creme flavors
Wow! There are so many flavors I'd like to try. Top 3 picks would be: Diet Lemon Lime, Diet Peach Iced Tea, and Cream Soda
following your blog publicaly GFC
explored the soda stream site and learned that it is an "active green" product.
blogged about this http://babyonthemind.blogspot.com/2010/07/sodastream_24.html
I'd like to try the Mt Dew flavor, for the hubs, he loves Dew :)
I like your blog on facebook :)
I am a follower, too :)
I would like to try Cola, Orange, and Lemonade sodamix flavors!
I learned that bottled water is not better than tap water via the sodastream website
I am a follower on GFC
JennyB~
Cherry cola
pete's choice
and cream soda
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I am a public follower
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I learned :
both regulation and enforcement of bottled water safety is weaker than of tap water safety
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I joined your group on Facebook- looks like FUN :)
My favorite flavors look to be Root Beer, Orange Mango, and Zero Cola- yummy!
I'd like to try the Orange Mango, diet cola and diet pink grapefruit.
tclarkusa at gmail dot com
I visited the SodaStream website and learned if you're drinking plain seltzer, you can recarbonate the drink. However, if you already prepared a drink with sodamix, you can't. Since only water can be carbonated in the home soda maker, you can not re-carbonate once you've added sodamix.
tclarkusa at gmail dot com
I follow you on GFC
tclarkusa at gmail dot com
I would like to try the Root Beer, Ginger Ale, and Mint flavors
Google Friend Connect Follower
mmatt624(at)gmail(dot)com
I learned that this is a great value at just 25 cents per liter for sparkling water versus 25 cents per can of cola
I would like to try the diet cola, ginger ale, and orange mango
cheapnchoosy at gmail dot com
I learned that with SodaStream, you control the fizz...can make it strong or light.
cheapnchoosy at gmail dot com
Liked you on FB (as Amy Hawkins Walker) and left a comment about this giveaway.
cheapnchoosy at gmail dot com
I would like to try root beer, orange mango, and cherry cola
lovemygirls7702 (at) yahoo (dot) com
I am a follower!
lovemygirls7702 (at) yahoo (dot) com
I learned you can turn tap water into sparkling water in under 30 seconds
lovemygirls7702 (at) yahoo (dot) com
I'd love to try the Mint, Diet Pete's Choice, and Diet Root Beer flavors!
I learned that SodaStream products are Kosher certified
Even though it's not diet - the Orange Mango looks good. I would like to try the Diet Peach Tea and a Diet Cranberry Raspberry. Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com
Liked you on Facebook and left a comment (Priceless Writers). Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com
SodaStreams are eco-friendly because you are not purchasing drinks that are contained in plastic bottles. Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com
Im a Google Connect Friend. Email: yona(at)pricelesswriters.com
I'd really like to try the lemon lime,cranberry raspberry, and orange mango! They all sound so good.
I learned that you can send in used carbonators to get refilled, but you can also bring them to a local store.
I'm following your blog on Google friend connect. I'm so glad I found your blog - your recipes are fantastic!
I linked this post in a post of my own! And told them to follow you of course!
I learned the price is about 25 cents per 12 oz. Interesting!
I like Lemonade,Pete's Choice & Cranberry Raspberry
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Google Friend Connect
michelle rosborough
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Liked you on Facebook
michelle rosborough
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Plus, with SodaStream, you control the fizz
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I publicly follow you and I "like" you on FB.
I would love to try root beer, lemon lime, and orange.
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