Olipop Soda
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Anonymous
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It's a prebiotic drink with a little carbonation. Sweetened with Stevia. I like it, it's actually got fiber, low carb, etc., but now I'm wondering about the ingredients. Are some of these ingredients good or under the rubric of sketchy? For instance, is slippery root the same as slippery elm? Things have different names in this world of food and are these prebiotics good and /are safe? I have looked them up, but, again they go by different names for the same thing.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/02/06/kava-lobelia-supplements-to-avoid/ https://drinkolipop.com/pages/ingredients https://drinkolipop.com/ |
Anonymous
| It's processed junk with greenwashed marketing. It's not that great for you. It's better than a full high fructose corn syrup soda or a diet soda but it's not a health food or anything. I wouldn't go out of my way to drink it but I might choose it over my coke zero if I was presented with the choice. |
Anonymous
Oh sure, agree. I'm not eating it for health, although the fiber thing isn't too bad. It's just a gun drink every now and again. I'm just worried about some of the ingredients, or maybe I shouldn't be at all? |
Anonymous
| I love Olipop! It is my fun drink in the afternoon. I figured it’s better than soda or a cocktail and the ingredients read ok to me. |
Anonymous
| it tastes terrible |
Anonymous
That is why I drank it. I had it at a friend's house. I can't drink, so this was my fun thing. Re: ingredients. Is anything similar to the WaPo's list? Some things sound similar. Can't tell actually. |
Anonymous
Depends on the flavor I guess. It does seem a little oversweet. |
Anonymous
| Also, what about kava, kombucha, all these other heavily marketed things? I mean, I didn't realize these might be suspect at all, so now I'm looking at everything . |