I like that tag line:  “Drink water, not sugar”.  If you are trying to cut calories out of your diet, replacing sugary drinks with calorie free drinks is a great way to do so.  And as an athlete who forever struggles to get – and stay – lean, I need to choose my calories wisely.

A marketing company contacted me recently asking me to review a new flavored water called hint.

They sent me three flavors to try:  raspberry-lime, pomengranite-tangerine, and mango-grapefruit.  Oooo, I’m having fun with font colors in this post!

flavored water

The three bottles of hint essence water arrived on Friday.  I put the bottles in my refrigerator to chill.    On Saturday morning, I woke up very thirsty, so I drank the pomengranite-tangerine flavor.   It was cool and refreshing with just a hint of flavor.  No sweetness, just a little bit of flavor.   Yet it was not bland as are some other unsweetened flavored waters that I have tried.

I drank the bottle of raspberry-lime after a very hot bike ride on Saturday, and downed the mango-grapefruit after a very hot run on Sunday.  I loved all three flavors, and they were oh so refreshing after my hot hot heat weekend workouts.

I am a big fan of SoBe zero calorie flavored “life water”.   SoBe is fruity and also very sweet, and I have a big sweet tooth!    Yet SoBe does not have any warning on the label indicating it contains artificial sweeteners.   I was always stumped by that, so I just now visited the SoBe website looking for nutrition facts.   Very cool website, but it sucks because I could not find what I was looking for.    I googled it; and I learned that SoBe contains a new, naturally derived, sweetener called Stevia.  Interesting.  However, natural doesn’t always mean safe… after all, tobacco is a natural substance,  right?

The ingredients of the hint water are as follows:  “purified water, mango, grapefruit and other natural flavors”.   Seems pretty safe, and it tastes great.  Plus I love their website!   Simple yet fun, and I enjoyed reading the little quiz questions for each flavor.

I don’t know yet what I will choose when I see the hint water next to the SoBe life water at the Convenient store.  I will let ya’ll know when that happens.

FTC GUIDES NOTICE: THIS PRODUCT WAS PROVIDED FREE OF CHARGE BY Behrman Communications. THE PRODUCT IS MADE BY Hint, Inc.