The Simple Kitchen, a NYC company, was founded with the idea that organic and healthy beverages can exist. The Lemon and Mint Sparkling Organic Beverage is consistent with this notion.
This beverage was not great. In fact, it was almost not worth finishing, but for the good of the review, I had to struggle to get past the puzzling taste.
The 100% organic ingredients contain lemon juice, honey and peppermint extract, however, it is definitely missing something. I do not like to speculate on what because I am not an expert. Aside from the peculiar taste, it only has 60 calories, so it is pretty healthy alternative to other beverages.
The Simple Kitchen is an eco-friendly company who uses a green printing company, biodegradable materials for their packaging and when their café opens at 361 West 17th Street in NYC, reclaimed wood will be used there.
There is no way I could have been disappointed with two of my favorite things mixed together. The creamy peanut butter blended with the sweet white chocolate and just melted in my mouth. Or melted in my girlfriend’s mouth, since apparently those are two of her favorite things as well.
This product is vegan, gluten-free and doesn’t contain high fructose corn syrup.
Spread it on hearty bread, eat it with celery, or just a spoon and enjoy. The nutritional facts are available here, but who is really going to look?
The White Chocolate is definitely Wonderful.
Izze Sparkling Grapefruit vs. The Simple Kitchen Pink Grapefruit Sparkling Beverages
What beats a grapefruit cut in half with a little sugar sprinkled on top, for breakfast? Not many things in my mind. A grapefruit is a refreshing, healthy start to a day. So why not enjoy this treat during the day without the hassle of dealing with the fruit itself? Well we can. With many drink options out there for us it is easy. I sat with two particular options that are both juice and sparkling water, which seems awesome, so I tried them.
Izze Sparkling Grapefruit juice was first, with a 70% juice to 30% sparkling water breakdown. Taste is great, almost like drinking the little bit of juice left when you’ve finished your grapefruit for breakfast. The addition of sparkling water provides a kick that makes it that much more refreshing. “No refined sugar, no caffeine, no artificial anything ever, it says on the back of the bottle. Now my pregnant wife wants me to buy some right away, being that it’s hard to find things she can drink and eat that she really enjoys and that are actually good for her and the baby. Izze has 160 calories per 12 oz bottle.
The Simple Kitchen Pink Grapefruit Sparkling Organic Beverage, has a breakdown of 23% juice and 77% other stuff (Sparkling Water and Organic Honey). It is on the opposite spectrum of the first drink. This one tastes of seltzer with hint of bitter grapefruit with a strong sparkling water after taste. It’s only 60 calories but that is due to it being mostly water, I assume. This drink is also USDA approved Organic.
Between the two drinks I personally would choose the Izze. Though the drinks are advertised as grapefruit, the Izze is more for the true grapefruit fans, with The Simple Kitchen drink being a low calorie water beverage with a slight grapefruit flavor.
Till next time…
And a word from Simple Kitchen…
I know many doctors now advise pregnant women to go very light on fruit juices as they are mostly sugar. Most of the nutrients and fiber are in the flesh/pulp/skin of fruit, not in the juice.
