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Ballygowan is now selling fizzy flavoured water in cans - here's our verdict
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BALLYGOWAN – FAMOUS ACROSS the land for its bottled water – are unleashing a new set of drinks on the Irish market.
The ‘Sparklingly Fruity’ drink is fizzy, fruity water that comes in traditional soft drink cans. Ballygowan calls them ‘natural mineral water drinks’ and there are three flavours:
Like the green version of Coke, the new drinks use stevia leaf extract to keep the levels of sugar down. They are also being touted as a low calorie option – as all three of the flavours have less than 23 calories per can. But given there is nothing quite like this on the Irish fizzy drinks scene, we needed to dig a little deeper.
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What do they actually taste like?
A DailyEdge.ie round table of testers sat down to give their verdict:
Even though it’s a flavoured water, the drinks all have a strong colour to them:
The whole concept of drinking fizzy water out of a can certainly made an impression:
Other uses were quickly dreamed up:
So, the taste tests seem to show that the apple, elderflower and lemon flavour is by far the most popular amongst the esteemed fizzy drink panel:
The fact that they come in cans was a bit of a perk for all:
If you’ve come across these new Ballygowan drinks, let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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