Dalston’s Sodas (sparkling drinks with bold flavours)
Dalston’s Soda Co has become a real favourite for anyone who enjoys proper soft drinks. Unlike most big brands, Dalston’s promises real ingredients, bold flavours, and a strong focus on being good to the planet.
Check medication before consuming grapefruit or rhubarb sodas (avoid hibiscus lemonade for pregnancy). Also avoid caffeine (cola) or follow NHS guidelines of no more than one a day.
Always pop ring-pulls back over hole before recycling, to avoid wildlife getting trapped.
Most sodas have now added in disgusting-aftertaste artificial sweeteners (same with fruit squash) to try to eek more profits, due to the upcoming sugar tax.
One critic of the new recipe for Ribena (a vitamin-C-rich blackcurrant squash developed during World War II, when citrus fruits were not available) wrote ‘Adding sweeteners to Ribena was intended to reduce our sugar intake. This has worked, as I no longer buy Ribena!’
Dalston’s Sodas stand out because they use real fruit juice in every can. You can taste the difference right away. They skip the usual artificial flavourings and stick with pressed juices, which gives their sodas a fresher, truer taste.
Flavours include:
- Cherry
- Elderflower
- Rhubarb (check medication)
- Lemon
- Peach
- Ginger Beer
