Need Hydration? Try Great Value Cherry Limeade Sugar Free Drink Mix!

For the past few weeks I have been retaining a lot of water. We think it is from an imbalance in my hormones, but I was told to drink a lot of water, and to limit by salt intake. I just spent an hour at Walmart, walking up and down the grocery aisles looking for food choices that are low in sodium. Wow, it is very hard to find low sodium foods!

When it comes to hydration, I like to drink coffee, but I was also told that coffee is a diuretic and that I needed water. I don't like the taste of water, plain and simple. If I am ultra thirsty, a drink of cold water is refreshing, but I am not one to drink water all day long. What do do?

I noticed a display of Great Value Cherry Limeade Drink Mix, it was right next to a name brand version, but cost substantially less money. This artificially flavored, sugar free, low calorie drink mix came in a variety of flavors, but the Cherry Limeade was the only flavor that appealed to me. I am drinking this right now as I type up the review, and I am very impressed with the taste.

The box contains ten packets, each look like a fat straw. You simply tear off the top and add the contents to a water bottle containing 16.9 ounces (500 mL) of water. To mix the water with the powder, you simply shake your water bottle with the top securely tightened. If you want a "lighter" tasting beverage, you can opt to add the packets to 20 ounces of water.

As I was pouring the dry powder into my Camelbak water bottle, it smelled like a package of Koolaid. The powder didn't make a lot of dust, and dissolved very quickly. My water immediately turned bright red (or magenta), and after one sip I was sold.

Great Value Cherry Limeade Sugar Free Drink Mix has an amazing flavor. I think that cherry is the predominant flavor, but overall if is a nice blending of cherry and limes. It is refreshing and satisfying, and not too sweet. When I looked at the nutritional information I was a little bit disappointed to see that a serving size is half a packet, but it's not like the calories still amount to much. One serving has only 5 calories, so one packet contains only 10 calories. There are 0 grams of fat, 0 mg of cholesterol, 0 mg of sodium (yes!!), 10 mg of potassium, 0 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 0 grams of sugars, and 0 grams of protein.

Great Value Cherry Limeade Sugar Free Drink Mix contains no sugar because the sweetener that is used is an artificial one. This contains aspartame, and ingredient that I generally like to avoid, but I am going to be drinking this for now to see if I can get my water retention issues under control. Cutting sodium from the diet can be very challenging, and I had no idea it would be so difficult.

To conclude, Great Value Cherry Limeade Sugar Free Drink Mix is a great tasting drink mix, and I love this flavor and I love that it contains zero sodium.