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People's Chemist Approved - Celestial Seasonings Zingers!

Kids are being poisoned by sugar.  And parents are accomplices. Heck, it feels good to sedate a crying kid with the artificial feel-good.  Whining comes to a screeching halt.  But so does health.  Obesity, diabetes, and depression ensue.  Celestial Seasonings has an alternative – the Zinger.  Now you can sedate your kids without burying their health. The Zinger tastes great, has ZERO sugar or artificial flavors and looks really cool – the packaging and the color.

Zingers are made with green tea and an assortment of other high antioxidant high quality ingredients. Stevia gives these “on the go” packets sweetness to appease the palette of picky kids.

Although disclosure of ingredients in “natural flavors” was never attained, my hesitance was soothed by an explanation found directly on their web site:

“Celestial Seasonings does not use natural flavors derived from protein hydrolysate, edible yeast, meat, seafood, poultry or eggs. These flavors are commonly referred to as "savory" or meat flavors, and they do not fit with our teas. Moreover, Celestial Seasonings does not use monosodium glutamate (MSG) in any of our products. Our natural flavors are derived primarily from fruits, spices and herbs.”

Sometimes you have to watch out for the word “Natural Flavors.” It allows for a wide interpretation. Here is the governments definition:

“The term "natural flavor" or "natural flavoring" means the essential oil, oleoresin, essence or extractive, protein hydrolysate, distillate, or any product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis, which contains the flavoring constituents derived from a spice, fruit or fruit juice, vegetable or vegetable juice, edible yeast, herb, bark, bud, root, leaf or similar plant material, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs, dairy products, or fermentation products thereof, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutritional.”

In sum, it means that high fructose corn syrup can be considered “all natural.” WATCH OUT. Fortunately, Zingers have zero HFCS.

Use them at the next birthday party or church function.  I like to use them to bribe children into doing chores.

Visit http://www.celestialseasonings.com/products/zingers-to-go/